{"177251":{"#nid":"177251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Capstone Design Teams Show Creativity and Promise","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022field-item odd\u0022\u003EThe winners of Fall\u2019s Capstone Design Expo have been announced, with all projects demonstrating innovation and ingenuity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022field-item odd\u0022\u003EThe best overall project, as determined by judges\u2019 scores, was a training aid to help tennis players identify racket contact and improve swing and overall performance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe winning team\u2019s name? The Racketeers, of course. The group consists of five mechanical engineering (ME) majors: Chris Armstrong, Ethan Henderson, Dareal Scott, Steven Ranger and Kevin King. They won $2,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Capstone Design Expo is the culmination of many engineering majors\u2019 undergraduate careers. Students studying mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering (BME), electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and industrial design (ID) team up to create projects, which then compete for awards. This Fall, more than 350 graduating seniors presented their work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCapstone Design allows engineering students to learn how to function on multidisciplinary teams to solve problems,\u201d said Laurence Jacobs, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and associate dean for academic affairs. \u201cIt also challenges our students to think, not just learn. Through this course they collaborate, lead and participate in teams experiencing true hands-on activities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother winning team was Vertibral Horizon, which was honored for best ME project. The team members (Luke Pollock, Matt Rothberg and Drew Bolduc of ME; Mike Glatzer and Matt Ho of BME) offered a project to reduce effort exerted by surgeons during a spinal corrective procedure. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe design expo showcases the work of engineering majors, but they\u2019re not the only students present. Each year, hundreds of high school students also attend the event to learn from the work and find inspiration.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo see the culmination of the undergraduate studies of 400 graduating seniors through their hands-on\/design\/build capstone projects was truly inspiring,\u201d said Craig Forest, an assistant professor in ME. \u201cFrom the invention studio to the makers club to capstone design, Georgia Tech undergraduates are showing us what they can do with the resources and incentives to pursue invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe winners of Fall\u2019s Capstone Design Expo have been announced, with all projects demonstrating innovation and ingenuity.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The winners of Fall\u2019s Capstone Design Expo have been announced, with all projects demonstrating innovation and ingenuity."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-12-13 11:33:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:22","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.capstone.gatech.edu\/","title":"Capstone Design"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/content\/capstone-design-teams-show-creativity-and-promise","title":"College of Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"32061","name":"capstone design expo"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"40851","name":"fall 2012"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kay.kinard@coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKay Kinard\u003C\/a\u003E, College of Engineering, 404-385-7358\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kay.kinard@coe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}