ECE Capstone Design Open House

Engineering Hall Lobby

All are welcome to come view demonstrations of projects created by student teams in ECE capstone design courses! ECE alumni and course instructors will serve as judges as teams compete for Best Project awards. Past winning projects have included a Mario Kart-type simulator, a sign language recognition device, and an app for AI-automated time management and scheduling for students.

Courses participating in the ECE Capstone Design Open House:
ECE 453 – Embedded Microprocessor System Design taught by Teaching Faculty Joe Krachey
ECE455 – Capstone Design in Electrical and Computer Engineering taught by Assistant Teaching Professor Nathan Strachen
ECE554 – Digital Engineering Laboratory taught by Assistant Professor George Tzimpragos

ECE Alumni Judges:

Rick Abegglen (BS’82, MS’84, JD’99) – Casimir Jones, S.C. – Shareholder
Bill Berg (BS’71, MS’72) – Dairyland Power Cooperative – Chief Executive Officer, Retired
Cole Burek (BS’18) – Extreme Engineering Solutions – Embedded Engineer
Olivia D’Souza (BS’24) – University of Wisconsin–Madison – PhD Student
John Hester (BS’91) – Techtricity Corporation – President, Retired
Justin Reed (BS’05, MS’07, PhD’14) – C-Motive Technologies, Inc. – Chief Technology Officer
Terry Sartori (BS’80) – GE Healthcare, Accuray – Engineering Project Manager, Retired
Kenton Smith (BS’14) – Extreme Engineering Solutions – Senior Embedded Engineer
John Ziehr (BS’71) (MBA’95 – University of Iowa) – Rockwell Automation – Vice President Manufacturing Operations, Retired