2026 Capstone Open House

CAPSTONE

2 0 2 6OPEN HOUSE

May 1 8:30 a.m.- 3 p.m.

Business and Engineering Convergence Center

WELCOME

Welcome to the Fourth Annual Capstone Open House, May 1, 2026!

We will showcase more than 300 students presenting 75+ projects. In addition to exciting capstone projects in individual technical disciplines, the event will also feature convergence capstone projects. Convergence empowers students to pursue curiosity, build meaningful cross-disciplinary connections, and generate real value and positive societal impact through collaboration.

The Capstone Open House reflects our students’ talent, academic preparation, innovation, and creativity in solving problems that matter.

Thank you for joining us today!

Sincerely yours,

Kris Maillacheruvu, PhD, PE Interim Dean of the Foster College of Business and Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology

SCHEDULE

Convergence Showcase 8:30 – 8:45 am Welcome Message

BECC 1150/60 8:45 – 9:15 am Lux Blox: Evaluation of New Products BECC 1150/60

9:25 – 9:55 am BrightSide Kitchen: Consumer Packaged Goods Roadmap

BECC 1150/60 10:05 – 10:35 am Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity BECC 1150/60

10:45 – 11:15 am EverThird: Wearable Sensor Module BECC 1150/60

11:25 – 11:55 am Gamification of Safety at Caterpillar Facilities BECC 1150/60

11:55 – 12:10 pm Closing Remarks BECC 1150/60

Capstone Open House 10:00 – 12:00 pm Project Presentations: Mechanical Engineering BECC 1170/1180, 1260

1:15 – 3:00 pm

Poster Presentations: Convergence Projects BECC 1120

1:15 – 3:00 pm

Poster Presentations: Electrical and Computer Engineering BECC 4240, 4241, 4242, Atrium

1:15 – 3:00 pm

Poster Presentations: Civil Engineering and Construction BECC 2254/58, 2259

1:15 – 3:00 pm

oster Presentations: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering P and Technology BECC 2140

1:15 – 3:00 pm

Poster Presentations: Mechanical Engineering BECC 1150/60

1:15 – 3:00 pm

Poster Presentations: Business 400 Capstones BECC 1170/80

1:15 – 3:00 pm Computer Science Demonstrations BECC 2002, 2004, 2005, 2132, 2160, 3001, 3003, 3004

1:15 – 3:00 pm Poster Presentations: Finance BECC 3140/3160

1:15 – 3:00 pm

Cybersecurity Presentation / Demonstration BECC 1140

1:15 – 3:00 pm

Data Analytics Presentations BECC 1122

1:15 – 3:00 pm Economic Theses BECC 2138

1:15 – 3:00 pm Faculty Professional Development Grant Presentations BECC 4160

3:00 – 5:00 pm Project Presentations: Mechanical Engineering BECC 1170/1180, 1260

SHOWCASE & CAPSTONE PROJECTS

CONVERGENCE SHOWCASE PROJECTS

BUSINESS 400 CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Lux Blox: Evaluation of New Products

Carter Paper

Lux Blox

Ali Bainter, Lainey Jensen, Clara Bush, Tyler Babcock, Judson Scott, Donnesha Glover, Israel Lozano; Advisor - Steve Walker

Abdulla Abdo, Carson Miller, James Conley, Ecemsu Sahin, Lucia Llaveria San Clement, Grace English, Carla Perez Lachino, Alejandra Vega; Advisors - Dr. Julie Reyer, Amy Lambert, Dr. Eden Blair

BECC 1120 BrightSide Kitchen: Consumer Packaged Goods Roadmap Brightside Kitchen Mark Anyanwu, Lindsay Kreger, Harry Hileman, Adam Poore, Isabella DaSilva, Richard Hintzsche, Nicole Wong; Advisors - Dr. Julie Reyer, Amy Lambert, Dr. Eden Blair, Dr. Jacqueline Henderson

BECC 1120 Community Aging in Place Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Jacob Doby, Rory Smick, Nabil Alasari, Kyle Lessner, John Paul Fairbanks, Collin Grebner, Faith McAdams, Grant Woods, Brianna Del Boccio; Advisors - Dr. Tony Du, Amy Lambert, Dr. Eden Blair

BECC 1120 Wearable Sensor Module, EverThird, Inc. Matas Mikuckas, Michael Shanahan, Wyeth Thompson, Ethan Winkler; Advisors - Amy Lambert, Dr. Eden Blair

BECC 1120 Gamification of Safety at Caterpillar Facilities, Caterpillar Elda Osmani, Anya Belogliadova, Andre Isola, Melanie Phillips, Joey Traskaski, Michael Ungaro, Mary Larsen, Scott Berry, Isabella Wilson, Gabriel Rodriguez, Dalsten Yan; Advisors - Dr. David Abzug, Dr. Samantha Khairunnesa, Amy Lambert, Dr. Eden Blair

BECC 1120

BECC 1170/1180 208 House Sullivan Powers, Zachary Simchak, Brynna Seitz, Max Garcia, Lauren Vanderber, Dominic Woolley, Anna Kiss; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 1170/1180 Brookside Landscaping Andrew Marincic, Sullivan Swanson, Erk Avila, Jack Winne, Denis McNulty, Chad Olson, Brock Pollitt; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 1170/1180 Owens Design Group Blake Kachinsky, Kyle Richardson, Matt Paver, Grady Blessing, Markus Tucker, Amein Albakhit; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 1170/1180 Pop a Shot John Abboud, Lou Levy, Gavin Thompson, Jason Khoury, Dariela Moncada, Emilio Madrigal; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 1170/1180 The 33 Room Natalya Ennabe, Katie Sarver, Nicole Pekala, Karlie Fischer, Amanda Romero, Aniyah Qualls; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 1170/1180 Get Yourself Motivated Asa Olden, Brock Rice, Alex Paliero, Robby Smith, Blake McRoberts, Julian Wojturski; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 1170/1180

CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Elite Community Outreach

Hilltop Solutions

Lakiya Perry, Aaliyah Johnson, Anna Larson, Andrea Castaneda, Mackenzie Washington-Myers, Mariia Pukhina; Advisor - Steve Walker

Brady McCubbins, Logan Miller, Tyler Mishka, Sarai Simon, Savannah Spenny; Advisors - Dr. Kerrie Schattler

BECC 2254/2258

BECC 1170/1180 JBEC Infrastructure Inc Intuition Coffee Drew Bushnell, Yazmin Villegas, Carsen Kellem, Valeriia Ivanovskaia, Michell Chavez, Jamir Gordon, Divinity Braboy-Dorsey; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 1170/1180 Exhibit A Gallery

Clark Bayer, Josh Freese, Benjamin Poulos, Ethan Sountris; Advisors - Dr. Kerrie Schattler

BECC 2254/2258 RHIKA Zachary Alt, Annie Herman, John Ingram, Evan Kaspari, Benjamin Reyes; Advisors - Dr. Kerrie Schattler

Madie Gonzalez, Tori Oliveira, Jadyn Lamb, JT Lutz, Seth Johnson, Jacob Davis; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 2254/2258

BECC 1170/1180

Brady Hattan, Declan Lally, Sam Masa, Jake Nelan, Justin Ranne, Alexander Servin, Mason Trent, Oscar Wright; Advisors - Professor Kristy Willis

Ezer Partnering LLC

Brave Mechanical

Sean Coen, Jayce Ladzinski, Paul Sporrer, Danny Reich, Ashmal Zainulabdin, Drew Berry; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 2259

BECC 1170/1180

Gabriel Gerber, Seth Klopfenstein, Caralena Mannarelli, Ben Valak; Advisors - Professor Kristy Willis

Graceland Center for Purposeful Aging

CATACORE Tech

Ethan Bingaman, Ryan Antonacci, Christian Garcia, Luis Esparza, Torianna Dixon, Hala Katoom; Advisor - Steve Walker

BECC 2259

BECC 1170/1180

Zachary Courson, Patrick Diete, JJ Kumkoski, Madysen Schutte; Advisors - Professor Kristy Willis

CIVIL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CAPSTONE PROJECTS

BECC 2259

BECC Engineering David Bedwell, Cameron Collins, Tristan Handly, Rod Hill, Gabriel Simmers; Advisors - Dr. Kerrie Schattler

Braves Construction

RootEd Construction Andrew Favela, Shannon Kelly, Andrew Tamer, Tendai Titley; Advisors - Professor Kristy Willis

BECC 2259

BECC 1170/1180

Oak & Iron Builders

CGNJ, Inc.

Brandon Diaz, Lucas Peiffer, Wesley Straker, Micah Wascher; Advisors - Professor Kristy Willis

Jared Jennings, Caleb Lind, Grant Tyrala, Natalie Warren; Advisors - Dr. Kerrie Schattler

BECC 2259

BECC 2254/2258

CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Legacy General Contractors Nathan Morales, Joshua Dunn, Sadie Brillhart, Joshua Rutkowski; Advisors - Professor Kristy Willis

Smart Water Consumption Monitor for Diabetic Dogs Grant Capel, Trey Benitez, Dominick Albanese; Advisor - Dr. Malinowski

BECC 2259

BECC 4242

CYBERSECURITY CAPSTONE PROJECT

Multi-Channel Remote Pulmonary Sound Monitoring and Diagnosis

Small Business, Big Breach: Bradley Red Team’s Insights for Small Business Cybersecurity

OSF

Reilly Heinz, Kodi Kurrle, Cooper Lapsley, Danny Reich, Ronan Scott, Zane Scott, Rory Smick, Elaina Wamhoff; Advisor - Dr. Jacob Young

BECC 4242

BECC 1140

Allison Keil, Ian Bliss, Ryan Barrack; Advisors - Dr. Miah

DATA ANALYTICS CAPSTONE PROJECTS

BECC 4242

Transformers: Downtown Residential Growth Potential and Market Analysis

5G-Band GaAs FET RF Low-Noise Amplifier

Maria Bezmenova, Ryan Gurgul, Niharika Miriyala, Carla Perez Lachino, Sri Vyshnavi Palicherla, Prachi Patel, Jennifer Yennam, Blessing Ayodele; Advisor - Dr. Shawn Zheng

Adolfo Lopez, Maxwell Duffy; Advisor - Dr. Shastry

BECC 1122

ISM-Band GaAs FET RF Power Amplifier

City Sync: Improving Service Delivery Through Citywide Response Times Dharshine Baskaran, Avinda Ekanayake, Jared Grabb, Venkata Gopi Krishna Kolla, Poorna Bala Venkata Rajesh Konjeti, Kiruthika Muralidharan, Suganthan Sankar, Isaac Carey, Luis Esparza; Advisor - Dr. Shawn Zheng

BECC 1122 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Snowfall Measurement System for Automated Weather Stations Ty Wilkinson, Laurin Pfeiffer-Happach; Advisors - Dr. Malinowski

BECC 4241

Lukas Rupeika, Elias Nasr, Wyatt Holub; Advisor - Dr. Miah

AI-Driven Target Tracking Using Multiple 2-DOF Helicopters

BECC 4240

Dalton Trulock, Jalen Harris; Advisor - Dr. Shastry

BECC 4240 Microcontroller Based VFD Jacob Ebert, Jameson Province, Qudus Oyenuga, Kyle King; Advisor - Prof. Gutschlag

BECC 4241 INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CAPSTONE PROJECTS

CNH Assembly Medium Line Current State measurement and flow analysis CNH Hayden M. Janavich, Ian F. Lambert, Noah M. Shevitz; Advisor - Dr. Iqbal Shareef

BECC 2140

CAPSTONE PROJECTS

CAT-KK Tooling Optimization Project

Cold Room Roof Removal

Caterpillar

Caterpillar

Tianna A. Davis, Munzir Uddin, Zachary J. Gorney; Advisor - Dr. Iqbal Shareef

Cameron Marsh, Ulises Quintero, Nathan Pyle, Glen Ruff; Advisor - Prof. Barney

BECC 2140

BECC 1150/1160

CAT-KK Machine Shop MOP Reliability Project

Retrofit Cover Alignment Tool

Caterpillar

Nafisa Fahim, Payton McDonald, Nate Kaczynski, Miguel Osorio; Advisor - Dr. Kim

Travis J. Penick, Aaron J. Pickett; Dr. Advisor - Dr. Iqbal Shareef

Eaton Corporation

BECC 1150/1160

BECC 2140 BIQ in DPG Product4. ion Environment Project Elana J. Heiser, Alma E. Maurer; Advisor - Dr. Iqbal Shareef

BECC 2140

Universal Neutral Bar Adapter for Modular Meter Stacks Eaton Corporation Jonathan Duncan, Danial Nguyen, Lydia Langston, Jonathan Sanchez-Huanca; Advisor - Prof. Barney

BECC 1150/1160 Digiwrap Automated Wrapping Paper Roll-Cutting and Rolling System Project Aleksandar N. Boskovic, Collin J. Peot, Philip R. Rak; Advisor - Dr. Iqbal Shareef

BECC 2140 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Active Suspension System for Komatsu 980E-5 Komatsu Anthony Ficek, Hunter Poehlein, Brandon McKee, Adonai Sanchez; Advisor - Dr. Amoafo-Yeboah

BECC 1150/1160

Consumer Packaged Goods Roadmap

Design for a Crane Attachment System

Brightside Kitchen

Komatsu

Mark Anyanwu, Lindsay Kreger, Harry Hileman, Adam Poore; Advisor - Dr. Henderson

Chris Callahan, Vincent Patellaro, Griffin Miller, Miles Wuthrich; Advisor - Dr. Timpe

BECC 1150/1160

BECC 1150/1160

Evaluation of New Products

Design of a Cranial Template Process for Surgical Planning

Lux Blox LLC Abdulla Abdo, Carson Miller, James Conley, Ecemsu Sahin; Advisor - Prof. Garguilio

BECC 1150/1160

OSF HealthCare Cody Anderson, Eva McCoy, Luke Burkey, Ross Trippiedi, Jacob Stramel; Advisor - Dr. Nair

BECC 1150/1160 Caterpillar Operator Visibility Enhancement System - OHT Caterpillar Dillin Henderson, Kasper Mioduszewski, Alexis Lucero, Enya Orozco; Advisor - Dr. Ryu

BECC 1150/1160

Non Invasive Intracranial Pressure Sensor Probe OSF HealthCare Dr. Julian Lin Unice Astorga, Logan Sanders, Jonathon Hooten, Angelina Sayles; Advisor - Dr. Rudy

BECC 1150/1160

CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Adjustable Cardiac/Pulmonary Shunt for Congenital Heart Disease

Design and Fabrication of a Vehicle for the SAE Formula (Drivetrain)

OSF HealthCare

Bradley University

Adrian Blonski, Kali Colston, Nick Camacho, Jacob Joyal; Advisor - Prof. Barney

Amber Brawley, Ethan Jones, Cody Evans, Joshua Marsh; Advisor - Prof. Garguilio

BECC 1150/1160

BECC 1150/1160

Smart Wearable Sensors to Power Rehab Ranger™ Remote Therapy

COMPUTER SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS

Rehab Ranger Alicia Ardis, Jade Nickerson, Logan Bradle, Ethan Sanderson; Advisor - Dr. Nair

BECC 1150/1160

Dormly CourseFlow: Next-Gen Catalog, Registration, & Auditing Ryan Dodd, Zachary Dupree, Nathan Galloway, Matthew Cruz, Nathen Kwan; Advisor - Samantha Khairunnesa

Conceptual Robotic Material Removal Cell

BECC 2160

Bradley University

Inhabiting the Web: Habitat for Humanity Homeowner Portal

Ryan Broach, Julian Gonzalez, Belly Kubwimana; Advisor - Dr. Reyer

BECC 1150/1160

Wardiyah Rammazy, Stephanie Churchill, Jacob Sartin, Annabel Lomeli; Advisor - Samantha Khairunnesa

Modification of Serpentine Fin Machine

BECC 2005

Bradley University Kolton Burrow, Om Patel, Ryan Lee, Jericho Purcell; Advisor - Prof. Barney

Predicting Phishing Susceptibility in University Populations

BECC 1150/1160

John Ocampo, Joshua S. Vogel, Miguel Canelo, Khoi Tran, Renée Bilsborough; Advisor - Tony Du

Pilot-Scale Barley Malting and Biofumigation System

BECC 3001

USDA Lab

EloBeasts

Jarrod Grover, Adam Huffman, Samuel Hahn, Alexander Johnson; Advisor - Dr. Fakheri

Joseph Gross, Mateus Malinowski, Brooke Boster, Elijah Carle, Campbell Kelly, Dylan Colles, Stevan Sanchez; Advisor - David Brennan

BECC 1150/1160 Design and Fabrication of a Vehicle for the SAE Formula (Frame)

BECC 3004 Bradley Soccer Analytics

Matt Conway, Neil Rao, Andrew Drozd, Anchor Sauder; Advisor - Prof. Garguilio

Brian Ortiz, Mason Hess, Cailer Kellenberger, Curtis Johnson, Carter Bosley; Advisor - David Brennan

BECC 1150/1160

BECC 3003

Design and Fabrication of a Vehicle for the SAE Formula (Suspension)

Library Software System

Bradley University

Bradley University Alexander Clayton, Blake Martin, Timothy Kennell, Branton Robinson; Advisor - Prof. Garguilio

BECC 1150/1160

Clare Grady, Jesse Foster, Tommy Naughton, Shelcy Altis; Advisor - Sam Hawkins

BECC 2004

CAPSTONE PROJECTS & RESEARCH PROJECTS Bradley Library Orientation Game Joshua Kelly, Ryan Herwig, Thomas Hummel; Advisor - Sam Hawkins

Service Transition Strategies and Firm Innovativeness Dr. Mehdi Nezami

BECC 2132

BECC 4160

PHI DeIdentification

The Economic Impact of Unexpected Highway Bridge Failure and Maintenance

Madison Prasun, Ethan Staple, Mustafa Alikhan, Blake Gordon, Connor Sharp, Winter Ohlson, Tyler Nielsen; Advisor - Sam Hawkins

Dr. Chris Yencha

BECC 4160

BECC 2002 ECONOMICS THESES

Presentations and Updates from the 2025 American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Conference

Predicting Break Backs in Tennis

Dr. Lucy Lu

Anya Belogliadova; Advisors - Dr. Chris Yencha

BECC 4160

BECC 2138 FINANCE

Golf Course Economics Brodan McCarthy; Advisors - Dr. Chris Yencha

BECC 2138

Weak-Form Market Efficiency in Speculative Markets Collin Grebner; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

The Economics of Unorthodox Chess Openings

BECC 3140

Robert S. Parkel; Advisors - Dr. Chris Yencha

The Power Behind the Price of Oil

BECC 2138

Otto Heinz; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

BECC 3140 FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PRESENTATIONS

Earnings Management, Triple Targets, and Market Valuation Dr. Jason Jiao

BECC 4160 Accounting Education: Integrating a Global Lens

Do Prediction Markets Incorporate New Information Faster than Traditional Financial Markets?

Jason Khoury; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

BECC 3140 Capital Asset Pricing Model Eli Lehrman; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

BECC 3140

Dr. Shondra Johnson

BECC 4160

Relationship Between Changes in GDP and Market Return

HAR-RV-CARMA Novel Hybrid Model for Forecasting Realized Volatility of Covered Call Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

David Newton; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

Dr. Andy Ngwaba

Relationship Between Credit Risk (Difference Between AAA and BBB Yields) and Return on the S&P 500

BECC 4160

BECC 3140

Robert Parkel; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

BECC 3160

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Matthew Paver; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

The Relationship Between League Revenue and Salary Cap Growth in the NFL, NBA, and NHL

BECC 3160

Robert Smith; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

The January effect: Is it a Myth?

Or Market Opportunity?

BECC 3160 Impact of Any Financial or Economic Factors on S&P 500 Realized Volatility Aiden Seberger; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

Market Timing vs Buy-and-Hold: Evidence from Historical Returns

BECC 3160

Wyeth Thompson; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

BECC 3160 Behavioral Finance in the Art Market Zachary Simchak; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

Factors Affecting Crude Oil Prices

BECC 3160

Affan Uzzaman; Advisor - Dr. Amit Sinha

BECC 3160

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