Capstone Poster Session Winners

Our students benefit from capstone projects to apply technical skills and hone soft skills. They help industrial sponsors solve real problems and make connections to jump start their careers. The students present posters of their projects to industry professionals, professors, and the general public. Here are the top 3 teams from recent semesters: 

Fall 2025 

First: Team 8 - FedEx Freight Tie-Down Process Improve

Second: Team 6 - Eagle Materials Ore Haul Truck Scheduling Optimization

Third: Team 5 - Eagle Materials Market Determining Best Placement of Concrete Plants

People's Choice: Team 2 - Circle Beverage Shutdown Preparation

Spring 2025

First: Team 6 - BraunAbility Digital Twin

Second: Team 24 - PepsiCo National Account Equipment Operations

Third: Team 16 - Goodwill & Lencore Acoustics Line Improvements

People's Choice: Team 21 - Medtronic  Facility Space Optimization

Fall 2024

First: Team 14 - Wabash Line 2 Complexity Reduction

Second: Team 4 - Eagle Materials Truck Loading & Traffic Flow Optimization

Third: Team 10 - MiraVista Consolidating Workflow for Existing Lab Space

People's Choice: Team 9 - Medtronic Redesign of Work Request Intake Forms

Spring 2024

First: Team 12 - Food Finders Data Organization and Analysis

Second: Team 8 - Eagle Materials Outfitting Concrete Trucks to Alternate Fuel Engines

Third:  Team 9 - Eagle Materials Raw Material Stockpile Management

People's Choice: Team 19 - Lafayette School Corporation Transportation Logistics

Spring 2023 

First Tie: Team 20 - PepsiCo & Team 23 - Purdue Dining

Second:  Team 11 - Integra Life Sciences

Third: Team 13 - Leadership Southern Indiana

People's Choice: Team 16 - Newbury Franklin Industrials