Student Showcase 2026

April 24, 2026 12:30PM - 3:30PM

116 Farrall Hall or click to join https://msu.zoom.us/j/97714737403


A Showcase of the Program and Students
April 24, 2026

Presented by
Faculty and Students in the Biosystems Engineering Program
College of Engineering & College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Michigan State University

Design Day Poster Session 1st floor Engineering Building

  • 8:00-10:00 am

Individual Senior Design Team Evaluations (Industry Advisory Board, Industry Evaluators, and Project Sponsors by Invitation Only)

  • 10:30-11:00 am & 11:15-11:45 am Individual Senior Design Team Evaluations

BE 230 Poster Session 1st floor Farrall Hall

  • 12:35-1:30 pm

Hybrid Senior Design Team Presentations (Open to all – no registration required)

      • 1:30  Team Tillamook - Tillamook (under Non-Disclosure Agreement) - Ensuring Ice Cream Quality Through Palletization Management - Katherine Heinecke, Kealey Kolp, Summer Luick, & Carter Ostrowski - Dr. Kirk Dolan
      • 1:40  Team MSU Bioretention - MSUInfrastructure, Planning, and Facilities - Restoration and Improvements of MSU Stormwater Bioretention Basin - Miles Morman, Neha Patel, Joseph Pelkey, Megan Ransler, & Ryan Wrublewski - Dr. Dawn Dechand & Dr. Subhasis Giri
      • 1:50  Team Soldan Paw Patrol - Ingham County Parks - Addressing Harmful Algal Blooms in the Soldan Dog Park Pond - Truman Bauer, Cody Fisher, Ethan Hartwig, & Drew Kraemer - Dr. Dawn Dechand & Dr. Subhasis Giri
      • 2:00  Team Perrigo - Perrigo (under Non-Disclosure Agreement) - Automation of COD and TOC Waste Stream Monitoring for Proper Disposal - Luke Caruso, Varshitha Korivi, Evan Malbouef, & Sasha Stoyanovich - Dr. Yan "Susie" Liu
      • 2:10  Team Consumers Energy - Consumers Energy (under Non-Disclosure Agreement) - Evaluating the Feasibility of Corn Stover-Manure Anaerobic Digestion - Patrick Brennan, Josie Cayen, Ava Chavez, & Emily  Woodyard - Dr. Chris Saffron
      • 2:20  Team Sustainable Organic Digester - Henry Ford Health (under Non-Disclosure Agreement) - Supporting Sustainability: Organic Patient Food Waste Digester for Henry Ford Health – Destination Grand - Eliza Ajro, Josh Hirschenberger, Defne Karalar, Connor Moritz, & Maria Sufyan Abbasi - Dr. Wei Liao
      • 2:30 Break
      • 2:40   Team Henry Ford Health - Henry Ford Health (under Non-Disclosure Agreement) - Non-Invasive Frameless Immobilizer for MRI Guided Focused Ultrasound - Amber Boomer, Nicholas Bray, Sydney Chapman, & Clayton Whetstone - Dr. Daniel Morris
      • 2:50  Team Mitten Solar – MSU Extension - Optimizing Agrivoltaic System Design for Michigan Farmer Income - Joshua Dixon, Danielle Edington, Miguel  Martinez-Garcia, & Diana Mejia - Dr. Ajit Srivastava & Aluel Go
      • 3:00  Team Stryker - Stryker (under Non-Disclosure Agreement) - Using Fluorescein Sodium for Real-Time Identification of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Saline - Aubree Crane, Elizabeth Diez, Lilliana Duus, & Daniel Klungle - Dr. Vangie Alocilja
      • 3:10  Team Duck Lake – Duck Lake Water Quality Committee - Implementing Phosphorus Mitigation Technologies for Algal Blooms in Duck Lake (Allegan County) - Jaclyn Cool, Leah Jarmolowicz, Jayden Schmaltz, & Stewart Tucker - Dr. Ehsan Ghane
      • 3:20  Team Pickle Pals – E.W. Grobbel (under Non-Disclosure Agreement) - E.W. Grobbel Temperature Control Chamber for Pickle Fermentation - Gianna Fiore, Gillian Kuehnle, David  Lau, & Sophie McCowan - Dr. Kirk Dolan
  • 3:30 Acknowledgments and Wrap up (Dr. Brad Marks & Kevin Kowalk)