Senior Design in Biosystems Engineering

Senior Design.

Developing design solutions for real world application.

Job seekers are often asked to have experience right out of college, and in our capstone course, you will gain that experience by solving real-world problems for corporate partners. Project suggestions come from department faculty, alumni, the department's external advisory committee, and other sources, including businesses themselves. Occasionally, senior design projects focus on a design problem for a philanthropic or charitable organization.

Experienced leadership.

Dr. Paul Weckler is the course instructor, and has mentored 76 senior design teams since 2001. The capstone design course sequence allows the student to demonstrate their ability to develop design solutions for real-world, open-ended Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering projects for clients in private industry or government agencies.

The OSU Applications Engineers are a major source of project suggestions.

The Applications Engineering Program is a partnership between Oklahoma State University, the Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence and the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST), bringing engineering assistance to rural Oklahoma's small manufacturers. These small companies often have problems but lack the technical expertise to solve them, or the problem might not be an immediate or high priority. The Applications Engineering Program has been an excellent pipeline for state companies willing to sponsor a Senior Design project. The OSU Food & Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) and the OSU New Product Development Center (NPDC) are also sources for and partners in BAE Senior Design projects.

$345K

Cost savings

realized by senior design clients

jobs

created

30+

jobs

retained

$260K

funding provided

by team sponsors since the capstone course was first created.

Senior design team working on a quarter scale tractor

2017

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2017.

City of Enid Municipal Landfill Cocoa Bean Winnowing Parkview Estates Stormwater Management Self Moving FX-30 Vacuum Excavator Quarter Scale Tractor Design

a biosystems senior shows a project to a mom and daughter

2016

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2016.

Elevated Engineering Infinite Vermicast Solutions Interactive Wastewater Treatment Display Seed Squirter Verification System Swather Implement Mounting Attachment

Sneior design student works on a programing board

2015

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2015.

Heating and Cooling of Raised Greenhouse Beds Oil Workover Rig Runoff Drainage System Design Streambank Stabilization Selection Storm Water Quality Innovations Windrower Wheel Width Adjustment X-Habitation (X-Hab) Deployable Greenhouse

Seniors work in their water system design project

2014

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2014.

300 Kilogram Coffee Roaster Gleaner Distribution Auger Testing System Lake Wister Water Treatment The Pump Jack Advantage Storm Shelter Design

Sneiors testing their design on a vertically large metal appreatus.

2013

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2013.

Agricultural Design Solutions Box It Unlimited Down-hole Rock Drilling System Geothermal Pipe Bending Low Power Ultrafiltration Measuring Total Indicator Runout Optimizing Auger Output Pretreatment System for Reverse Osmosis Rotary Arm Redesign for Coffee Roasters SHRC Shelters Sooner/Exiss Trailer: Redesign of Sidewall Jig Sustainable Parking Lot

Seniors test their long form mowing machine

2012

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2012.

Automated Chemical Mixing System The Mega Mite Tractor Mounted Weed Trimmer Welding Positioner Redesign

2011

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2011.

300 Kilogram Coffee Roaster Design of a Soil Conditioner Hay Bale Collecting and Banding System Innovation of PT5 Walk-Behind Trencher Natural Gas Conversion Kit

Students look on as cattle test out their feeding system design.

2010

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2010.

Cattle Mineral Feeder Cookie Dough Dispenser Improve harvesting and Packing Efficiency Integrated Wetland System Wood Mulch

Students testing water quailty in a lab.

2009

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2009.

Equestrian Arena Groomer Power Solutions

Student tamping down dirt at the bottom of her senior design project.

2008

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2008.

Design of an Efficient Drying System Protection from Floodwall Overtopping Scour

Students testing their tractor attachment

2007

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2007.

3 Point Hitch Controller Design of a High Pressure System to Aid Horizontal Directional Drill Bit Steering Redesign of a Tree Shear Skid-Steer Rock Saw Modification Vision Inspection System

Senior students in a water channel testing water quality

2006

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2006.

Coconut Sweetening Process Design of a Manual Cattle Chute Drop Inlet Failures Improve Site Plan Meat Patty Temperature Variation Woody Debris Stream Bank Stabilization

2005

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2005.

All Terrain Cedar Saw Cableless Dredge Propulsion Design Design of a Large Tillage Disc Design of a Small Detachable Backhoe GPS-Controlled Hazardous-Material Valve Mechanical Horse Simulator

Students testing a ditch witch attachment

2004

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2004.

Effective Means of Silt Fence Installation Pig Ear Sorting System

Students creating a flood design to lower flooding problems.

2003

Below is a list of projects which were completed in 2003.

Designing an Island Habitat for the Interior Least Tern Design Solutions for the "Super Gray" High Capacity Sprigger

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