Senior Design
College of Engineering
Senior Design Expo 2025
Valpo’s College of Engineering will host the 2025 Engineering Design Expo on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Gellersen Center and the Fites Innovation Center. Free and open to the public with a lunch cookout, the event showcases senior capstone projects that reflect hundreds of hours of teamwork, design, testing, and innovation.
College of Engineering
From Classroom to Community
- Actual vs. Theoretical Immediate Settlements of a Large Foundation on Cohesive Soils
- Construction Dewatering with a Site-Specific Design
- Foundation Analysis and Design in Highly Variable Soils
- Model Comparison of Trench Stability Using Polymer and Bentonite Slurries
- Reliability of CH Soil Moisture Contents Determined in a Microwave Oven
- Water Level vs. Model Footing Settlement
Design: Renewable Energy Conversion System for an Eco-House
- Analysis & Design of a Multi-Story Building
- Comparison Between Horizontal- and Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines
- Design: Lighthouse Shell
- Design: Prestressed Concrete Highway Bridge
- Experimental Evaluation of Wheel Load Distribution on Concrete Slab Bridges
- Experimental Investigation of Wheel Load Distribution on Steel Bridges
- Modeling Study of Littoral Drift at Ogden Dunes
- Stress Analysis of a Human Knee Joint
- Structural Analysis of Concrete Box Culverts
- Structural Design of a Solar Furnace Building for Valparaiso University
- Study of the Mechanical Properties of Commingled Recycled Plastic Lumber
- Theoretical Demolition of a Reinforced Concrete Structure Using Implosion
- Design: Highway Interchange Ramp
- Evaluations of Rural Appalachian Road Alternatives
- Parking Study on the Valparaiso University Campus
- Impact of New Developments on Traffic Flow in Valparaiso
The team collaborated with photography students to develop a system to take photographs from above. The camera position was controlled from the students on the ground.