2017 Spring Senior Design Award Winners

Members of the Grand Prize winning team, The Electrical Tester (top row), pose with (bottom row, from left to right) UNLV President Len Jessup, Mrs. Harriet Cox, and College of Engineering Dean Rama Venkat.
The bi-annual Senior Design Awards Dinner, held the day after the Fred & Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition, celebrates the students’ achievements and provides their families, faculty and the greater Las Vegas Community an opportunity to share the excitement of their work. The 2017 awards were held on May 5 at the Cox Pavilion at UNLV.
Congratulations to all of our winners! To view photos from the event, visit our Facebook Competition Album and Awards Album. Photos For more information on the event, click here.
Grand Prize
Sponsored by NSTec
Winner: The Electrical Tester
Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction Awards
Sponsored by Las Vegas Paving
1st Place: Hoover Dam Security Checkpoint
2nd Place (tie): LVB Light Rail & Demand Responsive Pedestrian Safety Rumble Strips
Computer Science Awards
1st Place: Convention Logistics Tracker
2nd place: Spots
Electrical & Computer Engineering Awards
Sponsored by JT3
1st Place: Card Shoe Projection System
2nd Place: Micro Grid II: Load Share
Mechanical Engineering Awards
Sponsored by Switch
1st Place: Wastewater Evaporator
2nd place: Coanda Quadcopter
Entertainment Engineering and Design Awards
Sponsored by Cirque du Soleil
1st Place: The Hi Ball
Interdisciplinary Award
Sponsored by Rich Robotics
Winner: Carpal Tunnel Relief Massager
Sustainability Award
Sponsored by NV Energy
Winner: The Electrical Tester
Commercial Potential Awards
Sponsored by Cox
1st Place: Universally Expanding Cage-ME Team
2nd place: Linked
Popular Choice
Winner: Hoover Dam Security Checkpoint