MXET Senior Capstone Experience

Capstone Design

In the Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology (MXET) capstone experience, students transform engineering ideas into functional mechatronic and robotic systems by integrating mechanical design, electronics, sensors, software and control technologies. Working in teams over two semesters, students apply their interdisciplinary knowledge to design, build, integrate, test, and refine innovative solutions to real-world engineering challenges.

Where Disciplines Come Together

MXET students learn to work across the parts of a system, from its physical design to the code and controls that make it function. The capstone project gives them a chance to put those skills into practice while managing a project, communicating their decisions and responding to technical constraints and feedback. The result is hands-on experience with the kind of work they may encounter after graduation.

Sample Projects:

Automating Semiconductor Manufacturing

For a project sponsored by Samsung Austin Semiconductor, four MXET students designed, developed and tested an overhead hoist transportation system, a type of automation used to move silicon wafers in semiconductor fabrication facilities. Samsung engineers mentored the team throughout the yearlong project, giving students experience working with an industry partner on a manufacturing challenge.
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Helping Robots Adapt

Another MXET capstone team helped develop and validate a system that allows multiple robots to survey an area while maintaining navigation and coordination as conditions change. The students integrated hardware, software and controls, tested their work and presented the project to industry judges. Their team earned first place in its major at the spring 2026 Texas A&M College of Engineering Project Showcase.
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Sending a Project Into Space

MXET mechatronics students advanced Hermes, an experiment facility developed from an earlier capstone prototype, into production systems. After testing and acceptance by project partners and NASA engineers and scientists, the facility launched to the International Space Station to support experiments involving regolith simulants.
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