The Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University partners with small businesses and companies to provide valuable hands-on experience to our graduating seniors while reaping the benefits of our department's experience and expertise.
The objective of the design course is to teach senior engineering students a top-down systems design process that enables and encourages innovation. Students then apply this process to a challenging design project. Thus, the nature and scope of potential projects are broad and open to discussion. Industrial and systems engineering is a broad discipline with applications in nearly every aspect of the corporate/industrial world, from design to implementation, improvement and integration. Past capstone projects have addressed issues of forecasting, scheduling, travel/transportation/logistics, facility layout, inventory control, quality assurance, six sigma and lean manufacturing, and production.
Fall 2025 Virtual Project Showcase
Congratulations to all the industrial and systems engineering students who participated in the 2025 Virtual Project Showcase during the fall semester. Below are the award highlights for department teams.
Best in Major for Industrial and Systems Engineering
- First place: “Addressing Bun Weight Variance for C.H. Guenther & Son” – Valentina Michelena, Cameron Miller, Mary Sidorenko, John Rehagan and Peter Tawfik (Faculty: Dr. G. Kemble Bennett)
- Second place: “Radiance Chamber Build Line Model” – Wyatt Rozas, Aditya Patil, Evan Plyler, Jacob Serna-Cohen and Simarik Sandhu (Faculty: Dr. Amarnath Banerjee)
- Third place: “Pedestrian Conflict at Railroad Crossing” – Jan Barrett, Annemarie Hoffzimmer, Eric Gomez, Gabbi Wibner, Isha Pokerna and Tommy Lim (Faculty: Dr. Alexander Abuabara)
Overall Showcase Capstone Awards
- Third place: “SONAR and LiDAR Integration for Maritime Security” – Katherine Goclan, Hollyn Tures, Hurr Rizvi, Mason Fang, Michael Nielsen and Ty Crouch (Faculty: Dr. Shiren Wang)
Program Details
- Course instructors pair groups of four to five students with a corporate partner.
- Together, the company and the students identify problems or areas of concern within the business.
- The students propose methods for verifying, analyzing and solving those problems.
- A final report containing the students' observations, analysis and recommendations is provided to the company. (Note: you are not required to implement any of the students' recommendations, though we are confident you will want to.)
Throughout the 15-week course, students are supervised by the course instructor and a faculty mentor and provide updates to the project sponsor.
Thank You!
We would like to acknowledge and thank our past and current corporate sponsors for their time and effort in supporting our senior capstone design course. We look forward to continuing the growth of these corporate relationships, in addition to establishing new partners for the future. Thank you to those involved in cultivating the next generation of industrial and systems engineers.
