REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE

Industry partners, nonprofits and international organizations support and provide mentorship for many of the hands-on, professional experiences that benefit Villanova Engineering students.

Senior Capstone Projects

A graduation requirement for all civil, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering students, senior capstone projects reflect real-world challenges and demonstrate students’ acquired knowledge. Recent projects and partners include:

  • Remotely operated underwater robot (L3Harris Technologies)
  • Plant sunlight tracking in greenhouse (FMC)
  • Modular robot for adaptable research (Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division)
  • Natural convection (Advanced Cooling Technologies)
  • Server rack heat recovery (Microsoft)
  • Bracket redesign for additive manufacturing (Lockheed Martin)
  • Personal ID system using Cisco Meraki Access Points (Cisco)
  • Unexploded ordnance remediation (Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, Cambodia)
  • Agricultural extension software application for use by farmers in rural Guatemala (Catholic Relief Services)

Senior Project Studio

A highlight of Chemical and Biological Engineering is the department’s two-semester Senior Project Studio through which Chemical Engineering majors can participate in an industry-sponsored design or research project.

Recent undergraduate research projects include:

  • Removal of copper from wastewater by adsorption
  • Optimizing lyophilization processes for drug formulations (Merck)
  • Using antibody coating polymer microparticles for vaccine delivery (Merck)
  • Rational synthesis of highly dispersed bimetallic catalysts
  • Expression of recombinant earthworm hemoglobin in CHO cells
  • Engineering an intron sequence to optimize transgene expression

INNOVATE: The L3Harris Summer Program

A partnership program of the College of Engineering and L3Harris Technologies, this competitive, self-directed engineering design program supports multidisciplinary student teams in developing and prototyping solutions to real-world problems of their choosing. Learn more.

HEAR FROM OUR ENGINEERS

What does Villanova Engineering mean to our undergraduates, graduate students and faculty members? Listen as they share their experiences as engineers in Drosdick Hall.

UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE

“Something that’s really special about Villanova Engineering is that it helps students not just become a better engineer, but just also a better person.”

GRADUATE EXPERIENCE

“Villanova embraced the idea that we all have something to offer. Everyone knows something you don’t, and we all have an important perspective to share.” 

FACULTY EXPERIENCE

“We have these amazing facilties and experts in so many areas that we can truly make an impact at the forefront of engineering and science.”