MTSU students’ creativity exhibited during2025 Engineering Technology Mech-Tech expo
Tech-savvy Middle Tennessee State University Engineering Technology and Mechatronics Engineering students closed out the spring semester by exhibiting their one- and two-semester capstone projects during the spring Mech-Tech expo in the Miller Education Center on Bell
Street.
More than 200 people attended Mech-Tech, which featured 35 student presentations, along with 17 poster-only presentations.
Some of the judges came from Ultium Cells, a new battery company in Spring Hill. Wrapping up the spring and fall semesters, Mech-Tech showcases team and individual efforts before commencement ceremonies are held Students, faculty and department Chair Ken Currie await hosting future Mech-Techs in the new Applied Engineering Building, scheduled to open later this summer, in time for the fall 2025 semester. It will be located on the east side of campus next to the MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Building.
To learn more about the engineering and mechatronics engineering programs, call 615-898-5009 or visit https://et.mtsu.edu. Engineering Technology is one of 11 College of Basic and Applied Sciences departments and is located in the Voorhies Engineering Technology Building on Faulkenberry Drive.
Mechanical awards
- First place (tie) — Medimonitor (Sam Apigian, Sabrina White, Abigail Lee, Samuel
Dunn and John White). Note: Medimonitor also received the People’s Choice Award. - First place — I Pill Good (Hunter Hill, Karl Basbas, Michael Nixon, Erik Nilsson and
Kenneth Evans). - Second place — Eden’s Apples (Emmah Xiong, Alex Petrone, Bereket
Tegistesollassie, Oscar Yepes and Riley Stansell. - Third place — LIL Oil Changers (Zyed Al Alawi, Loay Al Subhi, Farid Al Alawi and
Kirolos Nayrouz).
Engineering Technology awards
- First place — Power Step (Read Cox, Tylan Springfield and Mary Nan).
- Second place — Mini Forklift (Samy Moens, Joshua Rhodes and Roy Phillips).
- Third place — Mo Cart (Tegan Johnson, Jackson Burns and Simon Robertson.
