Sternheimer Awards
Six senior design teams whose projects demonstrate outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship have been selected to receive Mark A. Sternheimer Capstone Design Awards.
These prestigious awards were established in 2012 by Mark A. Sternheimer, a benefactor and a board member of the VCU College of Engineering Foundation. The award recognizes Capstone Design projects that have strong commercialization potential. It is a longstanding component of the college's entrepreneurial culture.
Capstone Design is a two-semester course that represents the culmination of an engineering student’s undergraduate education. It concludes with the Capstone Design Expo. Sternheimer Award winners will showcase their projects to local engineering industry professionals before the Expo.
2024-25 Sternheimer Award Winners
| Project Number | Project Title |
|---|---|
| BME 25-103 | Minimally Invasive Vascular Surgery Instruments |
| BME 25-106 | Design and Development of a Click Chemistry Hydrogel Device for Percutaneous Delivery of Anti-inflammatory Agents |
| CLSE 25-207 | Material Design for Shoreline Erosion Structure |
| ECE 25-407 | NASA LTE Spacesuit Antenna |
| MULT 25-601 | Wearable, Wireless Ultrasound Patch for Pulse Detection during Cardiac Arrest |
| MULT 25-605 | Portable Low- Field MRI Using Permanent Magnets |
| MULT 25-611 | Low-Cost Testing Spirometer for Improved Measurements of Lung Health in Underserved Communities |
| MULT 25-613 | Motorcycle Helmet Design Incorporating a Seam in the Sagittal Plane |
| MULT 25-616 | Improving Stroke Treatment with Cutting Edge 3D Printing |