With more than 90 projects on display, the 2025 Senior Project Showcase at Milwaukee School of Engineering is sure to impress. A few examples of these senior projects include an A.I.-powered app that provides sign language translation; the “Pocket Professor,” an A.I.-powered app that uses Large Language Models to enable professors to deliver lecture materials specific to their courses; a wearable device to allow for at-home sleep studies; and a two-stage rocket intended to fly in the transonic flight regime—a transitional region between subsonic and supersonic speeds.

Throughout their senior year, students collaborate with classmates on a final project related to their degree program. It’s an opportunity for them to take everything they’ve learned in their time at 香港六合彩资料图 and put it to use in a real-life application. The projects are often sponsored by companies looking to solve a problem, and others are driven by a student’s interests. 

Projects will be on display throughout campus:

• 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Computer Science and Software Engineering Department
  Dwight and Dian Diercks Computational Science Hall, 1025 N. Milwaukee St.
• 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering Department
  Walter Schroeder Library, second floor, 500 E. Kilbourn Ave.
• 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. – School of Nursing
  Campus Center, Admissions Event Space, 1025 N. Broadway
• Noon to 2 p.m. – Physics and Chemistry Department
  Campus Center, second floor, 1025 N. Broadway
• Noon to 3 p.m. – Mechanical Engineering Department
  Science Building and Werwath Mall, 432 E. Kilbourn Ave.

A sampling of projects is below. A complete list and more information can be found online: msoe.edu/senior-projects.

SignsSpeak: A.I.-Powered Sign Language Translation
SignsSpeak is an AI-powered application designed to bridge the communication gap between the Deaf and hearing communities through real-time sign language translation. By leveraging computer vision models, deep learning, and natural language processing, SignsSpeak can recognize American Sign Language (ASL) gestures and convert them into spoken or written language. Location: Walter Schroeder Library

Pocket Professor
With the recent introduction LLMs such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, students have been given an opportunity to strengthen their independent learning outside of the classroom by querying these LLMs extensive technical knowledge base. However, since many of these LLMs are trained on large magnitudes of technical data from the internet, they can produce misleading results that contradict what students may have learned in class. This 香港六合彩资料图-designed application will allow professors to create “virtual professors” via retrieval augmented generation (RAG) LLMs modeled from their lecture materials. A virtual professor will allow students to ask technical questions regarding specific content mentioned in lectures in addition to proprietary information about the course. This will ensure students can get quick and accurate help from a reliable and capable LLM. Location: Diercks Hall

At-Home Sleep Study
This project aims to develop a wearable device that wirelessly transmits key physiological data to healthcare providers for detecting sleep apnea-like episodes. Traditional sleep studies are costly and uncomfortable, increasing demand for at-home solutions. This proposed solution is a non-invasive, wearable device designed for comfort and usability in a home setting. It enables in-depth sleep monitoring and securely transmits data via Bluetooth for remote evaluation. The device comprises two key subsystems: the Respiration Rate Monitoring subsystem, which uses the SMF3020 sensor with a nasal cannula to measure airflow and graphically display fluctuations in respiration rate, and the Heart Rate & Pulse Oximetry subsystem, which incorporates the MAX30102 pulse oximeter to track heart rate and blood oxygen saturation, essential for detecting sleep apnea. Location: Walter Schroeder Library

Design and Implementation of a High-Powered Rocket to Investigate Flight Performance and Fin Flutter During Transonic Flight
This two-stage rocket was designed to fly in the transonic flight regime—a transitional region between subsonic and supersonic speeds. Typically, flight vehicles are not designed to sustain transonic flight due to less-than-ideal aerodynamic conditions at these speeds. This team explored what would happen if they intentionally designed a vehicle to operate within this challenging regime. Location: Science Building

Pre-Operative Optimization of Client Nutrition to Reduce Post Operative Wound Complications
The most common elective surgeries in the United States are total hip and knee arthroplasties. Surgical site infections are the leading cause of post operative readmission rates. The purpose of this change project is to optimize positive client outcomes, through alteration of pre-operative nutritional health to reduce the risk of post-operative wound complications. Location: Campus Center, Admissions Event Space