MTSU students’ creativity exhibited during 2025 Engineering Technology Mech-Tech expo [+VIDEO]

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — 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.

Middle Tennessee State University Engineering Technology Mech-Tech Expo students check out the progress of a plant utilizing grow lighting, one of 35 team presentations during the year-end event to showcase capstone projects. Mech-Tech occurred May 3 at the Miller Education Center on Bell Street in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by Cat Curtis Murphy)

Watch video about some of the projects below:

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. The spring event was held May 3.

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.

Middle Tennessee State University Mechatronics Engineering students admire the capability of the robot created to open cans containing fruit and vegetables Saturday, May 3, during the Department of Engineering Technology Mech-Tech held in the Miller Education Center second-floor atrium on Bell Street in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (MTSU photo by Cat Curtis Murphy)

The “I Pill Good” (group on left) and “Medimonitor” teams shared first place during the Middle Tennessee State University Engineering Technology Mech-Tech Mechanical awards at the Miller Education Center on Bell Street in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in early May. “I Pill Good” team members included Hunter Hill, Karl Basbas, Michael Nixon, Erik Nilsson and Kenneth Evans; “Medimonitor” team members included Sam Apigian, Sabrina White, Abigail Lee, Samuel Dunn and John White. (MTSU photo by Cat Curtis Murphy)

Mechanical awards

• First (tie) — Medimonitor (Sam Apigian, Sabrina White, Abigail Lee, Samuel Dunn and John White). Note: Medimonitor also received the People’s Choice Award.

• First — I Pill Good (Hunter Hill, Karl Basbas, Michael Nixon, Erik Nilsson and Kenneth Evans).

• Second — Eden’s Apples (Emmah Xiong, Alex Petrone, Bereket Tegistesollassie, Oscar Yepes and Riley Stansell.

• Third — LIL Oil Changers (Zyed Al Alawi, Loay Al Subhi, Farid Al Alawi and Kirolos Nayrouz).