CETA Days Celebration

On May 2 and May 9, days we’ve declared CETA Days a celebration of creativity in engineering, students in various majors presented their senior capstone and Master’s thesis presentations. Many of the projects are solutions to real-world problems brought to us and sponsored by local industry; others are projects that students propose themselves; all require a demonstration of results.


These projects are a valuable integrative experience for CETA students, who must demonstrate what they have learned over the course of their time here through the work they present. Any program accredited by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), as many of our programs are, requires its seniors to produce capstone projects.

The presentations that were made on May 2 and May 9 follow:

Architecture Department
Master’s Thesis Presentations

School for the Wild
Presented by Edwin Canales

Yoga and Meditation Retreat
Presented by Rhucha Parab

Rhucha Parab explains her thesis design to a

jury of professional architects.

Arctic Warfare Training Center
Presented by Tyson Dorman

Portable Accommodation Design (PAD)
Presented by Vincent Molluzz

A Green Emergency Medical System (GEMS) Health Center
Presented by Carey Williams-Ramino

Weaver High School
Presented by Jason Farquharson

International Museum of Graffiti
Presented by Arturo Arroyo

Civil Engineering Department
CE 460–Senior Design Presentations

Route 37 Bridge over Padanaram Brook; Danbury, Connecticut
Presented by Bryan D’Orlando, Jeremiah Harrington, Kenneth Radziwon, and Thomas Ruggeri
Mentors: Nicholas R. Giardina, Jr., P.E., and John Hapkiewicz,
DMJM Harris, Inc., Rocky Hill, Connecticut

I-91 Exit 8 Improvements; New Haven, Connecticut
Presented by Vanessa Ferella, Kevin Isu, James McGilnnis,
and Kevin Snedeker
Mentor: Kyle A. Turschman, P.E.,
Baker Engineering NY, Inc., Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD); Stamford, Connecticut
Presented by Steven Fraysier and Jordan Pike
Mentor: James W. Ford, P.E.
Earth Tech, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut

Site Development Plan; West Hartford, Connecticut
Presented by Rebecca Ducharme, James O’Rourke, and Steven Rau
Mentor: Paul M. Brand
BL Companies, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut

Mechanical Engineering Department
Mechanical Engineering Technology Program

The MET senior capstone presenters.

Evaluation of Corrosion Preventative Compounds
Presented by Kevin Choy, Byron Foote, Neil Patel, and Alan Wax
Sponsored by Hamilton Sundstrand

Diaphragm Pressurization Test
Presented by Doug Freitag, Brian Johnston, Dwayne Peart, and
Cody Schoolnik
Sponsored by Hamilton Sundstrand

Coating Qualification Testing
Presented by Jillian Calderone, Jason Damm, Brad Desilets, and
David Johnson
Sponsored by Hamilton Sundstrand

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Electronic Engineering Technology Program

Power Transformers
Presented by Matthew Deane

Interchangeable Temperature Thermos
Presented by Nicholas Giambattista

Audio Summing Playback Device
Presented by Matt Mahier

Low Power Wireless Transmitter
Presented by Haluk Yalcin

USB Media Player
Presented by Rafael Cabrera and Jocquel Johnson

Equalizer for Stereo Devices
Presented by Gregory Herisse and Chris Sherwood

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Audio Engineering Technology Program

300 Watt Subwoofer Power Amplifier
Presented by Ethan Traineanu



Ethan Traineanu and his advisor, Professor Earl Hasselmark

prepare for the presentation of Ethan's capstone project.

Six-channel Headphone Amplifier
Presented by Matt Pitek

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Heating/Cooling Thermos container
Presented by Scott Guertin, Michelle Maskell, Jim Silvia and Jeffrey Vargas

Hardware Implementation of the Easgle-128 Cipher
Presented by Saad Arrabi & Robin Kizirian

3-Phase AC Induction Motor Control System
Presented by Jason W. Philhower

Paintball Marker Control System
Presented by Mike Misterka, Jonathan Fischer and Ilan Alpert

Jonathan Fischer, Ilan Alpert, and Mike Misterka

with the poster explaining their capstone project.

Portable Battery-Powered Guitar Amplifier using Subminiature Vacuum Tubes
Presented by Joe LaPorta and Steve Osuch

Design and Implement Protection Standards and Operating Guides for breaker failure and Reclosing
Presented by Francis Kisenyi

Speedo Cruise
Presented by Bryant Belin, Jessica Carter & Brian Fluss

Distance Controller
Presented by Blanca Coronado

Blana Coronado adjusts her controller before

demonstrating it for a judge.

Building a Guitar Amplifier
Presented by Paul Murray

Fiber Optic Scale Based on Micro-bending Study Analysis and Design of Different Mesh Material
Presented by Vaney Murillo and Fabiola Silva

A High-Efficiency Converter
Presented by Hisgias Redda

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Electrical & Computer Engineering Master’s Theses

Wide Bandwidth Single Sideband (SSB) Transmitter
Presented by John Simonelli
Supervised by Dr. Ladimer Nagurney

Structures for Multiplier-Free Filters
Presented by Adrien Bouffard
Supervised by Dr. Ladimer Nagurny

Optical Transmitters in Optical Communication Systems
Presented by Alavandhar Gupta Neralla
Supervised by Dr. Akram Abu-aisheh

Fiber Optics Receivers
Presented by Jehush S. Prasad
Supervised by Dr. Akram Abu-aisheh

CETA: Caring, Creative, Connected