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Capstone 2026

 Monday, June 1
(Day One)

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Check-In/Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30

8:30 - 9:00

Opening Session

Location: Chevron Rooms (297-299)

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Conference Co-Chairs

9:00 - 10:00

Plenary Session - 10yr Capstone Survey

Location: Chevron Rooms (297-299)

Results from the Decennial Capstone Survey

  • Susannah Howe (Smith College)

  • Rustin Webster (Purdue University)

Break 10:00 - 10:30

10:30 - 12:00

Panel 1A - Capstone without Physical Prototypes

Location: Chevron Room 299

Facilitator:

  • Kris Jaeger-Helton (Northeastern)

Panelists:

  • Jennifer Mueller (Rose-Hulman)

  • Hadar Ziv (UC Irvine)

  • Hrushi Godbole (Ohio State)

10:30 - 12:00

Panel 1B -After the Sponsor Says Yes: Onboarding and Managing Industry-Sponsored Projects

Location: Chevron Room 298

Facilitator:

  • Todd Polk (UT Dallas)

Panelists:

  • Michael Robbeloth (Ohio State)

  • Philip Hittepole (Grand Valley State)

  • Kristy Csavina (Colorado School of Mines)

10:30 - 12:00

Panel 1C - Capstone 101 - Targeted For New Instructors, Those Developing Their Programs 

Location: Chevron Room 297

Facilitator:

  • Beth DeBartolo (RIT)

Panelists:

  • Robert Hart (UT Dallas)

  • John Parmigiani (Oregon State)

  • Joanna Tsenn (Texas A&M)

10:30 - 12:00

Panel 1D - Supporting Capstone Students with Disabilities and Students who are Neurodivergent

Location: Zach 240

Facilitator:

  • Sarah Oman (Oregon State)

Panelists:

  • Bridget Smyser (Northeastern)

  • Kerry Tate (UT Dallas)

  • Kevin Cotellesso [Student] (Rose-Hulman)

  • Alexis Chivers [Student] (George Mason)

Break 12:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 2:00

Workshop 1A Lunch - I Thought Engineering Was Going To Be The Hard Part, But It’s The People! Social Styles Training for Conflict Resolution in Capstone

Location: Chevron Room 299

Facilitators:

  • Daria Kotys-Schwartz (Univ. Colorado Boulder)

  • Daniel Knight (Univ. Colorado Boulder)

  • Julie Steinbrenner (Univ. Colorado Boulder)

12:30 - 2:00

Workshop 1B Lunch - Improving Capstone Project Completion and Prototype Delivery for Industry-Sponsored Projects

Location: Chevron Room 298

Facilitators:

  • Jim Hartman (UNC Charlotte)

  • Meg Hartman (UNC Charlotte)

  • Kim Fowler (Campbell Univ.)

12:30 - 2:00

Workshop 1C Lunch - Architecting & Administering a Multidisciplinary Capstone at Scale

Location: Chevron Room 297

Facilitators:

  • Kristy Csavina (Colorado School of Mines)

  • Adam Duran (Colorado School of Mines) 

  • Josue Campos do Prado (Colorado School of Mines)

Break 2:00 - 2:30

2:30 - 4:00

Panel 2A - Student Voices

Location: Zach 240

Facilitator:

  • Rachana Gupta (NC State)

Panelists:

  • Mike Puzio [Student] (NC State)

  • Noor Amous [Student] (UT Dallas)

  • Sarai Juarez Uribe [Student] (Univ. Houston)

  • Eden Radulescu [Student] (UC Irvine)

  • Joe Samuel Rosh [Student] (UC Merced)

2:30 - 4:00

Panel 2B - Recruiting and Scoping Projects

Location: Chevron Room 299

Facilitator:

  • Keith Stanfill (Univ. of Tennessee)

Panelists:

  • Ben Fong (Purdue)

  • Stefano Foresti (UC Merced)

  • Jim Hartman (UNC Charlotte)

2:30 - 4:00

Panel 2C - Safety in Capstone

Location: Chevron Room 298

Facilitator:

  • Bridget Smyser (Northeastern)

Panelists:

  • Beth DeBartolo (RIT)

  • Cassidy Leamon (Texas A&M)

  • Chris Kujawa [Student] (NC State)

2:30 - 4:00

Panel 2D - Off-Campus Collaborations 

Location: Chevron Room 297

Facilitator:

  • Jorge Ivan Rodriguez (Univ. Georgia)

Panelists:

  • Colleen Coxe (Harvey Mudd)

  • Ravi Thyagarajan (Texas A&M)

  • Ron Rorrer (Univ. Colorado Denver)

  • Danny Teets [Student] (RIT)

Break 4:00 - 4:30

4:30 - 6:00

Poster Session 1

Location: Conoco Phillips Atrium

6:00 - 7:30

News & Brews (Dinner provided)

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