Design Day
Each Spring, ECE students present their capstone projects to the public at Design Day, showcasing the results of the work they undertook throughout their final academic year.
Friday, April 17, 2026, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Engineering Oval, 890 Oval Drive, NC 27606 (Map)
Please join us on Spring 2026 Design Day, where our final semester design teams will present their capstone projects. We have 50 fantastic projects – everything from Plasma controllers, canister deployed solar hot balloons, robotic tomato harvesters, automatic coffee roasters to flying robots, turtle tracking, polar bear feeders, greenhouse gas measurements and a networked sensor suit for historic Whirligig Park.
Inviting Judges
We invite judges from all backgrounds and parts of industry and academia to judge the Design Day competition as part of this event. Judging typically takes place the morning of Design Day (9 AM to 12 PM). If you are interested and available on Friday, April 17th, 2026, or would like to be on the list of potential judges for future Design Days, please fill out the Judging Interest and Availability Form. Please email us at seniordesign@ncsu.edu for any questions.
Previous Design Days
Spring 2024 | Spring 2023 | Fall 2022 | Spring 2022 | Fall 2021 | Spring 2021 | Fall 2019 | Spring 2019 | Spring 2018