{"id":2492,"date":"2026-05-30T15:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/?page_id=2492"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:49:58","slug":"2023-2024-testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/student-testimonials\/2023-2024-testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"2023-2024 Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Testimonials\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-testimonials\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-2486\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2486\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/student-testimonials\/\">2025-2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2520\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2520\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/student-testimonials\/2024-2025\/\">2024-2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2487\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2487\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/student-testimonials\/2023-2024-testimonials\/\">2023-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2488\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2488\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/student-testimonials\/2022-2023-testimonials\/\">2022-2023<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2489\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2489\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/student-testimonials\/2021-2022-testimonials\/\">2021-2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2490\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2490\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/student-testimonials\/2020-2021-testimonials\/\">2020-2021<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023-2024 Testimonials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">Aerocyonics<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The ELECOMP Capstone program, under the leadership of Dr. Harish Sunak, has offered us invaluable real-world experience during our senior year of college. Working closely with a company has helped us mature into responsible professionals. We would like to thank our Technical Directors, Bronn Pav, Daniel Dimase, and Isabella Johnson, for their support and recognition of our efforts throughout the year.<\/p>\r\n<p>Jamie Gagnon, our consulting Technical Director, was instrumental in helping us brainstorm and develop project plans. Our directors respected us not only as students but as individuals adapting to the professional environment. Regular weekly meetings ensured our team remained focused and resilient, even when faced with challenges.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Capstone program fosters real-world experience that goes beyond traditional academic learning in engineering. We were pushed to develop our own project plans, fostering critical thinking and innovation\u2014skills that are crucial for our future careers.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">EaglePicher<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>We are grateful to have worked under the guidance of our technical directors, Dan Wertz, Frank Puglia, Shaun Thurber, and Brendan Smurbeck. Their expertise and dedication have been instrumental in advancing our understanding and application of engineering concepts in real-world scenarios. Under their leadership, our team was not only exposed to industry-standard practices but also encouraged to innovate and excel beyond conventional boundaries. Their patient guidance and insightful feedback throughout our project phases have been crucial in honing our technical skills and boosting our confidence as emerging engineers.<\/p>\r\n<p>Additionally, we extend our heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Harish Sunak and his ELECOMP Capstone Program, which provided a phenomenal platform to apply our academic knowledge towards our Joule Tome Battery Blaster project. Dr. Sunak&#8217;s commitment to integrating real-life company projects within the academic curriculum has significantly enriched our learning experience. By facilitating direct collaboration with leading companies, he ensured that we could see the tangible impact of our work, thereby deeply growing our educational journey at the University of Rhode Island.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">General Dynamics<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The ELECOMP Capstone program is a wonderful opportunity that gives the team invaluable experience working in real life situations. With teamwork, design tradeoffs, prototyping, and working with real companies to achieve a common goal. This program has extremely valuable technical directors and assisting technical directors that help guide and teach us along the way.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">Hayward<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The ELECOMP Capstone design program provided us the opportunity to explore the culmination of design and implementation skills which we have developed over the course of our training as engineers. Thanks to the gracious partnership with our sponsor Hayward Industries, we have gained invaluable experience in a real-world design situation. This project has enabled us to approach problem-solving on a scale which we would not be exposed to during our normal coursework.<\/p>\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Individual Testimonial: Beckett Maestas<\/h4>\r\n<p>Before entering the ELECOMP Capstone Program, I felt I had a decent grasp on programming and computer architecture. As a Computer Engineering Major, I felt prepared to take on the project of developing the diagnostic firmware for the VS-OMNI. I believe it to be a testament to the value of this experience when I say that I could not have been more incorrect in this assumption. It took us almost a month to determine how to even deploy the firmware, and during that month, I did more research into tools like bootloaders and Linux build tools than I ever would have without working on this project. I learned more about serial communication protocols and programming bare-metal C than I ever thought I would during my undergrad.<\/p>\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Individual Testimonial: Jayron Gonzalez<\/h4>\r\n<p>When I joined the Capstone project, I was thrilled to finally apply the electrical engineering skills I had spent years developing to a real-world problem. I thoroughly enjoy designing PCBs, especially after taking a dedicated class that significantly expanded my knowledge in this area. This course not only taught me the fundamentals of PCB design but also delved into advanced techniques and best practices. Implementing the bed of nails concept was a significant change for our testing process. Instead of individually soldering headers for each testing point on our PCBs, we integrated a bed of nails fixture that streamlined the entire testing workflow. Working on this project was truly fascinating. The complexity of the problem we were addressing, coupled with the diverse skill sets of our team members, made every day exciting and engaging.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">Novanta<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The ELECOMP Capstone Design Program at URI is indeed one of the best opportunities for a graduating senior in the electrical and computer engineering field. It serves as an excellent bridge between academia and industry, allowing students to apply the skills learned in coursework to real professional projects, thereby preparing them for their careers.<\/p>\r\n<p>Between the invaluable guidance from our Technical Director, Jonathan O&#8217;Hare, our Consulting Technical Director, Jaime Gagnon, and the dedicated leadership of Dr. Sunak, the work experience we gained was truly rewarding and beneficial for our future endeavors. This experience included problem-solving, project management, and teamwork, along with emphasizing the importance of detailed documentation, which is crucial for creating successful projects.<\/p>\r\n<p>Facing these engineering challenges assists with what is the meaning of being an engineer while collaborating with the technical directors to learn how to prepare the project when it comes to its completion. Ultimately, we can assure you that after completing the program, you will emerge more creative, critical thinking, and experienced than ever before.<\/p>\r\n<p>We, as a team of senior students, would like to extend a special thanks to our program director, Dr. Harish Sunak, for his unwavering passion and dedication to building and driving the Capstone Design Program, which enabled us to work with companies at the forefront of their fields. His encouragement was invaluable to our success, and we are grateful for his dedication to our education and growth.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">Novo Nordisk<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The ELECOMP capstone program is an amazing opportunity and experience for seniors in electrical and computer engineering. Working closely with industry professionals who guide the students through the development of products, this program allows for skills and knowledge to be developed that is rarely attainable before graduation. Dr. Sunak fosters a great program and surrounds the students with talented consulting technical directors who help assist and support students throughout this two-semester program. Students not only gain great knowledge in the technical aspects of their project, but also soft skills such as teamwork, project management and presentation skills. Graduates of the ELECOMP capstone program benefit greatly from the experience and are well equipped to be successful as they move on to their careers.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">RDSI<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Research and Development Solutions, Inc. (RDSI)<\/h4>\r\n<p>Participating in the ELECOMP Capstone Design Program as engineering students, our journey with Research and Development Solutions Inc. (RDSI) has been incredibly enlightening. This experience has granted us invaluable insights into the realities of engineering within the commercial sphere, encompassing economic impact considerations, project deadlines, and the ever-changing demands of product development. Specific to computer engineering, this translated into addressing software development choices, platform migration, and implementing an SQLite database to produce a functional software application.<\/p>\r\n<p>The program puts rising engineering students in direct contact with real-world engineers such as our Technical Directors Hannah Morrissey and Bruce Torman at RDSI, who managed project direction and facilitated communication between the company and the team throughout the course of the project. The ELECOMP Capstone program also assigns superb Consulting Technical Directors such as Jamie Gagnon who provided much-needed technical knowledge at our regularly scheduled meetings.<\/p>\r\n<p>Finally, we extend our sincere gratitude to Professor Sunak, the Program Director, whose tireless efforts in fostering industry partnerships have made this program a reality, and whose unwavering support has been instrumental in our project&#8217;s success.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">Rite Solutions<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The Rite-Solutions team would like to thank a number of people for their support in our project this past year. Through this experience, we have gained valuable real-world experience under the guidance of industry and academic mentors. We are confident that we are prepared to effectively function as engineers in industry or graduate school because of this project. In addition to the interpersonal and organizational experience, this project has exposed us to the rapidly-expanding topic of Large Language Models (LLMs).<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">Sanctuari<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>Our capstone project, under the mentorship of Professor Sunak, Joe Moreira, and Chris Rothwell, offered a profound introduction to the real-world engineering landscape, particularly within the field of Internet of Things (IoT). This experience was pivotal in understanding the challenges and complexities of bringing an IoT device from conception to a functional prototype, specifically with our work on SANCTUARI&#8217;s animal tracker for small mammalian species.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">URI Robotics<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>We are grateful to be given this opportunity at the University of Rhode Island. This is an amazing opportunity for the students engaged in the ELECOMP Capstone program. The experiences gained while working for the ICRL on the Robotoy project will directly benefit us while we are pursuing our future careers.<\/p>\r\n<p>We believe that this is a necessary program for all student engineers so they are pushed out of their comfort zones and grow professionally. Thank you to Dr. Sunak for facilitating such a wonderful program, and to our technical directors Dr. Stegagno and Cameron Amaral for the exceptional guidance throughout the process.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">Vicor<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>Throughout the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters, our involvement in the VICOR Capstone Project has been enriching. One of the most invaluable aspects of this experience has been the opportunity to gain hands-on, real-world experience. From honing our abilities in team management to refining our presentation skills, the project has provided a dynamic environment for personal and professional growth. Additionally, we&#8217;ve expanded our expertise in areas such as C-programming, schematic design, and PCB design, utilizing tools such as the Arduino IDE and Altium Designer.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">VoltServer<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The Voltserver ACTS team would like to express our appreciation for the opportunity to work with Voltserver, our technical directors, and Dr. Sunak. Together we have achieved a great deal, overcoming many challenges and obstacles in order to complete and deliver a functional final product.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">XMOS<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>This program was a highly engaging and intellectually stimulating experience. Both of us had refined knowledge about programming and electronics, but had never completed an embedded system project from start to finish before. The process of design, development, debugging, rethinking, and achieving was satisfying and fulfilling. A process and experience far above simple educational material in the classroom.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<details style=\"border:1px solid #e1e4e8;border-radius:8px;margin-bottom:.6rem;background:#ffffff\"><summary style=\"cursor:pointer;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;color:#10233f\">Zebra-Blitz<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>As the team members of Zebra Technologies-Blitz, we want to thank our Technical Directors and Dr. Sunak for giving us the opportunity to apply skills from our last 3 years of school into a real-world scenario.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023-2024 Testimonials Aerocyonics The ELECOMP Capstone program, under the leadership of Dr. Harish Sunak, has offered us invaluable real-world experience during our senior year of college. Working closely with a company has helped us mature into responsible professionals. 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