{"id":2494,"date":"2026-05-30T15:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/?page_id=2494"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:54:45","slug":"2022-2023-testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/student-testimonials\/2022-2023-testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"2022-2023 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\">2022-2023 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\">Acumentrics<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Acumentrics \u2013 Fault Line<\/h4>\r\n<p>The ELECOMP Capstone Design Program is a unique program that requires its students to apply the skills that they have been learning throughout their undergraduate studies. It is undoubtedly one of the most, if not the most challenging experience all electrical and computer engineers from the University of Rhode Island must complete that prepares them for their future careers in industry. For a large majority of the capstone designers, their ELECOMP Capstone Program provided them with their first experience working on a large-scale project with real world implications.<\/p>\r\n<p>Through excellent guidance from our technical directors along with program director Dr. Sunak&#8217;s passion and attention to detail, we were ultimately successful in overcoming many of the challenges we faced. Overall the experience has been overwhelmingly positive, as we had the opportunity to make many of our own decisions based on the knowledge and skills we have acquired both in and out of the classroom setting. These skills are not limited to technical ones and include schedule assessment and planning, effective communication amongst team members and directors, and leadership development. The ELECOMP Capstone Program has helped us improve as both individuals and engineers as we look to begin our professional 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\">Cambridge Technology<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The ELECOMP Capstone Design Program at URI gives engineering students a chance to show off everything they&#8217;ve learned throughout the years. Despite last year being extremely difficult for our class of students, only interacting with each other online in an extremely important year for us, this class was able to bring us back into reality. Our team learned about working together as a collective, picking up extra work and helping out where others were having a hard time, meeting deadlines and problem solving skills.<\/p>\r\n<p>With the assistance of our Technical Directors we have gained skills that would be essential for us to have before going into the real world. We would not have gotten very far without their help, meeting with us as a team weekly and one on one whenever we needed extra help. And having the chance to work with a real engineering company to solve a real-world problem isn&#8217;t an opportunity that many undergrad students get. So we are forever grateful to Dr. Sunak, Jack, and the technical directors that helped to organize this entire 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\">Eagle Pitcher<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Eagle Pitcher: AM BATS<\/h4>\r\n<p>The ELECOMP Capstone Design program is truly one of the greatest experiences an undergraduate engineering student can have before heading into Industry. Ran by Dr. Harish Sunak this program encapsulates what it means to be an Engineer in the field. Each senior Electrical or Computer Engineering student is paired with a company and a team to accomplish one goal by the end of the year but more importantly there are so many skills and experiences that are learned throughout.<\/p>\r\n<p>This program has taught us to be extremely organized, to be meticulous when it comes to documentation, to plan ahead and always be on the lookout for anything that may go wrong. It also created an environment that let us know the importance of deadlines and project management. It gave us the freedom to be creative with the tasks at hand but also have direct guidance from experienced engineers who have been in the field for decades.<\/p>\r\n<p>At the end of the day, a lesson that was repeated, it was always on us to learn and find the answer or the closest solution to assist in our problems, and that&#8217;s how one makes this a successful experience. Sometimes it&#8217;ll be hard with other courses and for some, jobs or internships to pay attention to but putting in maximum effort in your project will allow you to cross through lines never imagined.<\/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<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">General Dynamics Electric Boat \u2013 COTS<\/h4>\r\n<p>The GDEB-COTS design project, led by TDs Adam White and Art Viola, provided our team with valuable engineering and non-engineering related experience. Notably, we fielded several key elements from within our educational experience at the University of Rhode Island, notably, electrical engineering theory, PCB design and hardware\/software development. This program provided us with a great way to apply what theory we had learned with an application-based approach.<\/p>\r\n<p>Additionally, assistance from Mike Smith, Brenden Smerbeck, Jack Murphy and Doctor Sunak was instrumental in the development of our technical and interpersonal skills. These principles are heavily important in not just engineering, but in any team environment within the workforce. We are very fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn from each of them.<\/p>\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Individual Testimonials<\/h4>\r\n<p><strong>Michael Marcello:<\/strong> The ELECOMP Capstone Program was an essential part of my education at the University of Rhode Island, and it assisted me in my career development and search. Notably, it paved the way for the groundwork of my understanding of the engineering process. Without this guidance from Professor Sunak, I would have not been able to properly comprehend the various intricacies of the engineering process.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Luke Wilson:<\/strong> The many hours spent in the ELECOMP Capstone Program supplied me with an experience that was as fundamentally close to the engineering industry as I&#8217;ve had since I began my student career at the University of Rhode Island. Coming out of my summer internship, I&#8217;d believed that I had learned much of what there was to learn in the ELECOMP capstone program but almost immediately I was proven wrong. It helped me to come to a greater understanding of what an extended career in the engineering field might look like and, perhaps more importantly, how to adapt to change.<\/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\">Hexagon<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence<\/h4>\r\n<p>This project, Smart Process Planning for Inspection, has been excellent experience for us. We had an interdisciplinary team, joining the computer Engineers and Industrial Systems Engineers together! Being involved in a team who has different backgrounds and learning from each other was beneficial to prepare us for real industry. This past year has had a couple of challenges, including losing a teammate, losing not one but two technical directors, and having a COVID exposure scare. However, special thanks to, Manbir Sodhi, for joining our team as a Technical Director and guiding us throughout the process.<\/p>\r\n<p>Throughout our time, we&#8217;ve met so many Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence- Rhode Island members of the workforce located at the North Kingstown Headquarters. We overcame many obstacles thanks to them and appreciate the time they took to come down to the URI Metrology Lab. We thank them for making this project possible within the ELECOMP Capstone Program. As we approach the end of our new beginning, we learned many unique skills that we will carry on and perspectives in collaborating within such a large organization!<\/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\">Hollands\/Volvo<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Hollands LLC. \/ Volvo<\/h4>\r\n<p>The Volvo 240 project started as a passion project by one of our team members. During the initial stages of Capstone, Dr. Sunak suggested that it would be a great project to include in the course. A student led Capstone project is not a yearly occurrence, but as a team we are honored to have been given the opportunity. It involved an incredible amount of planning, self-discipline, cooperation, communication, and teamwork. We would argue that these are the core concepts that Capstone is trying to convey.<\/p>\r\n<p>A year ago, we had an idea, redesign the Volvo 240 electrical system using a CAN bus. As a team we had no prior experience designing this type of system. Armed with the support of Dr. Sunak, Mike Smith, Brenden Smerbeck and the University of Rhode Island. We have achieved what we set out to accomplish. The Volvo 240 team would like to thank everyone involved in this process. To future students: Embrace the opportunity afforded by Capstone. There is no better chance to hone your technical abilities and prepare for the challenges ahead.<\/p>\r\n<h4 style=\"color:#248fd4;margin:.5rem 0\">Individual Testimonials<\/h4>\r\n<p><strong>Cameron Major:<\/strong> The impact the Volvo 240 project and the URI Capstone program have had on my life and career has been truly incredible. Having such an interesting project to work on week in and week out has been the highlight of my senior year, and the knowledge I have gained throughout the process led to my hiring upon graduation for my first position in the engineering field. I am beyond thankful for the idea, inspiration, and leadership provided by Jamie Hollands.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Jamie Hollands:<\/strong> When Dr. Sunak approached me and asked if I wanted to include one of my projects in Capstone, I was ecstatic. Outside of my love for Volvos, there is an even greater reason that this project has meant so much to me. In 2016 after returning from a deployment I decided that I wanted to purchase a Volvo 240. I waited for 6 months before the one I truly wanted became available. A copper-colored coupe, sitting in the woods in New Bern, North Carolina. She earned the name Penny. I had no experience working on cars, but the process of getting her working inspired me to go back to school to pursue an engineering degree.<\/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\">IXBLUE Defense Systems<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The success of the iXblue team could not have been possible without the help and support not only from capstone director Dr. Sunak, but the passion from our technical directors Dan Nugent and Patrick Moran. Their constant help and guidance helped the team not only stay on task but reignite our motivation when the project began to fall behind. Our technical directors not only gave us in house experience at the company location, but also took time on Tuesday nights to help keep us on track and answer an outstanding questions midweek rather than waiting until fridays or answering via email.<\/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\">Phoenix Electric<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>Our team would like to give a special thanks to our Technical Directors Mike Smith and Sandro Silva. Our project could not have gone so far without their support and instruction. Every week Mike Smith would guide our team in the technical aspects of the annunciator project. He would answer any questions which we had from the software side and the hardware side. He also allowed the team&#8217;s creativity to flourish in the building of the annunciator. He would allow the team to first try to solve issues regarding this project on their own before stepping in to help us out.<\/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\">Pison Technology<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The ELECOMP Capstone project has given us a fantastic opportunity to work in a realistic work environment as well as work amongst some extremely intelligent and gifted engineers that are on the Pison team. Having the opportunity to be mentored by such people was a wonderful experience. Our Technical Directors at Pison were amazing to work with; always happy to help and assist with any problems or issues we may come up with, as well as productively guiding us to a solution to the issue.<\/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>Dr. Sunak&#8217;s ELECOMP Capstone Program has provided us the best opportunity to apply our engineering skills, in a way that no other course can. The ability to work with a real company, such as Rite Solutions, was an invaluable experience. The Virtual Reality Bridge Simulator was a project that we were instantly drawn to upon hearing about it, and we are grateful to be able to work on it with the guidance of Thomas Santos, Michael VonGonten, and Akintoye Onikoyi.<\/p>\r\n<p>While the scope of this project was quite large, our technical directors provided meaningful feedback on a weekly basis and ultimately helped us grow as engineers. This experience was a truly beneficial experience and has done a great job in preparing us for a future career in the engineering field.<\/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\">Taco Comfort Solutions<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>The curriculums for Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering are long, winding, tumultuous roads that move through countless concepts, formulas and minute intricacies, connecting them all. After years of exhibiting understanding through pencil and paper, the ELECOMP Capstone Design Program offers students a fresh, exciting way to connect the dots. It allows students to test their technical competence with real-world projects, guided by engineering professionals that boast decades of experience in the field.<\/p>\r\n<p>Through this program, students are afforded the opportunity to create and develop products and technologies given to them by actual employees of actual engineering companies. Over the course of a full academic year, teams of students are introduced to tools, techniques, software and hardware used in the field. Students meet with their Technical Directors weekly to discuss progress and hardships, and to probe the minds of these engineering professionals. With all of these components combined, we feel that we&#8217;ve been given a head start, confidence, and an immediate competitive advantage when seeking employment in Electrical and Computer Engineering.<\/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 Corporation<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>Throughout this year, we were greeted with constant assistance and guidance from our technical directors. None of this would have been possible without the URI ELECOMP Capstone program, and Professor Sunak. We were finally able to use our years of knowledge and apply the skills in a professional environment at the company VICOR. The company encouraged us and drove us to share our fervor and ambition into Capstone.<\/p>\r\n<p>For the duration of the year the technical directors assigned to our project were professional, knowledgeable, and great communicators through challenges and questions encountered in the span of the year. They used their knowledge to display an environment of a professional field in engineering where problem solving and thinking divergently are essential to achieve the goal. In the project skills were developed mainly teamwork and communication to meet deadlines and allocate the proper amount of work designated to each 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 ELECOMP Capstone Design Program at URI is a fantastic opportunity for senior engineering students to gain hands-on real-world experience in the engineering field prior to entering the workforce. From the beginning of working on this project it became quite apparent that knowledge gained in the classroom does not compare to practical experience. Our team consists of two electrical engineers and two computer engineers. Each of us worked in a cross disciplinary manner, supporting one another throughout the duration of the project gaining valuable team building skills.<\/p>\r\n<p>Throughout this project we learned more about PCB design and fabrication, soldering, microcontroller configuration, GUI creation, sensor characterization and 3D modeling and printing gaining valuable technical skills as well as life skills which will help us professionally and personally. Capstone is all about developing a passion and urgency for the engineering field in which we will work in and thanks to this experience, in our future endeavors we will see carry these values with us when solving problems and completing whatever engineering task is before us.<\/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>We, team XMOS, are thankful for the opportunity we received this year to learn and grow. Our technical directors were willing to provide their assistance whenever we would reach any roadblocks. Overall, being part of this program was an incredible experience that we wouldn&#8217;t be able to get anywhere else. Our group hopes that the work we have completed this semester will fuel more projects for XMOS in the near future.<\/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 Technologies<\/summary><div style=\"padding:.1rem 1.2rem 1.1rem\">\r\n<p>ELECOMP Capstone is a massive undertaking for all engineering students, and Team Zebra was no different. Dr. Sunak has created a program that allows students to both prove themselves in a work environment based on the things that they&#8217;ve learned over the course of their education, and work in teams with people they may never have had to before and come together to make something work. The team is grateful that we could be a part of this program and combine our abilities to make something for a company that could potentially have a lot of influence in the working world.<\/p>\r\n<p>The team as a whole learned many important lessons when working on this project, with a few of the biggest being time management and collaboration. Students are expected to work on their projects with their teams for a large amount of time, and working out what times are best, when we should meet with technical directors, and how to work on capstone projects even while working through other classes is all very important. Likewise, working together is just as important, and taught us communication skills, when to ask questions, and how to spread the work out so that one of us doesn&#8217;t face a larger workload.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/details>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022-2023 Testimonials Acumentrics Acumentrics \u2013 Fault Line The ELECOMP Capstone Design Program is a unique program that requires its students to apply the skills that they have been learning throughout their undergraduate studies. 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