Celebrating Our Success
WCE Day is a college-wide celebration showcasing the achievements of our students, faculty, and staff, featuring a scholarly showcase of student projects and innovative faculty research and celebrating our upcoming graduates.
April 21, 2026
Alico Arena
Schedule
| Time | Description | Location |
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| 8 - 9 AM | Student Poster Set Up | Alico Arena Lobby |
| 9 - 10:50 AM | Poster Presentations | Alico Arena Main Floor |
| 10:50 - 11:00 AM | Break | Alico Arena |
| 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM |
WCE Day Celebration
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Alico Arena |
Poster Preparation
- Posters should be horizontal, 36 x 48 inches.
- Make sure to use the correct logo for your department.
- Work with your senior capstone professor to have your poster printed.
What to Expect
- A table, tablecloth, tri-fold board, and binder clips will be provided for you.
- We will have up to 20 battery packs available to power devices.
- Wear business casual or business professional clothing.
Contacts by Major
Whether you're a new judge, want to be a judge, or have questions about the rubric, these contacts can answer all of your questions. They will also provide you with parking passes.
- Bioengineering: Dr. Jiehong Liao and Dr. Derek Lura
- Civil Engineering: Dr. Ashraf Badir
- Construction Management: Dr. Anh Chau
- Computer Science & Software Engineering: Paul Allen and Dr. Fernando Gonzalez
- Environmental Engineering: Dr. Jong-Yeop Kim
Frequently Asked Questions
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What's the difference between Eagle X and WCE Day?
Toggle More InfoEagle X is a university-wide event that showcases student internships, research, service-learning, and leadership. WCE Day is an event for the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering that showcases student projects and faculty research as well as celebrates the success of our graduating seniors.
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Where is the event located?
Toggle More InfoAlico Arena, Florida Gulf Coast University
12181 FGCU Lake Pkwy E
Fort Myers, FL 33913
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How do I register to attend?
Toggle More InfoThere is no registration needed to attend. The event is free for students, families, and community members.
Posters
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2026
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Bioengineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students FlowFeed - Pouch Feeder for Afinia AP200 Label Applicator Maria Fernanda Affonso Sodre, Christian Hubner & Yahira Gomez-Santiago Needle Crimping Attachment Nicholas Blanco, Rigoberto Tovar & Emilio Sandoval Zone Navigator 2.0 Angelo Bono, Carson Engelmann, Laura Huffman & Kira Parker Wearable Electrocardiogram Monitoring Chanikan Ampatpisutsakul, Gustav Brugger, Ryan Hess & Carter Sickels Leadless Temporary Pericardial Pacemaker and Subxiphoid Delivery System Peyton McCarthy, Reid Rausch, Brendan Reilly & Isabella Rosa Tovar -
Civil Engineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Everglades Boulevard Roadway Widening Rorie Fitzgerald, Kyle Rinaca, Jonathan Sandmann & Camden Turner Amphibious Group Site Expansion John Allen, Chase Danielson, Luke Egbers & John Ruzzel Layson Whiskey Creek Club Cade Cratsley, Bellenste Forvil, Jacob Kaminsky & Branly Rodriguez Pine Ridge Road and Livingston Road Intersection Jughandle Erik Anderson, Joseph Hallack, Vitali Owen & Maxwell Pettit Two-Story Residential Home Kaitlyn Bohl, Skylar Davis, Nicholas Hrabik, Andrew Shivyrev & Andy Travieso Pine Island Commerce Center Christopher Andalia, Alaga Begic, Christopher Diaz & Noah Hanson Milan Villas Cameron Day, Jonathan Guerrero, Brandon Marquez-Davila & Cristian Vega Arreola Residential Amenity Campus William Johnson, Kathryn Larkin, Hannah Mathis & Lian Picone Ramos FMFD Fire Station #18 Ahtziri Colin, Michael Gumina, Skylar Mahaffey, Lillian Norman & Catherine O’Brien Whiskey Creek Filler Marsh Design Jenna Durand, Julian Gagnon, Luchy Gilberti & Ethan Sear Flats at Livingston Gavin Corcoran, Conner Kitchner, Christopher Popple & Rossana Rosado Pondella Road Safety Review Eryck Castillo, Tyler Girtmen, James Ratcliff & Joseph Walker -
Construction Management
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Cape Coral Fire Station Erick Evans, Sierra Gilbert, Martin Johnson & Matthew Poulin Bonita Springs Town Center Building 3 Kasey Cantin, Jon Maggiore, Amaar Rahman & Max Scaravalle Alico Road FSER Daniel Chavez, Goretty Elien, Albert Rexhepi & Mason Richards Forensics & CID Building Brey Engeler, Colton Engeler, Mackenzie Farkas & Brady Rose Immokalee Cat Bus Transfer Station Max Aroesty, Daniel Delzer, Elijah Drews & Avery Seaman Treeline Industrial Park Yann-Luca Allraun, Tyler Larsen, Benjamin Wallace & Jonathan Wurtenberg Incredible Bank Leo Caramagno, Joseph Fritzam & Kaden Krishna State Road 82 Chris Abate, Andrew Castello, Logan Ginther & Karson Starling Vivid Shores Noah Lepper, Jason Sams & Norge Tejeda Premier Women Care Kent Blanding, Kelsey Firlik & Sammy Presmy City of Fort Myers RO WTP Facility Benjamin Delmont, James Koch & Max Maurer Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City Alexis Figueroa-Baltazar, Gia Gianforte, Delaney Bischof & Mya Baranski -
Environmental Engineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Hydraulic Design of a Water Level Control System for Flood Mitigation and Water Quality Enhancement at Waterbury Lake Kieran Mannering & William Thomas Bench-Scale Design and Performance Evaluation of a Closed-Loop Aerobic Bioreactor for Diesel-Impacted Water Carli Bell & Meaghan Keane Remedial Design of Stabilization Strategies for Sulfur-Impacted Acidic Soils at an Industrial Harbor Site Elizabeth Bork, Catie Maher & Kaylee Murphy Integrated Air Sparging and Soil Vapor Extraction System Design for Remediation of a Petroleum-Impacted Site Carter Baker & Zach Hudson Hydrologic Design and Evaluation of Supplemental Storage for Hydroperiod Restoration at Babcock Webb Olivia Hettinger & Hayden Parks -
Software Engineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Web Watch
Tajae Bromfield, Daviel Diaz, Hector Meza & Tristan Brisker Arthrex Full-Stack Web Application Amber Jones, Kylen Bregula, Isaiah Herard & Andrea Safadi Project with Dr. Ahmed Elshall, FGCU Michael Alvear, Luis Cabrera, Mark Schwartz & Christopher Smith API Atlas Deividas Ilgunas, Jordan Robertson, Thomas Baratta & Daniel De Sousa Guevara WISE-Net: A Framework for Time-Aligned Low-Cost Vibration Sensing Jean Abreu, Tanner Lang & Siang Chin Exonicus Project Jack Leser, Seth Nenninger, Nicholas Taylor, Sophia Collis & Antonio Rivas Spoores Project Nicholas Perez, Nicholas Hubbard & Braxton Tillman Goodwill VR Experience Taylor Fisher, Kamy Bubick, Jonathan Farkas, Yanisley Mendiola, Catalina Perez & Angel Hernandez Holigraphic Technology in Healthcare George Stephen, Thomas Cramer & Logan Esala Housing Affordability Portal Ricardo Figueroa & Marco Kalbermatten iGotNext Sports Richard Beuck, Lousiane Gauthier, Ryan Portell, Vivian Procacci & Zander Picon Beekeeper Application Amanda Smith, Drake Walsh, Bryce Pagan, Bilal Dogutas, Jose Fernandez & Jeg McIntire Boombox Daniel Lowry, Nicholas Palceski, Matthew Martinez, Connor Plonka, Nandor Laar, Dominique Lucien & Philippe Lucien Project with Dr. Ahmed Elshall, FGCU Jordan Fletcher, Alex Poole, Clinton Oho & Salatheo Clay iGotNext Sports Daniel Arriaga-Franco, Glorida Mayo, Lazaro Loureiro & Fedmichard Francois Eagle X Scoring System Marina Bunyatova, Livia Ruiz Dantas Alves Correia & Gabriel Correa Exonicus Tova Quinones, Robert Reed, George Alenchery, Michael Hierrezuelo & Caleb Lauder Project with Dr. Ahmed Elshall, FGCU John Holik, Claiton Pinto, Christopher Foster & Jesse Prieto Project with Dr. Ahmed Elshall, FGCU Victor Morales Blanco, Daniel Krutky & Peter Nguyen Spendlynx Scoqari Lentz Fortune & Nash Morrison Project with Felix Billert, Wave.Space Michael Bryan & Ryan Bussert Tech for Life Luis Martinez, Simon Gonzalez & Evan Barbur Netspider Martin Patterson & Aaron Cole DHS Denise Pierre & Alex Murillo
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2025
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Bioengineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Epicardial Lead Adapter (ELA) System Charlee Dascani, Annabelle Euliss, Alba Laco & Lea Zellner Label Applicator System Icon (LASI) Michael Krupick, Jonathan Lollino, Ashley Mitchell & Morgan Tulacro PushLock® Punch-Inserter Vanessa Lopez, Maria Hernandez, Maya Yagan & Omar Zeidan Knot Tracker Danelly Gonzalez, Kelly Llanas, Melissa Rivas & Roberto Rodriguez SutureMaker Pro Brianna Berent, Colton Conrad, Deven Hannan & Guether Joseph Novel ECG Shirt Monitor Nathan Fowlkes, Noelle Petersen, Paul Sabau & Kaitlyn Terry -
Civil Engineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students SPUI Intersection on Immokalee Rd. and Livingston Rd. Collier County, Florida Luigi Anchondo, Joel Garcia, Connor Hilbert, Juan Martinez & Carson Tucker Warburton Residence Cassidy Crawford, Luis Freijoso Brandao, Joy Rate & Sam Spoonhoward Whiskey Creek Country Club Brock Deno, Erick Diaz, Nicholas Gould & David Richardson Immokalee Rd. & Livingston Rd SPUI Andrew Caparo, Trent Dickey, Matthew Mickley & Horacio Pereira Alico Bridge Design Tyler Davidson, Jonatan Espinoza, Juan Juarez & Eric Mendoza Rotary Park Redevelopment Plan
John Gill, Matthew Hebert, Elizabeth Molina & Mariana Villarroel Jupiter Fire Rescue Building Design Albert Chew, Natalia Guerra, Daniel Maloney & Daniel Perez Amenity Campus Martin Grabovac, Jesse Hecker, Samantha Smith & Noah Witt Industrial Warehouse Evaluation and Repair Justine Alcarraz, Collin Kostage & Tran Thai -
Construction Management
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Sports Bristreaux Jordan Auguste, Nicholas Sadler & Tristan Williams Lee Health Cape Coral Hospital ICU Expansion Gino Costa, Shannon Garcia, Colton Howard & McFaddin Moise MPGL Assisted Living Garret Girardin, William Masi & Austin Reitz Gateway Services CDD Administration Danielle Brezak, Devin Denardo, Matthew Niemann & Shania Smith Sports Bristreaux Grant Fordon, Carter Stelly & William Thurmond Gateway Services CDD Administration Cody Daniels, Sean Morris & Aiden Walther MiraCosta Health and Wellness Hub Maria Bartolome, Daisy Govea, Carlie Knight, Daniel Trejo-Garcia & Emma Wood SR 78 (Pine Island Road) Nicholas Almeida, Richard Cohee & Olger Hanaj Lehigh Acres Fire Station #107 Timothy Brough, Blake Dean, Alan Terrero & Argel Trejo Salt Leaf Restaurant Franklin Caceres, Israel Estrada, Caden Himes & Aiden Tulloch Green Blvd Bike Lane Brandon Evans, Merko Kucaj & Drew Snyder Lehigh Acres Fire Station #107 Jack Cunningham, Conner Edmunds, Alec LaFrance & Logan Rose Tennis Center Pavillion at Caymas Matthew Bolgen, Mackenzie Groves & Moritz Merz Salt Leaf Restaurant Luke Accardo, Kyle Corey, Jacob Harms & Andrew Redd -
Environmental Engineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Innovative Design Solutions for Enhanced Pollution Capture in Winter Haven's Chain of Lakes System Cassidy Rieman & Mason Schweizer Advanced Wastewater Treatment Feasibility Study for Bonita Springs Utilities West Water Reclamation Facility Erik Courtney & Warren Faustin Enhancing the Resilience of Fort Myers' Wastewater: Hydraulic Modeling and Hardening at CAWWTF Elia Becker & Sarah Smith Optimizing Treatment for Coal Tar-Impacted Groundwater: Polymer Mixing and Contaminant Control Strategies Alejandra Procel & Van Stillson -
Software Engineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Arthrex Newsroom Portal Ryan Boyle, David Betanzos, Julien Dominguez & William Dragstrem NetProfiler: The Next Evolution in Homeland Security Intelligence Jonathan Howard, Miguel Llanes, Olivia Schafer, Trevor Chessnoe & Sahbah Gonzalez Stellar Sync Inventory Manager Vasil Ivanov II & Julia Chickonski EvalAI: An AI-Powered Resume Screening Tool John Peller, Tim Meinert, Jacob Aronowitz & David West LeoFindIt Thomas Trinh, Julio Lapon, Michael Ortega, Jeremy Clark, Niel Patel, Aubrey Gasperi, Albert Ramirez, Brian Zapata Resendiz, Arnulfo Villicana & Christian Alvarez HSI Netspider Caleb Newman, William Murphy, William Ward, Julio Santamaria, Joshua Wurtenberg, Daniel Kareh & Antonio Talavera Pull Request AI Generator Vladimir Ovsyannikov, Derek Mesa & Jayden McCormick UniteU Catherine Silva, Aleksandr Strizhevskiy, Quoc Nguyen, Peter Ocean, Jacob McCormack & Lee Bernard EIHL Knowledgebase Carlos Bolivar Mora, Rafael Huang, Charles Marsala, William Mollaymeri, Kiev Rodriguez-Zogg & Alfonso Orbe Coka The Overseer Yay Dominguez Santos, Nate D'Agostino & Emma Froehlich MaritimeViz Marcelo Lopes de Amorim Junior, Henrique Wagner Baggio & Thalia Valle Chavez Electronic Health Record Transfer Richardson Jacques Spoores Markendy Pierre, Brandon Caserto, Keyan Ridgeway & Anthony Raphael FGCU Civil Engineering Giovanni Moncibaez, John Nguyen, Joseph Lennon & Nicholas Chlumsky Lee County School District Johnny Mai, Aidan Premau, Brandon Bastos & Ethan Springob
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2024
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Bioengineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Arthrex Biceps Smasher Stephan Bosch, Jacob Douglas, Colby Rakowski & Jake Rivera Arthrex TieRex Knot Tying Device Emma Hixenbaugh, Shady Moneeb, Kelly Morck & Madisen Sweatt Fillauer TRS Elbow Joint Amana Ayala, Kateri Balsamo, Reid Rausch & Abdel Rivera Lee Health Transaortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Valve Extractor Jeremiah Chetty, Amy Peralta, Lauren Philip & Justin Piedra -
Civil Engineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Lee Blvd Between Olimpia Pointe and Leonardo Blvd N. Corridor Improvements Joel Chatoo, Alexander Delgadillo, Stanley Lebrun & Corey Perry Lee Blvd Corridor Improvements Kenneth Howard, Vivianna Mannarino, Dominic Martina, Danny Reyes Lopez & Nicholas Weldenbruch Gulf Gateway Resort & Marina Village Scott Daley, Kevin Gonzalez & Sam Taylor Windsong (F. K. A. Penzance Villas) Cristian Arcienega Paredes, Leonardo Flores, Ryan Gerzeny & Jonathan Goldberg Maydell Drive Bridge Structure Evaluation David Castillo, Robert Garcia, Frank Ieppariello, Aaron Krupp & Lisa Nesbitt Nik Makryllos Single Family Residence
Isabella Manda, Nicole Manda, Jelena Sanchez & Jared Trejo Tilt-Up Wall Construction Andrew Naraine, Gavon Smith, Lucero Faviola Ventura Antonio & Gavin Washington Whiskey Creek Country Club Redesign Zach Alexander, Rodney Betancourt & Nicholas Goerke Sebring the Race Home Jeffrey Anez-Zubieta, Giovanni Arriaga, Justin Samsenak & Eshaud Tolbert John Yarbrough Linear Park Pedestrian Bridge Rex Andis-High, Kady Jackson & Yuliya Tyrak Single Point Urban Interchange for Collier County Michael Aouad, Rickey Dunn, Michael Falzone & Julia Garcia -
Construction Management
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center Erick Reyes, Ivan Koviachuk, Zachary Lulf & Logan Mueller Surgical Healing Arts Center Jackson Veverly, Joey Klesisley, Jackson Murray & Hunter Stevens BSPR Sports Challenge Park Ryan Baimer, Makayla Gardner, Andy Martinez & Jonathan Shippert YMCA Food Hall Thomas Glanders, Andrew Frost, Johnny Healey & William McCusker Coronado PKWY New Condo-Apartment Building Project Cody Deal, Zachary Scott, Michael Thomas & Adrian Vargas Coronado PKWY New Condo-Apartment Building Project Colten Beane, Michael Cerami, Nicholas King & Mitch Walsh Bonita Beach Senior Housing Community Abel Bardales, Alexandra Layton, Jeffrey Miliffe & Owen Schmitt -
Environmental Engineering
Toggle More InfoName of Project Students Sustainable Wastewater Treatment for FGCU: A Living Machine Design Madison Craumer, Tristan Hodson & Meredith Crawford Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater and Effective Treatment Methods Terence Wise, Gabriel Alford, Luciano Gilberti & Jordan Borowski Nutrient-Reducing Design for Stormwater in Cooper's Bayou, Clearwater Using Multi-Chamber Baffle Boxes John Cwikowski, Michael Meeks & Austin Oxley Coachman Park Coastal Assessment and Enhancement Alexis Akers, Ilana Roselli & Samantha Rende
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