Engineering Design EXPO Posters

Each spring, the annual Engineering Design EXPO welcomes hundreds of students, industry partners, and community members to explore industry-sponsored projects created by U of I College of Engineering students as part of the Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Program.

View a timeline of posters and event programs below, or browse all EXPO Posters

2001 to 2025

2001
Cover page of a booklet with yellow and purple text.

2002
Cover page of a booklet with green and blue text.

2005
Cover page of a booklet with black and orange text.

2007
Cover page of a booklet with white text and a photograph of people working in a forested area.

2014
Cover page of a digital booklet with white and bronze text. Images on the booklet cover show a series of student engineering projects.

2015
Cover page of a digital booklet with white and bronze text against a photograph of a cube-shaped object containing wires.

2016
Cover page of a digital booklet with white and bronze text against a photograph of a child operating an engineering project.

2017
Cover page of a digital booklet with white and bronze text against an image of a man operating an engineering project.

2018
Cover page of a digital booklet with white and gold text on a black background.

2019
Cover page of a digital booklet with text and an image of two people looking at an arm-mounted engineering project.

2020
Digital poster with text blocks, images and schematics of complex electronic components, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images and schematics of a fencing system, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of electronic components attached to white boards, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of engineering designs.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of electronic devices, and photographs of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and colorful graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a blocky computer game.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs and schematics for a laser systems, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs of solar panels, graphs, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a door placard.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of an electronic device, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, graphical representations of data, and photographs of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a snowmobile, and photographs of three people.
Cover page of a digital booklet with white, yellow, and black text and photographs of people interacting with different kinds of engineering projects.
Digital poster with text and images of devices to support human arms and legs.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of an engineering schematic depicting an oil refinery process.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a tube-shaped device for separating gases and engineering schematics for the device.
Digital poster with text blocks against a green background and a photograph of glass beakers containing fluids of different shades of green.
Digital poster with text blocks, a photograph of a fish, and an engineering schematic for a cuboid device.
Digital poster with text blocks, a complex schematic for an engineering project, and graphs depicting gold extraction results.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of metallic ammunition cases, a schematic depicting the process of ammunition case manufacturing, and a graph indicating change over time in the price of ammunition manufacturing.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of a metallic cuboid device.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of laboratory sample slides, and an engineering schematic of a transparent box with various devices that fit inside of it.
Digital poster with text blocks on a green background and images of a conveyor belt device and a metal drum.
Digital poster with text blocks on a gray background and images of an engineering schematic, a person with electrodes on their head assembling a puzzle, and a group of people standing next to each other.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of engineering schematics for a plastic cuboid device for filtering water.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics for a machine that handles logs, and photographs of four people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a cylindrical device for processing algae, and a photograph of four people.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs of a medical tool shaped like a gun, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of several plastic and metal tool components.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of metal mounts for a rifle scope.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs of electronic devices mounted on a slab of wood, and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics of an electronic device, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a blocky device used to manipulate sheet metal, and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a device for heat treating ammunition, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a blocky device used to measure and cut insulation, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a large battery device, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a device shaped like a cylinder atop a cabinet.

2021
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of waste metal.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a gun-like device and bones with holes drilled in them.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of bridges over streams.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of an elaborate device that attaches to a human arm.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of groups of people and of a black plastic barrel.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a device shaped like a square of plastic with a wheel attached to it.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs and schematics of a cuboid plastic chamber.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of quail embryos and a device for evaluating them.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a photograph of an electronic device.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and maps of a building site.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of computer generated shapes, and photographs of electronic devices.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a photograph of a large cylindrical device.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs of a long rod and a group of people, and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of plants, a drone, and an elaborate camera device.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a photograph of a metal cuboid device.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of people and of a machine used to take apart bales of hay.
Digital poster with text blocks, a map, and a representation of a warehouse.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and photographs of a group of people and a cylindrical device used to detect wildfire acoustically.
Cover page of a digital booklet with white, yellow, and black text and photographs of people interacting with different kinds of engineering projects.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a wooden platform on wheels.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs and schematics of a lighting system, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs and schematics of a device for measuring solar radiance, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of computer programs, and photographs of an electronic device and people.
Digital poster with text blocks and drawings of a sewer route.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a machine that generates embers, and graphs depicting data.
Digital poster with text blocks, images and schematics of a device that measures electrical activity, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a forklift, and a data graph.
Digital poster with text blocks, images and schematics of a device with two large plates, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a pipeline route, and data graphs
Digital poster with text blocks, images of an antenna alignment control system, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, diagrams and data graphs, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs of computing devices, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs of a plastic and metal device used to test metal fatigue, and graphical depictions of the device's schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks and images from a blocky computer game.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and an image of a rectangular device used to test a material's tensile strength.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and photographs of people and a beaker with amber fluid in it.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and an image from a mapping application.
Digital poster with text blocks and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a photograph of plants with red leaves in a greenhouse.
Digital poster with text blocks, a computer generated image of a bridge over a creek, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks, an aerial image of a road intersection, and data graphs
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a computer generated image of a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, data graphs, and images of electronic devices.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, data graphs, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks and imagery from a blocky computer game.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of wooden boxes and metal electrical boxes.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of elongated plastic bowls.

2022
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of a group of people and of a device for taking apart bales of hay.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and aerial images of a road.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of an elongated device atop a metal cart.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of electronic devices inside of a black plastic carrying case.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of various laboratory equipment.
Digital poster with text blocks and images depicting a mine from the side, from above, and within its tunnels.
Digital poster with text blocks and aerial imagery of a forested area.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks, imagery of a hillside, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a device composed of objects connected by thin tubes.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and aerial photographs of a traffic circle.
Digital poster with text blocks and a data graph.
Digital poster with text blocks and imagery from a blocky computer game.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, images of a cuboid device for testing materials' tensile strength, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, engineering schematics, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of an angular device with a protruding arm.
Digital poster with text blocks, imagery of a supportive device for human legs, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, imagery of a complex cuboid device, data graphs, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a device that looks like a series of connected pipes.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a cylindrical device.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of a winglike object.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of a four-wheeled vehicle.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a bridge over a body of water.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of an arm exoskeleton on a human and picking up colored balls.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of a group of people and an elaborate electronic device.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a snowmobile and pipes.
Digital poster with text blocks and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, a metal cuboid device, and photographs of a group of people and people working with materials under a fume hood.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a metal-framed device.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a vehicle with tracked treads.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of black plastic objects and an MRI machine, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and aerial photographs of a grassy area.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of the components of a joystick.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of a metal and plastic device and a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, data graphs, and a computer generated image of a bridge.
Digital poster with text blocks and imagery from a blocky computer game.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, data graphs, and a photograph of a group of people.
Cover page of a digital booklet with white, yellow, and black text and photographs of people interacting with different kinds of engineering projects.

2023
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, images of a cylindrical device, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of electronic devices.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a robotic arm next to a tray of green items.
Digital poster with text blocks and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks, a screenshot of a computer program, and computer generated images of a virtual office.
Digital poster with text blocks, data tables, and images of a river and cylinders.
Cover page of a digital booklet with white, yellow, and black text and photographs of people interacting with different kinds of engineering projects.
Digital poster with text blocks and drawings of a gray block with a vertical shaft running through it.
Digital poster with text blocks and computer generated images of the components of an arm rest.
Digital poster with text blocks and drawings of a tree-lined road from above.
Digital poster with text blocks, data tables, and computer generated images of a building.
Digital poster with text blocks and drawings of a building.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a cuboid reservoir.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a proposed apartment complex.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of the state of Idaho and of bridges.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of a dam and the area where it should be installed.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, computer generated images of colored shapes, and photographs of a circuit board.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of an earthworm in an orange plastic tray connected to electrodes.
Digital poster with text blocks and images various plastic tubes.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of drawings and models of the human spine.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, images of microscope slides and plastic boxes, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a device composed of objects connected by thin tubes.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of an electronic device.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a winglike object.
Digital poster with text blocks and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a device for testing tensile strength of materials.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of a laptop and assorted electronic devices.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of cylindrical and cuboid devices.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a handheld controller.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of various components of an electronic device, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of white robotic arms.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a robotic arm with a saw attachment on the end.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a simple V-shaped aerial vehicle.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of the components of a leg exoskeleton.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, data graphs, and photographs of an elaborate electrical device.

2024
Digital poster with text blocks, images of cylindrical objects and a V-shaped wing vehicle, and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and photographs of various tools and objects arrayed in a laboratory environment.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and an image of a scale model of buildings and streets with a pipe running underneath them.
Digital poster with text blocks and several images of mammograms.
Cover page of a digital booklet with text blocks and a photograph of a colorful object.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a blue plastic wheel, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text block and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, images of a flying vehicle, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a forklift.
Digital poster with text blocks and engineering schematics.
Digital poster with text blocks and data tables.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a device composed of objects connected by thin cords.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of a metal device with multiple cylinders that emits fire.
Digital poster with text blocks and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and photographs of a complex device connected to a laptop.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a device consisting of a round plate within a cuboid frame, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a device with nesting circular components, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of a device that connects to small sheds via metal pipes.
Digital poster with text blocks and computer generated images of a cylindrical device used to change tools on a robotic arm.
Digital poster with text blocks and aerial images of intersections.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a large, white medical device.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a snowmobile, and photographs of three people.
Digital poster with text blocks and overhead images of a proposed apartment complex.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and an aerial image of an area with grass and trees.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and images of metal materials being tested in a cuboid structure.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, data tables, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of electronic devices.
Digital poster with text blocks and a computer generated image of tables with computers on them.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a proposed building.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and aerial images of a forested area.
Digital poster with text blocks about no maintenance bushing for forklifts, with images of materials and technical descriptions.

2025
Cover page of a digital booklet with text blocks and a photograph of two people interacting with an engineering project.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of objects connected by wires.
Digital poster with text blocks, computer generated images of an older man in a blue shirt, and an AI architectural model.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of a cuboid object with a camera lens, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and overhead images of a road and bridge.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and photographs of manufacturing equipment.
Digital poster with photographic and computer generated overhead images of a forested area next to a body of water, data graphs, and photographs of a house being constructed.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs of a metal mold at different heat levels, and computer generated images of a dark blocky structure.
Digital poster with text blocks, thermal imagery, and a photograph of a drone.
Digital poster with text blocks, a schematic of a roadway design, and a drawing of a road from above.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a drawing of a building standing strong and falling off its foundation.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of ammunition rounds painted different colors and the tools for applying the color to the projectiles.
Digital poster with rectangular information blocks that include bullet-pointed text and images of bridge design and the area where the bridge should be installed.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of cross sections of rat tails.
Digital poster with text blocks, images of software architecture, and screenshots of a computer program.
Digital poster with text blocks and images of a snowmobile's transmission system.
Digital poster with text blocks, data tables, and images of an acoustic tool used to assess soil properties and results of those assessments.
Digital poster with text blocks, data tables, and images of a forklift.
Digital poster with text blocks and both photographic and computer generated images of a form board for wiring harnesses.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a large, flat platform on six wheels.
Digital poster with text blocks, maps and images of an intersection, and the architecture of components for crosswalk indicators.
Digital poster with text blocks and maps and images of a traffic circle.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and screenshots of a computer's command line interface.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, engineering schematics, and images of a cylindrical object filled with fluid.
Digital poster with text blocks, an aerial image of a small airport, and a V-shaped aerial vehicle,
Digital poster with text blocks, a representation of the architecture of a data modeling tool, and a photograph of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and photographs of a six-armed drone and of a group of people.
Digital poster with text blocks and both photographic and computer generated images of a laboratory-type room.
Digital poster with text blocks, an aerial photograph of a city neighborhood, and an architectural drawing of a building.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a cylindrical device.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a seat cushion within a wooden box.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and a mechanical device within a metal frame.
Digital poster with rectangular information blocks that include engineering schematics, data tables, and aerial photographs of a small city.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of a complex mechanical device with cylindrical rollers.
Digital poster with text blocks, data tables, and photographs of long, thin plastic objects of different colors.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographic and computer generated images of a dam, and data graphs.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and drawings of a dam structure.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, and computer generated images of a complex cylindrical mechanical device.
Digital poster with text blocks, data graphs, engineering schematics, and images of black plastic box containing electronic equipment.
Digital poster with text blocks, data tables, and images of a forklift cage.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, data graphs, and a photograph of black cows.
Digital poster with text blocks, data tables, and images of a white plastic speculum.
Digital poster with text blocks, engineering schematics, and images of blobs in a petri dish.
Digital poster with text blocks, photographs of a group of people and of an electrical device, and data graphs.