{"id":6820,"date":"2026-09-23T08:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/?p=6820"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:40:16","slug":"sce-celebrates-winners-of-the-4th-year-capstone-project-video-competition-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/2026\/sce-celebrates-winners-of-the-4th-year-capstone-project-video-competition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SCE Celebrates Winners of the 4th-Year Capstone Project Video Competition &#8211; 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        SCE Celebrates Winners of the 4th-Year Capstone Project Video Competition &#8211; 2026\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Congratulations to All Our Capstone Teams!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SCE extends its warmest congratulations to the three winning teams and their supervisors for their outstanding accomplishments. Their projects reflect the technical knowledge, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills that are central to the Capstone experience.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Systems and Computer Engineering (SCE) is pleased to congratulate the winners of this year\u2019s <strong>4th-Year Capstone Project Video Competition<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competition showcased the creativity, technical expertise, and innovative thinking of our graduating students, who developed projects addressing a diverse range of real-world challenges. From aerial ice monitoring and smart retail technology to artificial intelligence and IoT security, the projects demonstrated the breadth of knowledge and skills developed through the Capstone experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After an impressive field of submissions, three teams were selected for recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"first-place-project-10-uav-assisted-system-for-aerial-ice-thickness-profiling\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Place: <strong>Project #1<\/strong>0-UAV-Assisted System for Aerial Ice Thickness Profiling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hubert Dang, Abdullah Baseem, Karran Dhillon, and Suren Kulasegaram<\/strong><br><strong>Supervisor:<\/strong> Abdullah Kadri<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first-place team developed a <strong>UAV-Assisted System for Aerial Ice Thickness Profiling<\/strong>, demonstrating an innovative approach to monitoring ice conditions using unmanned aerial vehicle technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LvsDFmL8nc0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the winning project video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"second-place-smart-self-service-checkout-system\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second Place: Smart Self-Service Checkout System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project #43<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kyle Mathias, Andrew Rivera, and Suveatha Karunakaran<\/strong><br><strong>Supervisor:<\/strong> Rose Gomar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking second place, the <strong>Smart Self-Service Checkout System<\/strong> team explored technology designed to improve the self-service shopping experience. Their project demonstrates how engineering solutions can be applied to address everyday challenges in retail environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NgvAAC9dbMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the project video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"third-place-ai-for-enhanced-iot-security-trust-management\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third Place: AI for Enhanced IoT Security \u2013 Trust Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project #55<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Owen Renette, Nolan Kisser, and Lakshman Chelliah<\/strong><br><strong>Supervisor:<\/strong> Mohamed Ibnkahla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third-place project, <strong>AI for Enhanced IoT Security \u2013 Trust Management<\/strong>, explored the application of artificial intelligence to strengthen trust and security within Internet of Things (IoT) environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJSEs5rSruQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the project video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Systems and Computer Engineering (SCE) is pleased to congratulate the winners of this year\u2019s 4th-Year Capstone Project Video Competition! The competition showcased the creativity, technical expertise, and innovative thinking of our graduating students, who developed projects addressing a diverse range of real-world challenges. From aerial ice monitoring and smart retail technology to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6820"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6824,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6820\/revisions\/6824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}