We will update this list as we learn of additional project opportunities. These are projects we have identified as projects that can be done by an engineering Capstone team. We will continue to seek sponsors through August 2025 so that students can participate on as many of these projects as possible.
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Empower mobility-challenged farmers with a student-engineered, motorized harvest cart that glides between crop rows on wide, soil-friendly wheels, restoring independent work and income to those who can no longer walk. By sponsoring this project, you’ll fund the design, prototyping, and field deployment of an affordable, open-source solution that began with one rural Utah family’s need but is scalable to smallholder communities worldwide—turning a single act of compassion into a harvest of hope.
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Working alongside Amparo Prosthetics, projects will focus on creating modular pediatric prosthetics and field tools that allow for compassionate care in clinics with limited resources. (Three unique projects)
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Roughly 30% of households on the Navajo Nation lack access to running water. In collaboration with tribal leaders, NGOs, and engineering mentors, this BYU Capstone project aims to design and pilot a modular, solar-powered water purification and delivery system. The focus will be on isolated households or clusters without infrastructure access, targeting uranium- and arsenic-contaminated groundwater, a major local health issue.
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Real-time language translation is needed at places like church historic sites to enable visitors to fully engage with the tours and sites. The project will not only enhance the experience of non-English-speaking visitors but also empower tour guides to serve more effectively across language barriers without needing fluency in multiple languages.
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The Africa Central Area of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints requires remote internet for hundreds of thousands of remote members to increase self-reliance through education (e.g. Gospel Literacy, Succeed in School, BYU Pathway Worldwide, S.T.E.M. and more) and increase remote jobs (e.g. and Bloom). A Capstone team will design and develop routing software, prototype a dual-link village terminal, and test/evaluate the terminal with two spaced-based internet solutions in remote villages in Africa, providing cost-efficient, reliable internet connectivity across remote areas.
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Help bring dignity and comfort to students facing housing insecurity. This project will support a Capstone team in designing an ultra-efficient shower system for use in tiny homes. The goal is to provide a hygienic, space-conscious solution that fits the needs of students living in transitional or low-cost housing.
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Students will develop a powered assistive device that attaches to wheelchairs, making it easier for caregivers to help those with mobility challenges.
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In poorer areas of the world after either natural disasters or war, it is hard to clean up the damaged concrete and rebuild. The inability to move debris and rebuild has creates horrible consequences. One solution is to create a simple, human-powered machine for breaking down concrete debris for recycling into new brick, road base or for reuse in other ways.
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A BYU Capstone team will design a lifting device to help the Havasupai community manage trash more safely and efficiently. By making it easier to collect and remove heavy waste sacks, this project will reduce health risks for workers, protect the village from scattered trash and wildlife intrusion, and improve the overall cleanliness and dignity of the living environment. This effort directly supports the Tribe’s vision for a healthier, more sustainable future.
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This project explores the the use of robotic kites to harness renewable energy from high-altitude winds. The goal of this project is to develop a small-scale prototype that charges a battery pack sufficient to power a single small household contributing to sustainable energy solutions in off-grid or mobile applications. This technology has strong potential for humanitarian applications, particularly in off-grid or disaster-affected regions where access to reliable electricity is limited.
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In many less developed places in the world, particularly in Africa, there is a need to help children with mobility limitations have a wheelchair than is usable and rugged enough to handle rough terrain in the bush. The wheelchair would be able to handle rough, rocky, dirt conditions and made from materials that can be available in these areas so they can be maintained and repaired easily and cost effectively.
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A BYU Capstone team would develop a compact, low-cost water purification device to help provide safe drinking water to underserved communities around the world. The system would use UV LED technology to sanitize thousands of gallons of water daily, making a life-saving difference in clinics, homes, and villages.
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To address the global shortage of trained providers in airway foreign body removal, a BYU Capstone team is designing an affordable, anatomically accurate simulator that can be built using locally available materials in low- and middle-income countries. This hands-on project empowers students to apply mechanical design and medical innovation skills to create a scalable training tool that could help save the lives of children worldwide by improving access to critical surgical skills.
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To support the rapid growth of the Church in the Africa Central Area, this project seeks to improve the construction process for modular meetinghouses known as ATL (Alternate to Lease) buildings. A Capstone team will identify and evaluate wall system materials that are faster to build, more affordable, and better suited to rural conditions. The team will conduct on-site research in Africa, test local materials, and develop a decision-making tool to help select the best wall system for each location—ultimately enabling more worship spaces to be built more quickly and sustainably.
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