Capstone Projects
Below you will find listed a collection of the capstone projects that our students undertake in their senior year. Advised by university faculty, these projects reflect the many disciplines and backgrounds of our students.
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Planning For The Future: How Compact City Design Can Reduce Vehicle Emissions In A Minneapolis Neighborhood
Joseph Eiden, 2025
Faculty Advisors: Professor John Mellor and Professor John Onyango
A Sticky Situation: The Relationship between Maple Syrup Production and Heart Rot
Hunter Gonzalez, 2025
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Nathan Swenson and Dr. Lukas Magee
K.E. Løgstrup’s “Surroundings or Source?”: A Metaphysical View of the Human Subject-Object Relationship with Nature and the Existential Threat of Climate Denial
Anita Feng, 2025
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alexander Jech
Cup Drop: Using Aluminum Cups for Greener Beverage Distribution in Notre Dame’s Compton Family Ice Arena
Lauren White, 2025
Faculty Advisors: Professor Jason Carley and Dr. Susan Kleiser
Fostering Cultural Stewardship: A catalogue of historic neighborhood patterns along Chicago’s Polish Heritage Corridor
Kalina Jasiak, 2025
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Hartley
PRESERVING THE PAST TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE: A Study for the Adaptive Reuse of the Immaculate Conception Church and Rectory in Johnstown, PA
Elizabeth A. Gribschaw, 2025
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Hartley
Native Knowledge, Sustainability, and the Indiana Dunes Indigenous Cultural Trail
Samantha Rush, 2025
Faculty Advisor: Annie Coleman
Bayou Barriers: Sustainably preserving Cameron, Louisiana’s coast through oyster reef rehabilitation
Gabby Baillargeon, 2025
Faculty Advisor: Krupali Uplekar Krusche
Sustainable Investing: How a Proposed Finance Course Will Help Mendoza Students Become Environmentally Informed Investors
Holly Hruskoci and Chloe Mann and Natalie Wlodarz, 2025
Faculty Advisor: Jessica McManus Warnell
From Waste to Worth: Consumer Insights and Interventions for Sustainable Clothing Disposal
Julia Chen and Zoe Griffith, 2025
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher Bechler
Exploring Trends in Proxy Voting on Environmental Proposals within the Energy Sector
Catherine Wolf, 2025
Faculty Advisor: Claire Donovan
Carbon food-print: estimating the food-related Scope 3 emissions of Notre Dame’s campus dining halls to encourage carbon-conscious consumption
Clayton Glasgow, 2024
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Burns
Beyond The Word of Life: Exploring Inspiration Through Public Art
Dave DeBacker, 2024
Faculty Advisor: Rev. Austin Collins
Feeding the Future: Examining ESG-Linked Pay in the Fast-Food Industry
Abby Kinsella, 2024
Faculty Advisor: Sandra Vera-Muñoz
Plating for the Planet: Using Psychology to Slash Dining Hall Food Waste
Mackenzie Olsen, Mia Wagner and Timothy Riley , 2024
Faculty Advisor: Kathleen Eberhard
Understanding Disaster Resilience: Insights from Low-Income Communities in Puerto Rico
Yoyo Wang, 2024
Faculty Advisor: Sisi Meng
Hold the Salt: an investigation into the aquatic ecosystem effects of de-icing salt application at Notre Dame.
Lauren Schnabel, 2024
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Pfrender, Fr. Terrence Ehrman, Beau Barnett and Tim Dyczko
Plant Power: Determining the Potential of Aquatic Vegetation as Biodigester Input to Reduce Human Infectious Disease
Lauren Sallay, 2024
Faculty Advisors: Jason Rohr, Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla