Students have the option to work on an entrepreneurship project in conjunction with their senior design course. This includes studying the entrepreneurship modules, working with external mentors and making several pitches throughout the academic year. Below we spotlight USD Capstone Experience entrepreneurship teams that have unleashed their creativity and brought their ideas to market.
Agrishield
Agrishield specializes in agricultural equipment design and manufacturing, including vineyard sucker removers and berm sweepers, basil harvesters, drip line all purpose winders, orchard covering systems and CNC plasma cutting services. Founded by Andrew Billigmeier '18 and Connor Schofield '17, the dynamic team has been able to swiftly pivot and adapt their range of services offered to meet the unique needs of growers within their served markets.
Daroch Medical Solutions, Inc.
Darroch Medical is tackling one of the most challenging problems in health care. Their Beat Analytics System is a real-time monitoring platform capable of integrating data from a variety of medical instruments and presenting nurses with a cohesive patient profile designed to support nurse decision making, enhance patient insight and reduce the incidence of adverse events. The team's CEO Anthony Shao '17, CTO Colby Bishop '17 and CMO Jacques Yeager '17 work closely on product and concept development creating the vision for the company.
Hive Soundz
Hive Soundz is a modular speaker and electronics design studio that creates immersive sound systems for community events, pop-ups and artistic experiences. The company empowers creators through custom-designed portable audio technology, STEM education programs and open-source hardware initiatives. Rooted in Organic innovation and community building, Hive Soundz bridges art, culture and engineering to shape the future of sound. Hive Soundz was founded by Kheperah Ray '19 (EE).
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Where ideas come to life
Through the entrepreneurship track in senior design, students work on an engineering or technical problem with an eye toward entrepreneurship. We invite you to explore a comprehensive listing of all entrepreneurship track capstone design projects at USD's Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering.