The industry partners supporting Memphis students through Herff's Senior Design Expo
For nine months, seniors at the Herff College of Engineering work hand-in-hand with industry leaders in and around Memphis to solve a real-world problem facing each respective company. The Herff College of Engineering expresses its sincere gratitude to these companies for financially supporting our students' projects and providing invaluable experience to our graduating seniors. Those industry partners are Jeraid Redmond, Shane Riding, Ahmad Alsaffar, Brian Butler and Jacob Loschinskey of Medtronic; Jared Moses and all of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis; Dr. Joe Greer of the Good Health Institute; the Memphis Zoo; ABB in conjunction with Precision Painters; the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); Tiger BAJA; Stephen Doorley of RAPAC; Matt Davis of ABB; Jackie Carter of PEMKO/ASSA ABLOY; National Guard Products; and Rud Hunsley of Rough Country.
Here's how each company supported Herff students in 2026.
Baptist Memorial Hospital supported three Herff 2026 Senior Design projects, including the project of Team HMAACK who won the 2026 expo with their temperature-controlled storage facility. Jared Moses of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis sponsored one team in particular, the Baptist Hospital Improvement Project.
Medtronic sponsored four teams at the Herff Senior Design Expo. Product Development Engineer Brian butler and Senior R&D Engineering Jacob Loschinskey sponsored teams, The Lords of Lumbar and CerviStop. Ahmad Alsaffar of Medtronic sponsored Team Rongeur, and Jerald Redmond and Shane Riding of Medtronic sponsored Team Shear Genuis.
The Memphis Zoo supported three teams in the Herff 2026 Senior Design Expo, all of which designed catapults to help better feed and enrich the zoo's animals.
ABB, in conjunction with Precision Painters, sponsored two teams in the Herff Senior Design Expo. In conjunction with Precision Painters, ABB sponsored Team Stripes and Pipes. Matt Davis of ABB sponsored Team Precision Painters.
Dr. Joe Greer, Good Health Institute
Dr. Joe Greer of the Good Health Institute sponsored Team Five Guys' project on an AI Lesion Identification System.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
The AIAA sponsored Team Flaps and Furious, which bulit a remote-controlled bush plane.
Stephan Doorley with RAPAC sponsored Team Frostbite Fabricators in their project Strand Tank Cooling System.
Jackie Carter, PEMKO/ASSA ABLOY
Jackie Carter with PEMKO/ASSA ABLOY sponsored Team High Clearance Doormen in their project Design & Build Multi-Door Sliding Testing Apparatus.
National Guard Products sponsored Team School Guardians in their design of a privacy screen kit.
Rad Hunsley and Rough Country sponsored two teams in Herff's 2026 Senior Design Expo; Team Suspension is Killing Me in their design of a Tiger BAJA suspension and steering system and Tame Frame Job, which built a Tiger BAJA frame and cockpit integration.