Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Tues., Dec. 2, conference to showcase 42 senior engineering projects

The 43rd Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects – set for Tues., Dec. 2 – features 36 projects presented by 99 seniors from five CEAS departments. The event is free and open to the public; parking is available.

The 25-minute presentations are scheduled to begin between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Parkview Campus. All sessions begin exactly on the hour and half hour. No projects are presented during the lunch break from 12 to 1 p.m.

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The Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering (MAE) is offering two concurrent sessions for 14 projects completed by 35 students: 8 presentations from 9 to 2 in D-109 and 6 from 9 to noon in D-206.

The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) has scheduled 8 projects by 24 students from 9 to 2 in D-201.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is presenting 7 projects by 22 students from 9 to 1:30 in D-208.

From the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering (CCE), 11 students are offering 3 presentations between 9:30 and 11 in D-115.

Four presentations by 9 students in the Department of Computer Science (CS) are scheduled at 9 and 11 in D-204/5.

Sponsors for this semester’s projects include the following: AC Foundry, Decco Software, Diagnostic Systems, Associates, Eaton Corporation, eInternet Design, Fantom Racing, FEMA Corporation, Frank’s Shoe Parlor, Kelen Sales Consulting, LLC, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Stryker Medical, and Whirlpool Corporation.

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About 30 faculty and administrators are serving as advisers for one or more projects. Professors chairing the various sessions are Dr. Hobo Cai (CCE), Dr. John Kapenga (CS), Dr. John Gesink (ECE), Dr. Betsy Aller (IME), Drs. Rameshwar Sharma and Pnina Ari-Gur (MAE), and Drs. Claudia Fajardo and Christopher Cho (MAE).

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A complete schedule of project presentations is available at http://www.wmich.edu/engineer/senior-design-conference.htm For more information about the conference. call Tamara Beraman at (269) 276-3248.