2008 Fall AutoCAD competition winners honored this month

Experience seemed to be a key ingredient to the success of the three winners of the 2008 Fall AutoCAD competition. They were all honored at a ceremony earlier this month.

 
Slobadon Urdarevik, lead faculty for IME 1420 Engineering Graphics (L to R) with the 2008 Fall AutoCAD winners Grant Miller (2nd), Karl Waltzer (1st), and Stephan Telenko (3rd); in the background is Waltzer's winning drawing

Slobodan Urdarevik, the lead lecturer for IME 1420 Engineering Graphics, presented the awards before a Spring 2009 IME 1420 lecture class. It was an audience of students eligible to compete in the 2009 Spring AutoCAD Contest.

Karl Waltzer, a first-year civil engineering student, won first-place winner. Waltzer is from Memphis, MI, which is located near Port Huron. The Capac High School graduate had three years of high-school, computer-aided design (CAD) classes.

Waltzer’s future plans include obtaining bachelor’s and master’s degrees and then starting his own construction company.

The second-place winner is Grant Miller, a first-year engineering management (UEM) major and integrated supply management minor from Byron Center. He had three years of high-school CAD. He is presently interning with CollegeWorks Painting.

Miller would also like to be a teaching assistant for IME 1420. His future plans include obtaining bachelor’s and master’s degrees and starting his own engineering firm.

Third place winner Stephan Telenko, a first-year engineering graphics and design technology (EGR) major, is from Canton, MI. Telenko graduated from Salem High School, where he took four years of CAD and drafting classes. His is currently employed putting up tents for special events, but he would eventually like to be a designer. “I’m interested in all kinds of designing,” he said.

All three winners received Best Buy gift cards and engraved plaques donated by Dr. Hooks, Inc., a Kalamazoo-based business.

The competition is held at the end of each semester for the more than 300 students enrolled in IME 1420 Engineering Graphics, where students complete about 50 CAD-related assignments. For the competition, students create a two-dimensional AutoCAD drawing and a 3D-solid model of a complicated part. They must show all dimensions and all symbols needed for manufacturing. For more information about the competition or about CAD drafting at WMU, e-mail slobodan.urdarevik@wmich.edu

IME honors the 2009 top scholars at Clausing luncheon

IME Departmental Outstanding Students From left, Dr. Paul Engelmann, IME chair; Ashley Hovenkamp, IENM; Josh Wiese, UEM; Aarti Valsadia, IE/IEE; Jordan Kimble, MFT; Amanda Glick, Service; Jordan Avery, EGR; Madeline McAuley, Service; Jason Horton, MNEM; Dr. John Dunn, WMU president; and Dr. Dan Litynski, CEAS dean. Missing from the photo is Casey Koopmans, EMTN.Casey Koopmans

IME’s top graduate and undergraduate students were honored this month at the annual Student Recognition Luncheon provided by Clausing Industrial Inc.,a supporter of IME programs for 56 years.

Emcee Dr. David Lyth, IME professor, wore his favorite “It’s a great day to be a Bronco” hat for the ceremony that honored winners of IME’s outstanding student awards: four undergraduate seniors, three graduate students, and two service award winners. IME’s presidential scholar, the CEAS dean’s outstanding students, and the winners of a number of other scholarships and awards were also acknowledged.

Jordan Avery, IME’s top engineering graphics and design (EGR) senior, was lauded as the department’s WMU Presidential Scholar and as the CEAS outstanding dean’s student in EGR.

IME seniors Jordan Kimble, in manufacturing technology (MFT), and Joshua Wiese, in engineering management (UEM), were IME’s and the CEAS dean’s outstanding students in their respective majors.

Aarti Valsadia won IME’s outstanding student award in industrial engineering and industrial and entrepreneurial engineering (IE/IEE). Yenni Chen was the CEAS dean’s outstanding student in IE/IEE.

Outstanding Service Awards were presented to Madeline McAuley, an EGR senior who developed the IME blog and Web site, and Amanda Glick, an IEE senior who was credited for assisting wherever she is needed.

Graduate students honored as outstanding students were Casey W. Koopmans, engineering management (EMTN); Jason Horton, manufacturing (MNEM), and Ashley Hovenkamp, industrial engineering (IENM).

WMU President John Dunn, CEAS Dean Dan Litynski, and IME Chair Paul Engelmann offered kudos to the award winners and the faculty who support them in a ceremony that included paying tribute to the officers and advisors of seven student societies with IME members and three IME student honor societies.

Engelmann challenged the winners, society officers, and other future leaders to envision every decision they make as keys to who they will become.

The event was organized by Tom Swartz, who chairs the IME Scholarship and Awards Committee, and committee members Drs. Steven Butt, Kailash Bafna, and Jorge Rodriguez.

Klaz Welch, Mary Fosburg, and John Jacobs, the IME office administrators, were acknowledged for their support in organizing the luncheon.

 

On Tues., April 14 ... 69 seniors showcase their design projects

The 44^th Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects – set for Tues., April 14 at Parkview – features 69 projects by 180 seniors from seven CEAS departments. The 25-minute presentations begin on the hour and half hour between 8 and 4. No projects are presented from noon to 1 p.m. The free event is open to the public, and parking is available.

Here is the schedule with start times:

Civil and Construction Engineering (CCE):
34 students / 10 projects – 9 to 2:30 in D-204-5.

Computer Science (CS):
13 students / 6 projects -9 to 11:30 in D-210.

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE):
22 students / 7 projects – 8:30 to 11:30 in D-208.

Industrial Design (ID):
14 students / 14 projects – 8:30 to 4 in D-115.

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME):
33 students / 10 projects – 8 to 1:30 in D-201,
and 2 multi-disciplinary projects with MAE.

Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering (MAE):
48 students / 16 projects in concurrent sessions –
9 projects – 9 to 2 in D-109 and 7 projects – 9 to 2:30 in D-212.

Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Imaging (PCI):
16 students offer 6 projects – 1 to 3:30 in D-208.

This semester’s project sponsors include American Axle & Manufacturing, Armstrong International, Battle Creek Area Habitat for Humanity, Biomet Orthopedics, CSM Group, DENSO North America Foundation, Eaton Aerospace, Eaton Corp., Eliason Corp., Fabri-Kal, Graphic Packaging International, Humphrey Products, I.D. Systems Inc., Kapenga Design, Kellogg Co., Kelm Acubar, Michigan Department of Transportation, Michigan Biodiesel, Midwest Business Exchange, Miller-Davis Co., National Transportation Research Center, Inc., Noble Networks.net, Parker Hannifin Corp., Project H Design, Stryker Medical, Terra Trike, VSA Arts of Michigan, WACO Classic Aircraft Corp., and W.K. Kellogg Institute.

For more information, call Tamara Bergman at 269-276-3248. A complete schedule of project presentations is available at http://www.wmich.edu/engineer/senior-design­conference.htm