Three engineering students who were enrolled in IME 142 Engineering Graphics during the Fall 2004 semester have won prizes in Engineering Graphics/CADKey Competition, a new competition organized by the program’s new lecturer.
At the first Engineering Graphics/CADKey Competition awards ceremony, (left to right): Slobodan Urdarevik, Andrew Hyder (third), Trent Kenworthy (second), Jim Vlieg (first), and Dr. Paul Engelmann
Receiving first prize was Jim Vlieg, a first-year mechanical engineering student from Kentwood. The honors student presented his winning entry at the awards ceremony.
Trent Kenworthy, an industrial engineering junior who transferred to WMU, earned second place. Based on his work experience, the Rose City native identified career interests in process engineering and advanced manufacturing engineering.
The third place winner was Andrew Hyder, a mechanical engineering freshman from Goodrich, who is interested in a career in management.
About 30 of the 330 students enrolled in IME 142 during fall semester competed for prizes.
IME Professor Slobodan Urdarevik, lead lecturer in the engineering graphics program for the last two years, initiated the competition to “generate excitement” about engineering graphics.
“I’m proud of the work they did,” Urdarevik said as he described the final decision as being “very close.”
All three winners are or will be teaching assistants (TAs) for IME 142 lab courses.
IME Chair Dr. Paul Engelmann congratulated the winners before about 100 students present at the ceremony, which took place during one of this semester’s IME 142 lectures.
“All of you are headed into disciplines that will require you to use graphics in your careers,” Engelmann said. “This competition allows us to give
students recognition for going above and beyond, and it gives those students a leg up on the competition when they talk to recruiters who want to know what they have done beyond the classroom.”
Each competitor was required to create a three-dimensional solid model of the part and a layout with a number of required views from what Urdarevik described as a “very complicated” drawing.
Urdarevik said that a similar competition is planned for this semester for the 188 students presently enrolled in IME 142.
At the first Engineering Graphics/CADKey Competition awards ceremony, Jim Vlieg (left) presents his first-place entry. Urdarevik is on the right..
All three winners received plaques acknowledging their accomplishments. The first-place winner also received a CADKey program and a $100 certificate. Second- and third-place winners also received certificates for $50 and $30 respectively.
Prizes for the competition were gifts from Kubotek, formerly known as CADKey; CIM Solutions, Grand Haven; Damon’s Grill, Kalamazoo; and Dr. Hook, Inc., Kalamazoo.
Urdarevik came to WMU from Humber College in Toronto where he taught for eight years. He earned his master’s in mechanical engineering at the University of Skopje in Macedonia.
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