On May 1, 23 MechSE student teams will make final senior design project presentations to their corporate sponsors. The schedule for the ME 470 presentations can be found on the MechSE Web site.
Written by By Kathryn L. Heine
On May 1, 23 MechSE student teams will make final senior design project presentations to their corporate sponsors. The schedule for the ME 470 presentations can be found on the MechSE Web site.
In ME 470, students work in teams under the supervision of MechSE professors to tackle real design problems from manufacturers and service industries. Over the last 15 years, more than 3000 senior mechanical engineering and industrial engineering students have worked with 200 companies on more than 850 projects. Students gain a variety of benefits from this open-ended problem-solving experience, which requires them to synthesize and apply the knowledge they have gained through their engineering courses, to work within time and budget constraints, and to present their progress and results through regular oral and written communications with company members.
Participating companies also benefit from the experience, fresh perspectives on design issues, specific recommendations for resolution, and access to expertise and resources that might not otherwise be available to them.