Sponsoring a Senior Project
Senior students in the engineering program are required to complete the two-semester capstone senior project. Teams of students from multiple engineering disciplines are given real-world engineering design problems to solve by participating industry partners and other sponsoring organizations. The cost to the sponsor includes materials and a small project fee. Students are not paid for work on senior projects, but earn college credit and gain valuable work experience. Upon completion of the project, the participating sponsor takes ownership of the final working product.
Are You Interested in Sponsoring a Senior Project?
We welcome your proposals and sponsorship of design projects of interest to your organization.
Sponsored Project Proposal Form
Contact:
Dr. Christopher Pung
Associate Professor and Senior Project Coordinator
Office Address: 226 Innovation Design Center
Phone: (616) 331-6262
Email: [email protected]
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Dr. Wendy Reffeor
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Office Address: 335 Kennedy Hall of Engineering
Phone: (616) 331-6010
Email: [email protected]
Senior Project Timeline
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Month(s) |
Actions Taken |
|---|---|
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August - December |
Receive project proposals from industry |
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December |
Notification of project acceptance |
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January |
Projects assigned to the EGR 485 students |
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January - March |
Student teams form and prepare design proposals, including budgets and schedule |
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March - July |
Students present design to sponsors, receive approval, complete design, purchase materials, build, debug, test, and qualify device |
Recent Sponsored Senior Projects
Active Inspection
Auto-aligning Motorized Camera Mount
American Seating
Attwood Marine
Confidential Product Design
Automatic Spring Products Corp.
Washer Packing
Cascade Engineering
CE Duct Cut and Drill Station
DornerWorks
IoT Development Board
E3 Compliance
Probe Positioner & Capacitive Coupling Clamp
Eagle Packaging Inc.
Automated Universal Press System
Emerald
Automated Vision Inspection & Packing Cell
Fluition LLC
Stratus X1 Sit-to-Stand
Device Redesign
Feyen Zylstra
Automated Wire Spooler
Flexco
Scraper Cushion Testing Machine
GHSP
AC DC
Sound Project
Gill Electronics
Automated Conformance Test Suite
Gill Industries, Inc.
Head Restraint Cable Strand
Length Tester
GVSU-SOE
UAV RF Wildlife Tracker
Haworth
Hot Press Unloading Automation
Hutchinson
Adjustable Anti-vibration Hydraulic
Vehicle Body Mount
Koops
Thermal Dependent Manufacturing Process
L-3 Communications
Automated Luminance and Touch
Activation Tester
National Nail
Marksman 2018
ODL
Smart Fresh Air - II
OMT Veyhl
Table Leg Multi-tester
Padnos
Welding Positioner
Rainforest Connection
RFCx Project Necromancer
SAF Holland Inc.
Tire Inflation Control System
Shape Corp.
Active Grille Shutter Stone
Impact Tester
Uniform Color Company
Mixing Head Cleaning
Viking Products, Inc.
Automated Part Inspection and Sorting
