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.
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. Philip Hittepole
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Interdisciplinary Engineering
Office Address: 337 Kennedy Hall of Engineering
Phone: (616) 331-6045
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; first review of projects for acceptance is October 15. After that date projects are accepted if all slots are not yet filled. |
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October - December |
Notification of project acceptance |
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December |
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 Senior Project Sponsors
Altus
Array of Engineers
Attwood
Autocam Medical
Baker Engineering
BAMF Health
Bee Informed Partnership
Bosch
BuhlerPrince, Inc.
Cascade Engineering
City of Grand Haven
Clarios
Dematic
DeWys
Dornerworks
Dreem Design & Development LLC
E3 Compliance
Egan Food Technology
EPC Engineering & Technologies
ETS-Lindgren
Faurecia
Flex Fab
GE Aerospace
GE Aviation
Gentex
GHSP
Keyence Corporation of America
Grapids Irrigation
GVSU-Biology
GVSU-Chemistry
GVSU-NRM
GVSU-PCE
GVSU-Physics
Hayworth
HCI (Hart and Cooley Inc)
Herman Miller
Hutchinson
Inrad
Integrated Packaging Machinery
JND Snowplowing Inc.
Katayama American Company Inc
Kleineffeor
Koops
Laker Racing (GVSU)
Lockheed-Martin
Magna
MAT Table
Medisurge
Michigan Foam Products
Michigan Rocket Alliance
Mission Design and Automation
NN Inc
NN Mobile Solutions
NoxTech
ODL
R.A. Miller
Racing Tech
Raybend
Rivian
RoMann Manufacturing
Shape Corp
Stryker
Swoboda Technologies
T&T Tools (Mighty Probe)
Tarp Stop
Terryberry
Trans-Matic
Ventra
Walters Gardens Inc.
Weiss Technik
Weiss Technologies
Woodward
ZuiDesigns