Funder
JT3; NV Energy; Cirque du Soleil; Dominic Marrocco; Bally Technologies; Switch; Zappos.com
Document Type
Booklet
Publication Date
Fall 5-13-2011
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Publisher Location
Las Vegas (Nev.)
First page number:
1
Last page number:
24
Abstract
Part of every UNLV engineering student’s academic experience, the senior design project stimulates engineering innovation and entrepreneurship. Each student in their senior year chooses, plans, designs, and prototypes a product in this required element of the curriculum. A capstone to the student’s educational career, the senior design project encourages the student to use everything learned in the engineering program to create a practical, real world solution to an engineering challenge. The senior design competition helps focus the senior students in increasing the quality and potential for commercial application for their design projects. Judges from local industry evaluate the projects on innovation, commercial potential and presentation quality. One overall winner, two winners from each discipline, and one multi-disciplinary winner (when applicable) are chosen and receive cash awards with commemorative plaques and medallions. The competition has generated significant interest from the local community, and has provided additional motivation for students to be innovative and to produce quality projects.
Keywords
College seniors; Engineering, studying and teaching; Engineering design, contest; Science projects; Undergraduate students
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Computer Sciences | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Sciences | Mechanical Engineering | Science and Mathematics Education
File Format
File Size
7.570 KB
Language
English
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Repository Citation
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(2011).
College of Engineering Senior Design Competition Fall 2011.
1-24.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/coe_senior_projects/16
Included in
Computer Sciences Commons, Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Environmental Engineering Commons, Environmental Sciences Commons, Mechanical Engineering Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
Comments
Senior Design Instructors:
Dr. David Ashley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mr. Brandon Blackstone, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Zhiyong Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Senior Design Industry
Judges:
Wekianos Hailu, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Olivia Furlan, P.E., Brown & Caldwell
Eric Cox, Telulex, Inc.