Document Type
Booklet
Publication Date
5-9-2008
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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 to 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 and 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 – Study and teaching; Engineering design – Contests; Science projects; Undergraduate students
Disciplines
Aerospace Engineering | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Environmental Sciences | Mechanical Engineering | Science and Mathematics Education | Sustainability
Language
English
Repository Citation
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(2008).
College of Engineering Senior Design Competition Spring 2008.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/coe_senior_projects/4
Included in
Aerospace Engineering Commons, Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons, Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Mechanical Engineering Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons, Sustainability Commons
Comments
Instructors for Senior Design Program:
Dr. Walter Vodrazka, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Paolo Ginobbi, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering
Dr. Zhiyong Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
E-Club Faculty Members:
Dr. Laxmi Gewali
Dr. Henry Selvaraj
Dr. Rama Venkat
Dr. Zhiyong Wang
Senior Design Industry Judges:
Bradford Colton, Research Engineer, Halotron Division, American Pacific
William O’Donnell, Research Associate, UNLV, Physics and Astronomy
Samuel D. Palmer, P.E., C.E.M., Senior Vice President, Western Operation Group Manager, Terracon Consulting Engineers & Scientists