Senior Design Research Projects

Since 1975, long before it was required by ABET accreditation, our engineering students have been required to complete a capstone project, applying ISE principles to help improve the efficiency and profitability of companies. Many of these have fallen into the category of outreach; for example, a recent project saw a group of our seniors using their skills to help several Stop Hunger Now warehouses, a global food aid organization, to improve its inventory control and materials flow processes for preparing and shipping meals to more than 55 countries in crisis.

Through a Senior Design Project, students apply their technical knowledge to a firm’s actual engineering problem, using problem-solving tools to design a system or process and working as part of a three- to five-member team. Sponsor companies gain project support in business matters such as material flow and inventory reduction, quality assurance, cost and economic analysis, and more, along with deliverables such as designs, feasibility studies and computer programs.

Spring 2008 Presentations

ISE Senior Design Project Presentation Days were held on Monday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 30 in the Robert G. Carson Memorial Conference Room, 401 Daniels Hall, on the NCSU campus. 1st place awards were selected in three (3) project areas out of ten (10) project team presentations. Special thanks to our distinguished panel of judges for supporting and participating in this activity:

Judges

Mr. Larry Cayton, Engineering Manager, Lowe’s Companies
Mr. Tony Read, Vice President, Gerdau AmeriSteel
Dr. Terri Helmlinger-Ratcliff, Exec. Director, Industrial Extension Service, NCSU
Mr. Danny Faucette, Director of Industrial Engineering, Tindall Corporation
Mr. Wade Nottingham, MPS Director, Milliken and Company
Ms. Wendy Laing, IES Extension Specialist, NCSU
Ms. Andrea McCabe, Project Manager, EMC Corporation
Mr. Brian Koehler, College of Engineering Dean’s Office, NCSU
Mr. Lou Fortunato, Materials Manager, Pentair Pool Products