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Tuesday event spotlights senior engineering projects

April 12, 2004

KALAMAZOO--A roadway reconstruction project, an indoor navigation devise for visually impaired persons, an electron vacuum tube guitar amplifier, a three-wheeled commuter vehicle and pumpkin launching devices are among the projects that will be presented at the 34th Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects at Western Michigan University.

The conference is Tuesday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the WMU Parkview Campus. It is sponsored by the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and is open to the public free of charge.

Nearly 200 seniors in construction engineering, electrical and computer engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, mechanical and aeronautical engineering and paper science and engineering will present the results of 70 projects they have completed to solve problems facing business and industry.

Media contact: Cathleen Smith, 269 276-3247, cathleen.smith@wmich.edu

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