Senior Design Project

During their senior semester, MEM students are given the opportunity to apply what they have learned in a project sponsored by a local company. Students regularly visit the company to update managers and discuss project issues. At the end of the term, students formally demonstrate their project in an oral presentation to the company and a written report to the faculty.

Sample Projects:

Spring 2004, MTU Aero Engines
The team of students examined the flow of turbine disk production in a job-shop manufacturing cell. They created a simulation program for forecasting machine run times and part queue times and worked with managers to suggest process and layout improvements.