Michigan State University (MSU) Design Days is a chance for MSU engineering students to show off their innovations to professors, colleagues and industry leaders, and this year they did not disappoint.
Students showcased an electro-mechanical desk chair that allows children with cerebral palsy to sit at a desk; a Ford sensor showroom and a workflow editor.
One group created a Spartan T-shirt shooter that uses a cannon-like extension to shoot balled-up T-shirts into a crowd. Another team put together a device that measures a snowboarders' or skiers’ speed and distance as they fly down the mountain.
Each student worked with a team of engineering students to create their innovation. The MSU students also showed their work to middle school students in an effort to get them interested in engineering at a young age.
“It provides a link between early notions of dabbling in technical challenges and the launching of a successful career,” said Maureen Blazer-Adams, coordinator of the event. “It serves as an invaluable opportunity for precollege students to experience the different avenues of engineering and their importance in the technological fields.”
Many of the projects were sponsored by industry bigwigs such as Boeing, General Motors, IBM, Lear Corp., MacSteel Jackson Division, Microsoft, Motorola, NASA, Shell Oil Co. and Whirlpool Corporation.
Source: Maureen Blazer-Adams, MSU College of Engineering
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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