Wednesday, April 29, 2009
USI engineering seniors will present their research
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Engineering majors will present their senior research projects at the Engineering Department’s annual Senior Presentations, from 8:25 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, in Carter Hall D in the University Center. The seniors worked in partnership with liaisons from area industries including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Biagi, Chance, Cummins, London, Tizter, Inc., Evansville ARC Industries, Whirlpool, Berry Plastics, AK Steel, Apex Tool and Manufacturing, Inc., ECS Solutions, Duke Energy, Pioneer Plastics, Inc., and University of Southern Indiana. Two of the projects address engineering solutions for the University and its properties. Brent Wendholt, working with Dennis Verkamp, CEO of Biagi, Chance, Cummins, London, Tizter, Inc., designed an expansion for the Valley parking lot that will add 225 parking spaces. Nick Weinzapfel, Adam Bockting, and Nathan Axton worked with USI Facility Operations and Planning and Historic New Harmony staff to investigate the benefits of converting the Atheneum to geothermal heating and cooling. A complete list of the projects follows. Team presentations are: Mike Klees, “Bristol-Myers Squibb Maintenance Area Layout Proposal” Corey Meinschein and Adam Jones, “Universal Receiver” Jeremy Borgman and Ryan Titzer, “Bottle Recycling Preparation Machine for Evansville ARC Industries” Joe Tindle and Eric Baehl, “Splicer Unit for Pressure Sensitive Labeler” Bob Schleter and Matt Stricklen, “Design of Automating a Roll Removal Car” Nick Weinzapfel, Adam Bockting, and Nathan Axton, “Proposal to Reduce Energy Consumption for New Harmony’s Atheneum Using Geothermal Technology” Phil Fulk and Sarah Storvick, “Design of a 25-28mm Screw Element Extractor for Extruder Screw Shafts” Justin McCarty and Mitchell Haag, “Advanced Process Control Trainer” This year’s individual speakers are: Brent Wendholt, “University of Southern Indiana Valley Parking Lot Expansion” Dariusz Stachowiak, “Design for a More Cost Effective Whirlpool Niagara Tester” Jason Mayer, “Shuttle Car Controls Upgrade” Eric White, “Gibson Generating Station’s Unit 1 Stationary DC Battery Monitoring System” Mark Taylor, “Plastic Molding Process Monitoring System for Pioneer Plastic” The program is open to the University community. For more information, contact Dr. Eric Sprouls, chair of the Department of Engineering, at 812/464-1892 or esprouls@usi.edu. Wendy Knipe Bredhold News & Information Services 812/461-5259 or wkbredhold@usi.edu |
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