Design Day Awards
On Design Day, the computer science capstone teams compete for four prestigious awards.
The award winning teams and projects are chosen by a distinguished panel of judges who meet with the teams at their displays on the 3rd floor of the Engineering Building throughout the morning.
Visitors are welcome to attend.
CSE 498 capstone teams present their projects on Design Day in a variety of ways. Teams create and set up an exhibit where they demonstrate their projects and answer questions from Design Day attendees, which include corporate clients, families, friends, faculty, and students, along with hundreds of local middle and high school students. In addition, as part of the award competition, teams present their projects to a panel of judges.
The CSE capstone team with the best overall Design Day performance is honored with the
One of the hallmarks of CSE 498 capstone projects is that of praxis, the process of putting theoretical knowledge into practice. Teams apply a wide variety of information technologies to produce solutions to complex problems in areas such as business, engineering, computing, and science.
The CSE capstone team that engineers the best software system that is the most technically challenging is recognized with the
Each CSE 498 capstone team produces a video that describes and demonstrates their software product. Starting with a storyboard and a script, teams use Camtasia Studio to synthesize screen recordings, video, audio and other multimedia to produce their project videos.
And the TechSmith Screencast Award goes to...the CSE capstone team with the best project video. The award is sponsored by the creators of Camtasia Studio, TechSmith of Okemos, Michigan.
The CSE 498 experience represents the capstone of the educational career of each computer science major. An intense semester of teamwork produces impressive deliverables that include a formal project plan, formal presentations, software, documentation, a video, and Design Day participation. The resulting sum, the Capstone Experience, is much greater than the parts.
The capstone team that delivers the best overall capstone experience is recognized with the
Design Day Panel of Judges
Our thanks to the following distinguished group of people who serve as the Design Day judges.
- Deanna Adler
Vice President, Global Business Services
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek, Michigan - Amadou Anne
Senior Manager, Quality Assurance
United Airlines
Chicago, Illinois - Kelvin Connor
Chief Architect
Urban Science
Detroit, Michigan - Tony Dean
First Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Auto-Owners Insurance
Lansing, Michigan - E. J. Dyksen
Software Development Manager
Amazon
Detroit, Michigan - Garret Gaw
Vice President, Selling Partner Foundation
Amazon
Detroit, Michigan - Rick Grubb
Chief Information Officer
RPM
Royal Oak, Michigan - Adam Haas
Chief of Staff, Enterprise Technology
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan - Toby Hall
President and Chief Executive Office
Roosevelt Innovations
Okemos, Michigan
- Michael Malinak
Director, Engineering
TechSmith
Okemos, Michigan - Rob McCurdy
Head of Innovation
PwC
Detroit, Michigan - Jeff Meador
Engineering Director, Emerging Technology
Vectorform
Troy, Michigan - Andrea Michaud
Vice President of Engineering
Reseda Group
East Lansing, Michigan - John Morrison
Senior IT Infrastructure Program Manager
Meijer
Grand Rapids, Michigan - Betsy Sneller
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan - Eric Tabor
Vice President, IT Business Partner, Commercial
Stryker
Kalamazoo, Michigan - Frank Weith
Director, NAR Engineering Connected & Mobility Systems
Volkswagen Group of America
Auburn Hills, Michigan
