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
The panel of judges for the spring of 2023 includes the following people.
- Rick Brown
Director, Technical Operations Training
United Airlines
Chicago, Illinois - Fede Conde
Business Relationship Manager
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek, Michigan - Kelvin Connor
Chief Architect
Urban Science
Detroit, Michigan - Bob Dyksen
Director, Client Advisory Services
Evolutio
Chicago, Illinois - 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
- Toby Hall
President and Chief Executive Officer
Roosevelt Innovations
Okemos, Michigan - Wendy Hamilton
President and Chief Executive Officer
TechSmith
Okemos, Michigan - Ben Maxim
Chief Digital Strategy & Innovation Officer
MSU Federal Credit Union
East Lansing, Michigan - Rob McCurdy
Head of Digital Workplace
PwC
Detroit, Michigan - Betsy Sneller
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan - Frank Weith
Director, NAR Engineering Connected & Mobility Systems
Volkswagen Group of America
Auburn Hills, Michigan - Kristin Williams
Vice President, Customer and Digital Technology
Meijer
Grand Rapids, Michigan
