Learning Factory Student
Project Showcase Winners
Engineering
students displayed their projects at the Learning
Factory Student Project Showcase on Thursday, May
1, 2008, at the HUB's Alumni Hall. The project showcase
is organized by the Learning
Factory, a multidisciplinary learning environment
that integrates engineering theory with practice
and promotes team-oriented problem-solving skills.
Project sponsors include:
Anheuser-Busch, Boeing, Dow Chemical, Colin Darney,
Harris Corporation, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, Shell, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity,
Lampire Bio Labs, Flowserve Corp., Dresser-Rand, Flinchbaugh-Kurtz,
Continental Disc, Carbon Trap Technologies, Air Products,
Armstrong World Industries, BAE Systems, B. Braun Medical,
Skills of Pennsylvania and Measurement Specialties.
Examples of this year's
projects include: a brewery wastewater treatment, a
working model of carbon sequestration pilot plant,
a magnetically driven boiler water circulation pump
and an eco-marathon car.
The Learning Factory is
an industry-university partnership that provides engineering
students hands-on laboratory experience to design and
manufacture solutions for real-world problems. Since
1995, more than 500 sponsored projects have been completed
for 140 companies. The Learning Factory received the
National Academy of Engineering?s Bernard M. Gordon
Prize in 2006 for innovation in engineering education.
Results of the showcase
are listed below:
1st
Place
Project
Project
Name: Redesign of Apple Archery Products
Pro-Series Bow Press
Sponsors: Flinchbaugh
Co.
(Sponsor Name: Kurt Weber)
Students: Doug
Bodenschutz, Bryan Orient, Bronze O’Neal,
Scott M. Ferree, Douglas MacLatchie
Instructor: Dr.
Belegundu
1st
Place
Project
Project
Name: Maximus
V Fitness Products
Sponsors: Maximus
V
(Sponser Name: Tim McCory)
Students: Elizabeth
Cartright, Joseph Hughes, Kevin Suhey
Instructor: Dr.
Belegundu
2nd Place
Project
Project
Name: Eco
Marathon
Sponsors: Shell
1
(Sponser Name: John Roble)
Students: Rebecca
Heckman, Shawn Parsons, Devin Spratt, Nathaniel Troupe,
Neel Abraham,
Jordan
Copenhafer, Gregory Wentzell, Trevor Young, Laura Slingerland
Instructor: Leland
Engel
2nd
Place
Project
Project
Name: Cabinets
Sponsors: Armstrong
1 (Sponser
Name: Bill Frantz)
Students: Kellen
R. Ball, Shane A. Oravec, Hannah M. Smith
Instructor: Dr.
Edward DeMeter
3rd
Place
Project
Project
Name: 2008
ASME Student Design Contest WinRobo
Sponsors: ASME (Sponser
Name: Dr. Eric Marsh)
Students: Beth
Rice, Jared Fern, Shelley Palazzolo, Will Wilson
Instructor: Dr.
Koopman
3rd Place
Project
Project
Name: Kenya
Agricultural Utility Vehicle - Stone Shaper
Sponsors: NCIIA
1-PSU (Sponser
Name: Dr. Thomas Colledge)
Students: Darren
Keller, Alexander Niconovich, Frank Russo, Brian
Whittaker, Eric Ziegler
Instructor: Leland
Engel
4th
Place Project
Project
Name: Core
Collection Implement for Aerification
Sponsors: Beaver
Stadium - PSU (Sponser
Name: Chris Gawryla)
Students: Andrew
Burt, Bryan Anderson, Joseph Halackna, Luke Malzi,
Mark Zysk, Nick Bunce
Instructor: Dr.
Koopman
4th
Place Project
Project
Name: Brewery
Waste Water Treatment
Sponsors: Anheuser-Busch (Sponser
Name: Jogn Maravich)
Students: Matthew
Adelman, Rachel Arndt, Chris Cook, Thomas Gushue,
Kurt Voelker
Instructor: Dr.
Savas Yavuzkurt
Below: Photos
from the spring 2008 Learning Factory Project Showcase
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