CSE 498, Collaborative Design, is the senior capstone course for students majoring in computer science. Teams of students design, develop, and deliver a significant software system for corporate clients.
The CSE capstone teams compete for four prestigious awards.
On Design Day, the winners are selected by a panel of judges including CSE corporate partners and CSE faculty.
Team 3. GE Aviation
Jesse Hacker, Justin Kienle, Andy Inman, Andrew Gerber
Presented by Ron Simon of Auto-Owners Insurance.
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 software systems and answer questions to Design Day attendees. Each team will play their project videos and answer questions for a panel of judges.
The CSE capstone team with the best overall Design Day performance will be honored with the Auto-Owners Exposition Award, which is sponsored by Auto-Owners Insurance Company of Lansing, Michigan.
Team 2. Boeing
Adam Starks, Jim Drallos, Alex Kobylarek, Patrick Ohren
Presented by Karen Wrobel of Chrysler.
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 software system that is the most technically challenging will be recognized with the Chrysler Praxis Award, which is sponsored by Chrysler LLC of Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Team 5. Motorola
User Generated Video Service for the iPhone
Rob Palmer, Ryan Ley, Mary Fetsco, Phil Deschaine
Presented by Dominic DiCicco of Crowe Horwath.
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 technical specification, software, documentation, user manuals, a video, a team web site, 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 will be recognized with the Crowe Horwath Sigma Award, which is sponsored by Crowe Horwath LLP of Oak Brook, Illinois.
Team 1. Auto-Owners Insurance
Applications for Mobile Devices
Lovelesh Chawla, Luke Hospadaruk, Rick Silva
Presented by Dean Craven of TechSmith.
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 5 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.
David Asiala
Shared Services IT Director
The Dow Chemical Company
Midland, Michigan
Michael Drazan
Vice President, Contractor Business and CIO
The Toro Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rich Enbody
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Naim Falandino
Software Architect
Covisint
Detroit, Michigan
Adam Haas
Application
Technology Manager
Ford
Dearborn, Michigan
Louise Hemond-Wilson
Executive IT Architecture Consultant
IBM
Owosso, Michigan
Vandy Johnson
Vice President, Global SS IT Infrastructure
Medtronic, Inc.
Mounds View, Minnesota
Kevin Ohl
Business
and Technology Consultant
Aurora, Illinois
Marty Strickler
Director of Information Systems
Rose Packing Company
Barrington, Illinois
Karen Wrobel
Senior Manager
Chrysler LLC
Auburn Hills, Michigan