Design Day Awards
On Design Day, the computer science capstone teams compete for four prestigious awards.
Normally, the award winning teams and projects are chosen by a distinguished panel of judges. However, due to the cancellation of Design Day activities, the award winning teams and projects this semester will be chosen by the professor and two teaching assistants.
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 give a formal presentation to a panel of corporate 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 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, user manuals, 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 agreed to served as Design Day judges.
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Steve Akers
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
MaxCogito
Boston, Massachusetts -
Tony Dean
Senior Vice President, IT Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Operational Services
Auto-Owners Insurance
Lansing, Michigan -
Bob Dyksen
Senior Consultant
Evolutio
Indianapolis, Indiana -
E. J. Dyksen
Emerging Technology Strategist
PwC
Detroit, Michigan -
Rich Enbody
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan -
Derek Gebhard
Senior Manager, Software
Amazon
Detroit, Michigan -
Ashlee Goovaerts
Lead Technology Leadership Professional
Humana
New York, New York -
Maxime Goovaerts
Software Engineer, Instagram Client Infrastructure
Facebook
New York, New York -
Adam Haas
Manager, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Ford Motor Company
Gurgaon, India & Dearborn, Michigan
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Wendy Hamilton
President and Chief Executive Officer
TechSmith
Okemos, Michigan -
Fred Killeen
Chief Information Security Officer
General Motors
Warren, Michigan -
Elizabeth Klee
Chief Information Officer
Urban Science
Detroit, Michigan -
Jeff Kurburski
Chief Technology Officer
Herman Miller
Zeeland, Michigan -
Ben Maxim
Assistant Vice President of Digital Strategy & Innovation
MSU Federal Credit Union
East Lansing, Michigan -
Rob McCurdy
Head of Innovation
PwC
Detroit, Michigan -
Marty Strickler
Director of Information Technology
OSI Group
Aurora, Illinois -
Karen Wrobel
Senior Manager, Assembly and Stamping Operations
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Auburn Hills, Michigan
