CSE498, Collaborative Design, Spring 2022
Computer Science and Engineering
Michigan State University

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 agreed to served as Design Day judges.

  • Federico Conde

    Director, Business Relationship Manager
    Kellog’s
    Battle Creek, Michigan

  • Kelvin Connor

    Chief Architect
    Urban Science
    Detroit, Michigan

  • Bob Dyksen

    Director of Automation
    Evolutio
    Chicago, Illinois

  • E. J. Dyksen

    Software Development Manager
    Amazon
    Detroit, Michigan

  • Garret Gaw

    Director, Selling Partner Experience
    Amazon
    Detroit, Michigan

  • Ashlee Goovaerts

    Associate Director, Site Reliability Engineering
    Humana
    Louisville, Kentucky