Computer Science
Fall 2017 Awards
On Design Day, the computer science capstone teams compete for four prestigious awards.
- Auto-Owners Exposition Award
- MSUFCU Praxis Award
- TechSmith Screencast Award
- Urban Science Sigma Award
Throughout the morning, each team presents their project to a panel of judges in Engineering Building, Room 3405.
Visitors are welcome to attend.
Auto-Owners Exposition Award
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 Auto-Owners Exposition Award, which is sponsored by Auto-Owners Insurance of Lansing, Michigan.
Team Amazon
Faia: Fashion Artificial Intelligence Assistant
Presented by Scott Lake and Ross Hacker
MSUFCU Praxis Award
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.
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.
Team Yello
Automatic Resume Verfication
Presented by April Clobes
TechSmith Screencast Award
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.
Team Union Pacific
RailBuilder: The Great Race to Promontory
Presented by Matt Dupuis
Urban Science Sigma Award
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 Urban Science Sigma Award, which is sponsored by Urban Science of Detroit, Michigan.
Team Michigan State University
SEA: Spartan Experience App
Presented by Elizabeth Klee
Design Day Panel of Judges
- E.J. Dyksen – Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Rich Enbody – Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Adam Haas – Ford Motor Company, Gurgon, India & Dearborn, Michigan
- Wendy Hamilton – TechSmith, Lansing, Michigan
- Louise Hemond-Wilson – IBM, Somers, New York
- Fred Killeen – General Motors, Detroit, Michigan
- Elizabeth Klee – Urban Science, Detroit, Michigan
- Terry Ledbetter – Meijer, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- John Marx – Amazon, Detroit, Michigan
- Rob McCurdy – Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- David Mysona – Blackstone Technology, San Francisco, California
- Marty Strickler – Rose Packing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- Dave Washburn – MSU Foundation, Lansing, Michigan
- Mark Welscott – Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Karen Wrobel – Fiat Chrysler, Auburn Hills, Michigan