Computer Science
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.
The schedule of presentations is given on the Computer Science and Engineering Schedule page.
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 TechSmith
Teacher’s Virtual Toolbelt
Left to right: Alex Crimin, Zeke Zandbergen, Yang He, Ryan Corniillie
Presented by Scott Lake of Auto-Owners
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 Union Pacific
Learning New Train Routes
Left to right: Matthew Schleusener, Kangile Mi, Nick Summers, Jon Wild
Presented by Liam Petraska of MSU Federal Credit Union
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 Amazon
ACRA Amazon Customer Review Analyzer
Left to right: Jie Wan, Jason Liu, Ian Whalen, Ankit Luthra, Tess Huelskamp
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
CATAlyst: Mapping CATA Buses in Real Time
Left to right: Charlie Ward, Cathy Dinsmoor, Tom Beaver, Jimmy Mkude, James Dodge
Presented by Elizabeth Klee and Luke Mercier of Urban Science
Design Day Panel of Judges
- Samantha Amburgey – MSU Federal Credit Union, East Lansing, Michigan
- 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
- 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
- Rob McCurdy – Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Pat McQueen – Salesforce.org, Detroit, Michigan
- David Norris – TechSmith, Lansing, Michigan
- Marty Strickler – Rose Packing Company, Chicago, Illinois
- J.J. Thompson – Rook Security, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Mark Welscott – Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Karen Wrobel – Fiat Chrysler, Auburn Hills, Michigan
- Doug Zongker – Google, San Francisco, California