Office of Marketing & Communications

Press Releases

Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - General News

Graduating Engineers Present Capstone Partnership Projects

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

4/18/2007

CONTACT:

  • Amir Jokar, School of Engineering and Computer Science, 360/546-9631,jokar@vancouver.wsu.edu
  • Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360/546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu

Vancouver, Wash. - The School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver presents a display of seven capstone projects from graduating seniors, 3:30 to 6 p.m., April 23. The event is free and open to the public.

Mostly sponsored by the local companies in Southwest Washington, each project will be presented and defended by the senior graduating students.  

"We want to show how WSU Vancouver is supporting the local companies in solving their engineering problems," said Amir Jokar, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.  The sponsor companies' representatives will be present at the event. 

The projects and their sponsors, as well as presentation times, are as follows:

- Low Power, Icing Resistant Enclosure System for Mount St Helens Crater Rim Camera, USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory, 3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

- Design of Band Saw Swaging Machine, Armstrong Manufacturing Co., 3:50 - 4:05 p.m.

- Opto Mechanical Package Development, nLight Photonics, 4:10 - 4:25 p.m.

- Mixed Fluid Power System, SAIC Maritime Technologies, 4:30 - 4:45 p.m.

- Underwater Short Baseline Acoustic Positioning System, SAIC Maritime Technologies, 4:50 - 5:05 p.m.

- StressWave Pressure Tool Design (6 Sigma project), StressWave Inc., 5:10 - 5:25 p.m.

- 2007 ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, School of Engineering and Computer Science, WSU Vancouver, 5:30 - 5:45 p.m.

WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205. Parking is available in the blue lot for $2 or at parking meters. WSU Vancouver offers 14 Bachelor's degrees, nine Master's degrees and one Doctorate degree and more than 35 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu.

939