Western Kentucky University
WKU Mechanical Engineering Supporting WKU
Institution
Western Kentucky University
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
Kevin Schmaltz; Joel Lenoir; R. Choate
Abstract
The Mechanical Engineering (ME) program at WKU actively participates within the university community to support its strategic mission and our evolution as a leading American university with international reach. For the 2006 - 2007 academic year, four teams of ME seniors are working on projects in support of internal university partners and of an international agency. One team will design, build, and test a Centrifugal Pump Demonstration Bench for the Department of Engineering with external competitive funding provided by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers through their undergraduate student research grant program. A second team will design, build, and test a Bio-Generated Greenhouse Heating System for the Department of Agriculture. The third will design, build, and test an Automated Water Filtration Test System for the Center for Water Resource Studies. After winning their district event hosted by the University of Missouri-Rolla last March, the final team recently competed with their "Sip and Puff" Controlled Fishing Rod for Quadriplegics at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Chicago. The ME program seeks to be relevant to our region and to produce high quality graduates who can also impact the economic quality of Kentucky within our global society.
WKU Mechanical Engineering Supporting WKU
The Mechanical Engineering (ME) program at WKU actively participates within the university community to support its strategic mission and our evolution as a leading American university with international reach. For the 2006 - 2007 academic year, four teams of ME seniors are working on projects in support of internal university partners and of an international agency. One team will design, build, and test a Centrifugal Pump Demonstration Bench for the Department of Engineering with external competitive funding provided by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers through their undergraduate student research grant program. A second team will design, build, and test a Bio-Generated Greenhouse Heating System for the Department of Agriculture. The third will design, build, and test an Automated Water Filtration Test System for the Center for Water Resource Studies. After winning their district event hosted by the University of Missouri-Rolla last March, the final team recently competed with their "Sip and Puff" Controlled Fishing Rod for Quadriplegics at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Chicago. The ME program seeks to be relevant to our region and to produce high quality graduates who can also impact the economic quality of Kentucky within our global society.