Programs for Industry Conference

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Conference Center
1551 Thoreau Drive
Schaumburg, IL 60173

Sponsored by:
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL & ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Agenda:

8:00 - 8:20 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast 1551 Thoreau Drive Schaumburg, IL 60173
8:20 - 8:30 am	Department Mission to Industry Enhancing Industry Productivity & Profitability Real-World Engineering Education Senior Engineering Projects with Industry
8:30 - 9:00 am	Senior Engineering Project Course Project Definitions and Economic Basis 3 to 1 Student Faculty Ratio Project Management Communications, Presentations, Reports Engineering Results & Profit Analysis
9:00 - 9:10 am	BREAK
9:10 - 9:45 am	Review of Past Senior Engineering Projects 20 one-minute vignettes of "No-nonsense" projects which produce tangible results for your company
9:45 - 10:00 am	Questions from Attendees

The success of the senior project course can be measured by the number of companies who submit projects on a regular basis and also by the record of our projects in winning 136 awards in the Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation National Engineering Design Competitions since 1968. Of these, 97 awards have been won in the past ten years. This is DOUBLE the recognition of any other such program in the nation.

To register for our Programs for Industry seminar or request additional information, please e-mail Peggy Hills.

Map to Conference Site

Harry S. Wildblood, Course Chairman	Peggy R. Hills
Senior Engineering Project	Program Administrative Assistant
Department of IESE	Phone: (217) 244-8835
117 Trans. Bldg., 104 S. Mathews	e-mail: phills1@illinois.edu
Urbana, IL 61801-2996	Fax: (217) 244-5705 or (217) 244-2373
Phone: (217) 265-5359 e-mail: wildblod@illinois.edu	Web: www.iese.uiuc.edu/ge494

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering
Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering, Senior Project Design
104 Transportation Bldg., 104 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 244-8835