In their senior design project, UWM engineering students turn $72 investment into $43,000 in savings for Milwaukee-area company

In Senior Design Projects, students work directly with industry partners such as Ted Fitzpatrick (left), a process metallurgist at Charter Steel. Ben Church (right), is an associate professor of materials science and engineering and a faculty advisor for the students. (Photo Photo by Quintin Faretra-Gundlach)

In their senior year, all students at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science team up and partner with industry representatives to solve real-world problems. These problems aren’t easy to solve, but UWM students have knocked it out of the park on more than one occasion. On all occasions, they’ve had a taste of professional life and become better prepared for successful careers.

You can get a sense of our senior design projects in this Spectrum News story about one student team that was tasked with solving a problem for Charter Steel: UW-Milwaukee engineering students turn $72 investment into $43,000 in savings for Milwaukee-area company.

Or read about another team of students that created an inventory solution for AAA Sales and Engineering that was met with praise by experienced machinists and management: UWM engineering students create solution that save a company $840,000 a year.

For full descriptions of all projects our students have tackled in the last couple of years, please read our Senior Design Project page.