Mary Caton, Windsor Star
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The first floor of the University of Windsor building teemed with talent as fourth-year engineering students proudly displayed their capstone projects to faculty, donors, industry partners and perhaps most importantly, wide-eyed first-year students touring the facilities the same day as part of a university head-start program.
“It’s perfect for (incoming) students to see what they can do here,” said Kristie Pearce, the faculty’s communications co-ordinator.
Team-based projects are the culmination of the undergraduate program and a requirement for earning a degree.
Students from various engineering disciplines combine their technical skills with hands-on experience to design a project related to their field of study.
Bobby Abali and seven mechanical engineering classmates designed a system using water from the Detroit River to expand district energy production for the City of Windsor.
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