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= University-Industry Collaboration <span style="font-size: 12px;">&nbsp;</span> =

Western Michigan has a unique advantage within the category of University-Industry Collaboration. The College of Engineering Campus & Applied Sciences (CEAS) is located off of Parkview Avenue exists within a newly staffed&nbsp;'''the Business Technology and Research (BTR) Park''', a Pure Michigan SmartZone and a high-tech business development with nearly 40 member companies. A The park’s location means partner firms in the life sciences, advanced engineering, and information technology will have regular opportunities to interact with the faculty, research staff, and students of one of the nation’s top public universities.&nbsp; Example companies within the park include Newell Rubbermaid, EPS Security, StructureTec, ThermoFisher Scientific, and Tekna Solutions; a full list of companies can be found here (at http://wmich.edu/btr/companies), but the 42 companies taking residence here all give unique perspectives or job opportunities to WMU Students.  Additionally, from competing in all disciplines within the "Chainless Competition" to re-designing residence halls to accommodate more residents, the engineering college is filled with senior design projects College of each and every engineering disciplineEngineering & Applied Sciences must complete a Senior Design project as a requirement for graduation.&nbsp;The majority of these projects highlight local companies located both in and out of , bringing together the university students with industry professionals. In the Business Technology and Research Park which past, projects have included taken place at Stryker, Hayworth, Parker Hannifin, Eaton Corp, Fabri-Kal, Denso , and many more. There are two semesters worth of work that concludes with the company sponsors and the Kalamazoo Community attending the day long presentation of projects. Each group has a 30 minute window to present their project along with a written report due to the college and sponsor company. The most recent class of graduates contributed 152 projects and presentations to the university and surrounding industries.&nbsp;