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Western Michigan has a unique advantage within the category of University-Industry Collaboration. The Engineering Campus located off of Parkview Avenue exists within a newly staffed '''Business Technology and Research Park'''. A full list of companies can be found here, but the 42 companies taking residence here all give unique perspectives or job opportunities to WMU Students. Additionally, from competing in the "Chainless Competition" to re-designing residence halls to accommodate more residents, the engineering college is filled with senior design projects of each and every engineering discipline. The projects highlight companies located both in and out of the Business Technology and Research Park which have included Stryker, Hayworth, Parker Hannifin, Eaton Corp, Fabri-Kal, Denso and many more. There are two semesters worth of work that ends up concludes with inviting the company sponsors and the Kalamazoo Community to attending the day long event each presentation of projects. Each group has a 30min 30 minute window to present their project along with a written report is due to the college as well as the and sponsor company. This year will be the The most recent class of graduates contributed 152 senior projects and presentationsto the university and surrounding industries.