AUDIO TOURISTER

Ryan & Chris

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:44:45 -0500

Ryan David (electrical engineering major, co-op at TRW) and Chris Mitchell (electrical engineering and mechanical engineering double major, co-op at Detroit Diesel) are working on their Audio Tourister Project together. They are designing for the tailgating customer, which influences their design concept. “We needed a more durable case so we included a MDF frame,” Mitchell said. “It needed a battery and be able to sustain a charge so it could be portable. We also included a bluetooth board so that someone sitting around the tailgate party could stream music from their phone.”

Colin & Thomas

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:40:17 -0500

Colin Gierzynski (electrical engineering major, math minor, co-op at Bosch) and Thomas Sophiea (electrical engineering major, co-op at Meru Networks) are working together on their Audio Tourister Project for the home or office. As the project comes to a close, both have enjoyed hearing their boomcase work for the first time and “palying sweet music.” According to Gierzynski, the hardest part of the project was designing the circuit board. “It was the first class we had to build a board for,” he said. Sophiea likes that the project will be auctioned off. “It makes us feel like our work is worthwhile,” he said.

Kai

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:36:25 -0500

Kai Chen (electrical engineering major, co-op at Dana Corporation) has really enjoyed working on the Audio Tourister Project. “There is such a feeling of teamwork,” he said. “I transferred here from China two years ago, and they don’t do things like this there.” Although he is finding the project difficult at times, he enjoys the process. “The most interesting part is also the most difficult,” he said. “From the whole process - the design, the classmates, the professor - you still learn a lot.”

C&S Engineering Solutions: Ted

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:44:19 -0500

Ted Coffield, Randy Snoeyink, and Ron Selby are all partners in C&S Engineering Solutions, a consulting firm that has been working with the students in evaluating their projects. Both Randy and Ted graduated from Kettering in 1985. “Our involvement in this project sprang from several discussions with Prof. Melton about how we might use our experience of starting a new company to help the students gain a taste of entrepreneurship,” Ted said. C&S Engineering Solutions has provided the students with real world experience. “We have been able to introduce the students to a structured engineering process that is common throughout industry,” Ted said. “We’ve also helped them think about designing a product for a specific market rather than for an assignment.” C&S Engineering Solutions started in 2010 and currently employs eight people.

Harman/Kardon: Darin

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:23:57 -0500

Harman/Kardon (owned by Harman International) is a sponser for the Audio Tourister Project. Darin Krajewski, a Harman International employee, is representing Harman/Kardon in relation to the Audio Tourister project. Krajewski, and in turn Harmon, became involved in the project after Dr. Doug Melton contacted him. “Doug Melton and I attended graduate school together at the University of Wisconsin where we were part of a very small group of graduate students...it was natural that he would contact me with the Audio Tourister Project,” he Krajewski said. “Harman is always interested in promoting students' interest in audio so it was eager to help support the project.” Harman has supported the project in various ways, including providing students with speakers and a large variety of loudspeaker driver designs not only to be used in the Audio Tourister project, but other projects as well.