Seniors in West Virginia University’s Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering will present hands-on demonstrations of their senior design projects from noon-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, in the atrium of the Mineral Resources Building (ground floor, Engineering Sciences Building ).

The projects being demonstrated include, among others:

  • A demonstration of the automated bartending system that won the recent Entrepreneurship competition at WVU
  • Sensor/data logging, communication, and control systems of the Challenge X sport utility vehicle that students have re-engineered for energy efficiency
  • A new online system for reporting non-emergency crimesthe West Virginia State Police plans to implement this system
  • A biometric secure room that will track users’activities and report suspicious behavior
  • Many other projects

These projects represent the culmination of our seniors’academic experiences and engineering design talents,said Wils Cooley, professor in the Lane Department and coordinator of the fair.