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Donor Recognition

 

An anonymous benefactor donated $1,000,000 to establish a Center of Excellence in Integrated Design. The center is directed by the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering but will be a resource for all college students and faculty.

The Consumers Energy Foundation recently made a $50,000 gift in support of a new Energy Laboratory to be established in the College. Students will begin using this laboratory in the Fall of 2007 to study energy conversion, utilization and conservation, alternative and renewable energies, including bio-fuels, solar, fuel and hydrogen cells and hybrid systems, and evaluation, monitoring and control of electrical energy systems and heating systems. It is hoped that this new laboratory will be the cornerstone for the development of an innovative Energy Research Center within the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences.

The Austin Company provided $25,000 to the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences equipment fund. This generous gift will be used to purchase necessary equipment for the new facility atthe Business, Technology and Research Park.

Parker Hannifin donated $16,000 worth of cylinders to the automotive laboratory.

Late in 2006, Mario and Zaiga Mion, both WMU graduates, created the Robert J. Mion Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Aeronautical Engineering with a gift of $50,000. Robert J. Mion, a graduate of Western’s Aviation Engineering Technology program in 1968, passed away in February 2005. The endowed scholarship is a way for the Mions to permanently memorialize Robert’s name within the College and provide scholarship funds to deserving students studying aeronautical engineering, a field extremely close to Robert’s heart. This endowment will be used to support full-time graduate students (master’s or doctoral students) pursuing an engineering degree in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering with preference being given first to graduate students who have a focus on aerospace or aeronautical engineering related research. Second preference will be given to those graduate students who have a focus on energy and environment-related research.

In December 2006, the Robert Bosch Corporation in Farmington Hills, Michigan, donated a 2001 GMC Yukon to be used by the Sunseeker Solar Race Team as a tow/chase vehicle. The Sunseeker Project brings together students from all academic disciplines and gives them the opportunity to apply classroom knowledge to a hands-on project utilizing teamwork to achieve a common goal. The culmination of the solar car project is a biennial cross-country intercollegiate solar car challenge. The team promotes the use of renewable alternative energy and the advancement of related technologies by educating the public through the presentation and demonstration of a solar powered vehicle.