College of Innovation and Solutions
In addition to university-wide scholarship, there are specific scholarships for certain engineering majors, FIRST Robotics participants, etc. Please click on the button below to find more information at our LSSU Engineering Scholarships webpage.
What Do You Get With LSSU Engineering?
- Affordability: We have that โprivate universityโ atmosphere at a public university price. Approximately 75% of our full-time students receive financial aid.
- Individualized Attention: At LSSU, youโre not a number. Get to know your professors in your engineering courses, where the average class size is 14.
- Robotics: Students in all engineering programs can add a robotics specialization.ย Students at the Undergraduate level can utilize over $1,000,000 dollars worth of automated equipment.
- Knowledge and Experience: We have lab activities in over 75% of our engineering courses. And you can choose from three options for your senior project experience: co-op, industrial, or applied research.
- A Job: Our graduates have a nearly 100% placement rate and high, competitive starting salaries, typically over $50,000.
For more information or to sponsor a Senior Project (follow the link to obtain a project proposal form), contact Dr. Joe Moeningย via email or at 906-635-2135.
Senior Projects…more than just theory
All engineering students are required to participate in a senior project sequence. Whether you choose to participate in a team on an industrial or research project, or as an individual at a cooperative work site, you will grow both professionally and personally as you work with professionals in the field.
During a typical senior project, you’ll develop your technical and communication skills, manage budgets, and work with practicing engineers. The senior project experience is designed to give you the tools you need to be prepared for “real life” and allow you to be successful in your career. Choose from one three senior year experiences: Industrial, Research or Cooperative Education.
- INDUSTRIAL: These projects can be external or internal in nature. Student teams have a faculty advisor and an industrial customer representative.They are faced with a host of engineering problem-solving, analysis, development, modeling, design review, programming, and fabrication issues. Additionally, participants deal with aspects of being a team of diverse individuals from varying areas of engineering including communication, purchasing and budgets, documentation, time management, and interpersonal skills. Upon completion of the year, the teams present their work to their industrial customers for final approval.
RESEARCH: The research sequence is frequently chosen by those students who wish to pursue post-graduate degrees. Teams work sided-by-side with a professor on a guided research project. Some projects may come from an industrial background . - Participants prepare research proposals and grants, as well as publishing the team’s findings in a format suited for professional conferences and presentations. Some industrial projects have a research component to determine feasibility. Once a study has been completed, the following year another team will take on the project and develop a functional prototype for the customer.
- COOPERATIVE: Participants in this style of senior experience are those who have previously spent at least a semester in a cooperative education environment. Typically, students work on-site during the spring or summer with a selected company on a personally-proposed and developed project. The following fall, co-op students join a first-semester industrial senior project team to gain team-related skills and experience.
Success… going to grad school or jumping into a career
We have had a 100% success rate of students entering the workforce or being accepted to graduate school . Various companies visit our campus 
specifically looking for LSSU graduates. You’ll find out alumni at companies including Kawasaki, ABB, Boeing, JR Automation, Essar Algoma Steel, Continental Automotive, Ford, Chrysler, Tenaris Tubes, Pacific Union, John Deere, and Applied Manufacturing Technologies.
LSSU graduates have received their post-graduate degrees from universities such as Purdue, Notre Dame, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, Old Dominion, University of Texas at Arlington, and Florida Atlantic Universtiy.
Senior Project teams by Year
Students are placed into groups with diverse backgrounds to be able to problem solve and develop the final product or conclusion. See the accordianย below for senior projects from this and previous years.
2020-2021 projects
2019-2020 projects
2018-2019 projects
2017-2018 projects
Older Senior Projects
Brochure PDFs from past projects are available for download:
- 2016-2017 brochure
- 2015-2016 brochure
- 2014-2015 brochure
- 2013-2014 brochure
- 2012-2013 brochure
- 2011-2012 brochure
- 2010-2011 brochure
- 2009-2010 brochure
- 2008-2009 brochure
- 2007-2008 brochure
- 2006-07 brochure not available
- 2005-2006 brochure
- 2004-2005 brochure
- 2003-2004 brochure
- 2002-2003 brochure
- 2001-2002 brochure
Sponsoring a Senior Project
There are many benefits of sponsoring a Senior Project at LSSU. These include:
- Working closely with potential future employees
- Supporting and helping guide engineering education at LSSU
- Obtaining different perspectives on projects from students and their faculty advisors
- Gaining increased visibility for your company
To sponsor a project, complete the 2022-23 Project Application Form and then email it to Dr. Joe Moening. There is also a Project Intent Form if you are unsure if you project is a good fit. You can submit the form and we can discuss it in more detail and provide feedback. If you have any questions about the form or Senior Projects in general, he can be contacted via email or via phone at 906-635-2135.
Senior Project Videos
3D Printer — Team IPS 2021-22
KUKA Robotics 3D Vision Workcell — Team KOS 2021-22
Autonomous Mobile Robots — Team CAMRI 2021-22
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