Fort Schuyler Magazine - Spring 2022

CAMPUS NEWS

Capstone Presentations Return for Facilities Engineering Students For the first time in three years, seniors in the Facilities Engineering degree program presented their Facilities Engineering Design II Capstone projects before an audience of almost two dozen industry professionals who served as evaluators. Five teams comprised of three students conducted their presentations, proposed their findings and recommendations, and responded to questions from members of the audience. Industry professionals representing companies such as LaGuardia Airport, Turner Construction, NBC Universal, Fresh Meadows Mechanical, and Yale New Haven Health, among others, were on hand to question, offer advice and evaluate the presentations. Capstone projects allow students to apply their cumulate engineering education to a real life dilemma. Projects are solicited from various engineering firms, operating facilities and/ or equipment manufacturers and contractors operating within the New York tristate area. This spring, five presentations were held in person and featured students speaking on the following topics within their respective firms: • Armstrong Humidifier Repair/Replace Options – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Nassau

• AHU Upgrade/Renewal/Replacement – Mount Sinai, Annenberg

• Level II Energy Audit with ECM’s – New York City Police Department, 43rd Precinct, Bronx

Congress. It was also made possible by the efforts and support of partnerships between the State Maritime Academy Presidents, Maritime Administration, and members of Congress. Construction of the first state-of the art world class training platform that will be utilized by cadets is expected to be completed on schedule and Maritime College is poised to receive the vessel in 2023. When it arrives to the College, the NSMV I will replace the aging Empire State VI. Prior to the NSMV I keel laying, Philly Shipyard President and CEO Steinar Nerbovik explained the traditional aspect of a keel laying ceremony in the shipbuilding industry. “As part of the shipbuilding tradition, the keel laying ceremony invites good luck in the construction and life of a ship as the first prefabricated block is lowered into the building dock,” he stated. After descending to the building dock, coins were placed on the blocks directly below where the keel would be laid. The keel, hanging over blocks suspended by a crane, was then lowered onto the blocks, finalizing the keel laying ceremony and solidifying the birth of the first world-class training ship that will improve the experiential learning and training of U.S. mariners for generations to come.

• Hybrid Chiller Plan Upgrade Planning & Actions – Northwell Health, Syosset

• Ex Vivarium-Energy Reuse & Systems Modifications – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Long Island City The capstone project provides an outstanding experience through participation, project significance and urgency, and active critique by attendees at oral presentations.

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