{"id":121345,"date":"2023-02-09T10:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=121345"},"modified":"2023-02-09T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:46:43","slug":"marquardt-switches-suny-oswego-students-team-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=121345","title":{"rendered":"Marquardt Switches, SUNY Oswego students team up<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the fall semester, three SUNY Oswego students collaborated with Marquardt Switches in Cazenovia on a variety of projects supporting the company’s efficiency and their own problem-solving skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software engineering major Sean Schukraft and information science majors Ahmad Black and Matthew Olmeda \u2013 then-seniors working on their capstone projects \u2013 appreciated the opportunity made possible by computer science faculty member Bastian Tenbergen, an example of the university working with industry partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So at the beginning of the semester, I was still deciding what I wanted to do my capstone on, and then Professor Bastian came to us and asked if anyone was interested,\u201d Schukraft said. \u201cHe said there’s a company called Marquardt and they’re looking for an interface. I said, \u2018Well that sounds cool.\u2019”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When I looked them up and realized how big it was and how much human interaction and things that I can get outside of a normal project from it, I had to do it,” Olmeda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was too good to pass up,” said Black. “It was a chance to really work with an actual company and get some well real-life experience in this field. And it’s very interesting to say the least. It’s been a great experience.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Marquardt has been the easiest partner to work with in my 12 years of doing projects like this,” Tenbergen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m developing an interface for them, and it’s based on the web,\u201d Schukraft said. \u201cBasically it’s going to allow factory workers to input data much faster, and it’s going to save a lot of time process for the engineers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black and Olmeda teamed up for a data-driven project that examined efficiency from a different angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Essentially, what we do is we take in the data that is gathered from operators and floor workers, and we take in that data and turn it into comparable graphs,” Black said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That way, when they look at it, it’s not just a bunch of numbers,\u201d Olmeda said. \u201cThey can just see a graph that can clearly show the amount of downtime,\u201d Olmeda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So essentially we’re just cutting out a lot of that middle ground and just doing all the calculations,” Black said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As soon as you have that external partner and an appropriately scoped project, the value for the students and for the partner rises dramatically,” Tenbergen said. “It’s a lot more effort, but it’s invaluable to do.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This was a lot of hands-on experience that I would’ve never had otherwise,” Olmeda said, “and just a lot of advice from a really good teacher.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was very interesting to get essentially told this is great, try this,” Black said. “This is nice, but can you make it more like this? I’m just really fitting a product of someone’s preferences and creating a more interesting thing that’s more tailored to the customer in question.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So at SUNY Oswego, we have a very, very significant and very long history of successful projects where we move things directly into the industry such that our partners can immediately benefit from this,” Tenbergen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marquardt is a global provider of high-quality, innovative switching products to automotive, power tool and appliance switch markets. The company is customer-focused, quality-minded and driven to excellence by outstanding employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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