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TIM students earn place in national Case Competition

A team of four Telecommunications and Information Management (TIM) students from Haworth College of Business and College of Arts and Sciences has earned one of three top spots in the final round of the International Telecommunications Education and Research Association (ITERA) 2008 National Case Study Competition.

This year’s case study involved designing the “campus of the future” at Cool University. The ITERA case study competition invites student teams from throughout the United States to develop solutions to applied problems involving communication and information technology. The ITERA case study challenge is open to both graduate and undergraduate information and communication technology related programs.

The final-round competition and public presentation will be held during ITERA’s national conference in Louisville, Kentucky on March 27-29, 2008. WMU TIM team members are Colin Cady, Ben Krupp, Ryan Lasure and Justin Knapp (Team Captain).

According to Dr. Mike Tarn, the project team’s advisor and the TIM program coordinatorin the college of business, the ITERA case study competition features Cool University; a leading edge educational institution focused on integrating technology into the daily operations of the campus as well as supporting the academic mission.

The WMU TIM project team was asked to analyze the structural requirements for Cool University and develop a blueprint for creating a technologically superior communications infrastructure.  The team developed a strategy that allows for high bandwidth allocation, enhanced security management via RFID, and the convergence of voice, data and video traffic using a fiber optic-based network. In addition, the proposed “cool network” features mobile and wireless capability as well that provides connectivity from virtually anywhere on and off campus. 

“The primary objective is to enhance campus wide technical communication and interactivity, as well as create a foundation platform that is capable of supporting future growth and expansion.” explained Dr. Richard Gershon, the TIM coordinator in the College of Arts & Sciences.

WMU's interdisciplinary major in TIM is offered through the Computer Information Systems (CIS) program in the Haworth College of Business and the School of Communication in the College of Arts & Sciences. The TIM program prepares students for the top fastest growing occupations projected by the U.S. Department of Labor. It is designed to train students in a variety of telecommunications and data communication subdisciplines. The program's mission is to give students a well balanced education in a variety of business and technical management issues.

 

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