Wayne State engineering students to participate in Yazaki Auto Show Program

DETROIT (Jan. 15, 2014) - Twelve Wayne State University College of Engineering students will participate in Yazaki's North American International Auto Show Program on Industry Days this week.

According to Yazaki, the student liaisons "will spend their day paired with Yazaki engineers to learn hands-on about the industry's newest vehicles while researching and analyzing future automotive technologies. Together, the teams will work to analyze vehicles and gather information on technology developments, technology trends, and market trends that they come across on the NAIAS showroom including high voltage products, wireless technologies, electronics, instrumentation, monitoring and security technologies, and other emerging automotive trends."

The Wayne State student liaisons - many who have served as interns or co-op students at Yazaki - are:

Brad Griffith, mechanical engineering

William Grimshaw, mechanical engineering

Ron Williford, industrial engineering

Brittney Brown, chemical engineering

Iziel Drew, mechanical engineering

Nathan Tomlinson, mechanical engineering

Justin Bekker, mechanical engineering

Alanna Tremble, industrial engineering

Richard Winfrey, mechanical engineering

Whitney McClinton, mechanical engineering

Cristian Nedelcu, electrial and computer engineering

More information is available on Yazaki's website.

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Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution of higher education offering 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 28,000 students. For more information about engineering at Wayne State University, visit engineering.wayne.edu.