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Thank you to our 2025-2026 ISE Senior Design partners! Their dedication builds a stronger senior design program, and empowers the next generation of industrial and systems engineers. 

 

Premium Partners

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2C Innovation

CC Industries ("CCI") is a privately-held management company for the operating assets of the Crown Family, which owns a diversified group of industrial manufacturing companies, including leading businesses in the transportation and process equipment industries. 

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Aurora Flight Services

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, advances the future of flight by developing and applying innovations across aircraft configurations, autonomous systems, propulsion technologies, and manufacturing processes. 

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Azoth

Azoth is a world-class, vertically integrated manufacturing company founded in 2018, and headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

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Boeing

A leading global aerospace company and top U.S. exporter, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries.

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GENEDGE

GENEDGE specializes in enhancing productivity, growth, innovation and competitive performance of manufacturing businesses in Virginia.

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Production Services Management Inc. (PSMI)

PSMI was founded in 2005 with the sole objective of increasing operational effectiveness by reducing tooling and MRO spending.

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Republic Finance

Founded in 1952, Republic Finance specializes in providing a variety of consumer loans, flexible lending options and incomparable customer service, and has assisted its customers in meeting their personal finance goals for more than 70 years

The Aerospace Corporation

The Aerospace Corporation is a leading architect for the nation's space programs, advancing capabilities that outpace threats to the country's national security

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Woodward, Inc.

Woodward is a global leader in the design, manufacture and service of energy conversion and control solutions for aerospace and industrial equipment. Our purpose is to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

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Zetron

Woodward is a global leader in the design, manufacture and service of energy conversion and control solutions for aerospace and industrial equipment. Our purpose is to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

Partners

Amazon: Amazon’s mission is to make customers' lives better and easier every day by relentlessly inventing on their behalf. We work to provide broad selection, value, and convenience across a range of customer experiences, including online shopping, cloud computing, streaming entertainment, consumer electronic devices, advertising, healthcare, AI services, and more.

Carter Machinery Company: Founded in 1952, Carter Machinery is the authorized Caterpillar dealer serving Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington D.C. through a network of more than 30 locations and 3,000 employees. We support customers in many diverse industries including construction, mining, forestry, power generation, paving, industrial engines, and gas compression and marine.

Current Lighting: At Current, we help our customers enhance lighting quality, reinforce safety, improve productivity, and save energy with LED commercial lighting and controls. LED lighting offers countless benefits from energy efficiency and cost savings, to long lifespan and reduced maintenance, making it a wise investment for any business or organization.

General Dynamics Mission Systems: General Dynamics Mission Systems provides mission critical solutions to those who lead, serve and protect the world we live in. We are a defense electronics manufacturer and integrator with deep domain expertise in land, sea, air, space and cyber.

Great Dane: From custom trailer specs to advanced technology integrations, Great Dane partners with you to design trailer and truck body solutions that fit your operation, improving efficiency, safety, and long-term performance.

Innova Engineered Plastics: Innova Engineered Plastics is the premier provider of engineered heavy gauge plastic enclosures and related single-use components for Medical Device & Life Sciences, Aerospace & Defense, Diagnostic & Lab Equipment, Autonomous Robots, Data Centers & AI solutions, and other critical, highly regulated industries. 

JBT Marel - Bevcorp: Bevcorp is a full-service provider of packaging equipment since 1992. We offer solutions for your filling, blending, container handling, seaming and closure equipment, parts, and service needs. Working with us, you are guaranteed to receive unparalleled service highlighted by our dedicated commitment to serving the food and beverage industries.

JL Clark: J.L. Clark is a U.S. domestic packaging manufacturer offering highly decorated metal and plastic packaging designed to enhance leading consumer brands. We offer a wide variety of packaging solutions and with over 100 years of experience, we have established ourselves as a trusted partner to the leading brands in the beauty and personal care, confectionery, and food and beverage markets.

Metalsa Roanoke: We are a global company, a leading manufacturer of automotive components specializing in chassis structures for light and commercial vehicles.

Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman transforms bold ideas into operational realities with unparalleled expertise and a relentless focus on mission success. We pair a clear vision for the future with the experience to bring it to life. Trusted by those operating at the edge, our capacity to deliver with rigor and reliability – paired with speed, scale, and the ingenuity of our people – result in technology that performs when the stakes are highest. 

Platform Aerospace: Platform Aerospace is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in disruptive UAS technologies and rapid aircraft modification. We are a 30+ year old aviation engineering and manufacturing company and owner of the world-record setting Ultra-Long Endurance, Group 3 Vanilla UAS.

Tindall Corporation: More than 60 years ago, Tindall made a commitment to serve our customers by delivering innovative precast, prestressed concrete solutions to their toughest challenges. Today, that dedication to service and innovation has driven us to become one of the largest, most experienced precast concrete companies in the industry. Our mission is to support our customers, create remarkable structures, and deliver never-before-seen solutions every step of the way. You could say that going the extra mile is in our blood. We were born to build — Engineered to Serve.

Wabtec Longwood Elastomers: Wabtec Elastomers specializes in manufacturing rubber & thermoset components used in various rail, industrial and other transportation market applications.

Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia: At Yokohama, we have been dedicated to the advancement of tire design and development since day one of our founding in 1917. Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC (YTMV) produces tires for passenger cars and light trucks. 

Collaborators

Altec

Ashi Group

BreakingT

CCAM

City of Roanoke

County of Roanoke

Five33

Industrial Engineer.ai

INFRABEL

LMI

MedStar Health

NexStratus

Roanoke City Public Schools

Roanoke County Public Library

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Children's National Hospital at DC

Vistar Eye Center

Voyant Beauty

VT National Security Institute (NSI)