Primary goal is to introduce students to engineering concepts related to product design and the product development process
Design project:
Teams of 3 or 4 students
Projects provided by both internal and external customers
Follow a rigorous design process that includes formal design reviews
The final result is a functional prototype (yes - hardware!) provided to the customer
Design Project Timeline
In September interested customers are invited to present potential projects to the students
Student response
Resume and career plan
Cover letter (x2) that is written “to the project” and includes information on why they should be on the team and what skills they bring to it
Rank their interests in the different projects
Students are assigned to project teams
Assign a faculty advisor to each team
Teams meets weekly with their faculty advisor to discuss progress and weekly (or bi-weekly) with a customer representative (remotely by Skype if needed)
