Industry and Community-Based Innovation Projects

(1-3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this course, students from different majors will work in teams on projects that develop innovative solutions to real-world problems that come from industry, government, and not-for-profit organizations. All projects will contain substantial technical engineering content, with many projects employing multidisciplinary concepts. Students will have the opportunity to select their preferred projects from a list of available projects in a given semester and then be assigned to teams. The course may be taken for 1 or 2 credits (or 3 by special permission), and taken repeatedly so that credits can be accumulated and count towards a Technical Elective for any Engineering degree. Each student is expected to spend approximately 3 hours per week on the course per credit earned for semester-long projects (shorter projects may require a few more hours per week). All project teams will participate in a common orientation that includes topics such as project management and team leadership, but otherwise will meet at times convenient to the teams and their industry/community partners.