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Master's Design Engineering Project - Mech/Mechatronics

ME681/2
Closed
University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Oscar Nespoli
Professor
3
Timeline
  • January 5, 2019
    Experience start
  • January 16, 2019
    Design Review Meetings
  • April 21, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
10 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Product or service launch
Skills
engineering design product design process design engineering design process
Student goals and capabilities

Master's engineering students will apply design methods, principles, and practices to find, formulate and solve your design challenge.

Students
Any level
30 Students
Project
150 hours per Student
Students self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Final project deliverables include:

  • A written report with data from the students' analyses.
  • A solution prototype for your use.

Project timeline
  • January 5, 2019
    Experience start
  • January 16, 2019
    Design Review Meetings
  • April 21, 2019
    Experience end
Project Examples

Starting this January, Master's student-consultants will spend 600 hours per team developing a design engineering solution for a challenge of your choice.

Based on your needs, students will apply methods, principles, and practices in consideration of design safety, sustainability, and professional ethics to create a unique solution for your design problem.

The students will perform a needs analysis with specifications for the solution, document and describe the problem solution, and build a working prototype for your use.

Project tasks may include, but are not limited to:

  • Proposal refinement
  • Needs assessment
  • Conceptual design
  • Embodiment design
  • Design verification
  • Design project communication

Example project topics include:

  • Advanced manufacturing applications
  • Medical assistive devices design
  • Commercial product design
  • Automotive design
  • Accessibility design
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Weekly meetings with the student team are advised to ensure best results.

Provide a dedicated contact who will be available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address student’s questions or provide additional information.

3 Design Review Meetings will need to be convened with your organization representative(s) and their student team(s) at intervals.