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Co-Op & Capstone

iCap-W19
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University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Oscar Nespoli
Professor
3
Timeline
  • January 5, 2019
    Experience start
  • January 8, 2019
    Weekly project update meetings
  • January 12, 2019
    Learning Session
  • May 1, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
1 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Market research Product or service launch
Skills
engineering design process creative problem solving collaborative problem solving design thinking
Student goals and capabilities

Students will learn to master need-finding and problem formulation. They will be immersed in your business to better understand your needs and business context, while receiving practical academic instruction at a distance from a Waterloo faculty member. They will be hired as coop interns and be taught while working (work-integrated-learning), then bring an approved problem into the Capstone sequence

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
4 Students
Project
125 hours per Student
Students self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • Needs list
  • Identification of 3 significant problems to solve
  • Solved problems, in the form of a prototype or solutions design
  • Report documenting their needs analysis, and solution
Project timeline
  • January 5, 2019
    Experience start
  • January 8, 2019
    Weekly project update meetings
  • January 12, 2019
    Learning Session
  • May 1, 2019
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students will undertake a four-month co-op placement with your organization, during which they will complete an extensive needs analysis and problem formulation relating to their area of study, under the remote guidance of an instructor. When the students return to Waterloo, they will undertake a four-month problem solving exercise, where they will use the knowledge gained in their time with your organization to define a complex problem and identify a solution.

For example, in a co-op term with Bata Colombia in May 2017, students undertook a needs analysis, identifying 204 needs, and developed a prototype to improve efficiency of the production line with a projected 20% efficiency increase.

https://uwaterloo.ca/mechanical-mechatronics-engineering/news/bata-partners-university-waterloo-deliver-innovation-success

Manufacturing employers located outside of Canada are sought for this opportunity.

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for weekly learning sessions

Be available for weekly project review meetings