Engineering Technology First Year Innovation Experience

Catalog description

Using a problem based learning model, students will explore foundational concepts from science, mathematics, and various engineering disciplines in the design and construction of a system targeted to address a contemporary societal need. Guided by faculty and staff from the College of Engineering Technology and external experts, students will collaborate in teams to research, plan, and implement solutions to an ill-defined, multi-disciplinary societal or technological challenge problem. Students will conduct research, innovate, hypothesize, construct arguments, and build a functioning prototype to meet design criteria. Students will develop a functional knowledge of the engineering design cycle and will better understand the challenges and benefits of teamwork in the completion of a large project. Students will regularly communicate through oral, written, formal and informal means.