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ENG 491 SSD - Start Up Senior Design

Last offered Fall 2013

Official Description

Disciplined, multi-department, team-structured project design experience with an overall (or major phase) end-of-term completion date. Projects involve design specification through a proposal, analyses of cost and other tradeoffs among alternative designs, design review, fabrication and assembly, functional and environmental testing, and demonstrations (as applicable). Reports and presentations at the end of each term. Individual engineering activities as well as team responsibilities. Course Information: No graduate credit. Senior standing required. May be repeated. Credit toward the degree is determined by the student's major department. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Section Description

START UP SENIOR DESIGN Two-course sequence in which students gain design experience as well as hands-on experience in launching a startup. The overall completion date is at the end of the second (spring) term. Students participate in engineering and venture creation activities with individual as well as team responsibilities. First-term projects will be provided and supervised by Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC) member companies, which are often venture-backed and have up to $10M in annual revenue. The student teams will also have a College of Engineering faculty advisor that will help them navigate the technical landscape of their projects. Students must complete an application and be approved in order to enroll. For application materials, please see www.tec.illinois.edu.

Related Faculty

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Start Up Senior DesignSSD41010LEC31530 - 1650 T R  106B6 Engineering Hall  Brian Lilly
Andrew Singer