ENGR4599 Engineering Capstone Alternative
The Entrepreneurial Engineering Capstone (EEC) enables students to gain professional experience undertaking an authentic, team-based engineering project in the context of a prospective new venture. EEC is being offered on an experimental basis as a two semester sequence that fulfills the Engineering Capstone requirement.
Mastering key elements will prepare students for starting or contributing at a high level to an early stage company. These elements include: Understanding major user pain points and the value of a solution; understanding the market and segmentation (first/early market, beachhead; customer/user persona; customer buying habits/process); understanding how to go from a prototype to a manufacturable product for a specific customer (problem you are to solve; value of the solution for the customer; product vision; minimum viable product; prototype & productization; production, supply chain, BOM; product validation; quality & compliance; schedule, timing, launch; user experience). By the end of this capstone experience, students will be prepared to face the challenges of productizing prototypes to match market needs.
Assessment will be similar to SCOPE, with students evaluated on a combination of their individual learning goals, contribution to their team, and successful execution of the project. (Students are not evaluated on the success of the venture itself.) Note, as this is part of a multi-year experiment, it is only available to students who enrolled at Olin on or after fall 2017.
Prerequisite
AHSE1515 AND ENGR2250
Recommended Requisites
Registration notes: Students must be in at least their sixth semester of study, and have successfully completed Products and Markets (AHSE 1515) and User-Oriented Collaborative Design (ENGR 2250).