Mechanical And Industrial Engineering: Multidisciplinary Partners In The Freshman Design Experience

1) To excite and motivate students about engineering in general, and further, to foster enthusiasm about a discipline-specific field such as mechanical or industrial engineering; 2) to provide students with elementary tools and methods useful in the design process and to encourage students to apply these tools by means of carefully crafted design exercises; 3) to develop teaming, interpersonal, time management and creative thinking skills; 4) to further refine communication, writing and presentation skills; and 5) to begin the process of relationship building among individual students, the instructor teaching the course, and the student’s home department.