As educators we strive to meet the needs of today's young people as they become engineers. We show students what it means to be an engineer and how engineers help people and contribute to society.

THE DESIGN LAB provides clinical real-world experiences for students that build confidence and teaches them to integrate discipline specific knowledge with practice on challenging design projects.

THE DESIGN LAB Process provides a culminating experience intended to prepare students to enter the workforce. The projects are open-ended, technically challenging design problems that encompass a broad array of important contemporary issues. In addition to defining an important problem, sponsors provide a significant grant and their direct participation with the students, faculty and staff who work to provide design solutions.