Project Opportunities with UIndy Engineering
The R.B. Annis School of Engineering is continuously reviewing project ideas for each academic year for its DesignSpine courses. Through these projects, our teams of interdisciplinary engineering students spend nine months working with you in creating solutions that meet your needs. The project can be a physical (electrical, mechanical, etc.) system, process improvement/optimization (for example: optimizing customer flow at a store, usability improvement, or optimization of a fabrication process), or software-based (web applications, GUI applications, or data analytics).
Some of the previous projects and clients our student teams worked on include:
- Design and Fabrication of a Mobile Water Distribution System
- Design and Fabrication of an Automated Cutter
- Development of an Online Event Management Platform
Participating in these projects is also a great way to get your name out to qualified undergraduates in engineering and recruit them.
For consideration, please submit a brief project description of your proposed project using the link below. Priority will be given to projects requests we receive by Mar 15 for the following academic year.. If you cannot make this deadline, we will continue to review other requests as they come in until all of our student teams have been assigned to a project. Preference will be given to clients local to Indianapolis, IN, and clients external to UIndy. Contact us if you have any questions.
The brief project description should include:
- Proposed project title
- Overview of the problem and need
- Impact of getting a solution to the problem or need
- Proposed work to be done or goals of the project
- Your contact details
DesignSpine Project Selection Process
The flow chart below provides an overview of our project selection process. Submitted projects undergo three reviews by our team. The first review is conducted within 30 days of the project submission and will result in the first client meeting. During this meeting, you will have the opportunity to provide more details about your project and answer questions that our multidisciplinary team of faculty and staff may have in-order to gain a better understanding of your needs.
The second review of submitted projects will result in the second client meeting with potential clients whose projects have been pre-selected from all submitted projects. During the second client meeting, pre-selected project clients will learn more about the expectations and receive the legal documents (memorandum of understanding and nondisclosure agreements) that need to be signed and returned by July 31st.
The final review will take place in August. Pre-selected clients who have submitted all the required signed legal documents will be paired with available and able student teams. The final selected projects clients will be informed via email to confirm acceptance to proceed with the project.
In late August/September, the final selected clients will have their first meeting with their assigned student teams to kick off the project.
