ENGR 400 Senior Project 1
In their final year, engineering students will undertake an individual or small group project (no more than 3 students) as a capstone experience to further their expertise in system level design, application, and the practice of the profession. These projects are supervised by faculty and sometimes by a professional from industry in addition to the faculty. The projects are designed to demand the application of skills the student has learned throughout the four years of the programme. Group projects are expected to cut across engineering disciplines and be more substantial in scope and effort than individual projects. One option for the senior project will be working with a corporate partner on a real-world engineering design and application project, called an Ashesi- Corporate Project. In these projects, students from different engineering majors and/or other disciplines (e.g. Computer Science, MIS, or Business) will work together on a project under the direction of both an Ashesi faculty member and a corporate partner, with funding provided by the corporate partner. Participation in Ashesi- Corporate Projects is competitive and is not guaranteed. Senior Project 1 runs concurrently with Project Management and Professional Practice, which will serve to guide the project management timeline of the project. In addition, students will meet with their project supervisors regularly, and their project work will be assessed at the end of Senior Project 1. Learning objectives include a maturation of design and system-level thinking, project management expertise, and a deep understanding of professional issues such as certification, professional boards and oversight, communication, ethics, and responsibility to employers, customers, society, and the environment.
Students do not officially register for this, however seminars are organized in Semester 1
Required of CE, EE, and ME students
- Prerequisites: Third Year Project and concurrent enrollment in Project Management and Professional Practice
- Credit Hours: 4
- Ashesi Credit Units: 1
- Hours per week classroom: 1 (meeting with advisor(s))
- Hours per week lab: 4 (or more hours independent work)
- Hours of Study outside of the class (reading, assignments, studying, projects, and so on: 14 per week)