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Table 1 Sample projects

From: Effects of a first-year undergraduate engineering design course: survey study of implications for student self-efficacy and professional skills, with focus on gender/sex and race/ethnicity

Client

Project goal

Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association

Develop a system to catch trash that is flowing into Ellerbe Creek

Physician practicing in Tanzania

Design a low-cost colostomy bag that can be made of materials readily available in sub-Saharan Africa

Duke University Emergency Department

Design a physical model that can support physician training to repair shoulder dislocation

Duke University clinical research lab

Devise a method and related hardware to predict how long a media bag will last on a bioreactor

North Carolina Zoo

Develop an enrichment device for sea lions

Duke Gardens

Create an interactive display that demonstrates a Venus flytrap plant

  1. Projects tackled by student teams in EGR 101. Clients from within and outside the university present problems, which are translated to a project goal for teams to tackle