[ENCI-l] Relevant to senior students eligible for the capstone design course

[Students in Civil Engineering Undergraduate Program]

Hi Students!

Below please find some information on a dedicated entrepreneurial capstone design project (ENGG 503/504) for F25/W26.

Thank you,

Zena

Zena Blais
Undergraduate Administrator
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Geomatics Engineering
Sustainable Systems Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering



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Dear Students,

This is to make you aware that this upcoming academic year, F25/W26, there is an option for a dedicated entrepreneurial capstone design project (ENGG 503/504).  For this course, the teams could be multidisciplinary or single disciplinary. For such projects, there is no industry sponsor. Rather, one or more member of the team has a design idea with some business potential, and the objective is to test the idea towards creating new products, start-up companies, new technologies, new services, etc. If you always thought you wanted to take that idea of yours to the next level, this is the chance to test it within the context of this course. Note that this does not mean you have to start a company up or take a product to the shelves at the end of the course. Rather, this course is a platform that students with some ideas and a lot of passion for entrepreneurship can sharpen their entrepreneurial skills in addition to doing a technical project.

The following programs:  electrical, software, mechanical, civil and geomatics, have opted to participate in this course. This means that students in these departments will automatically get credit for taking this course in lieu of their departmental capstone course. For other departments, approval from the department must be sought in order to secure credit.

In close partnership with the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, a unique course structure is designed to expose the students in the course to fundamentals of entrepreneurship and connect them to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Calgary. Last year, there were funds up to $2,400 for each team to support the projects, provided by the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking and TD Insurance Sponsorship. There will be similar support in place for the upcoming academic year. There are also several awards for teams that do well, with an opportunity to pitch in the Hunter Hub LiftOff!event at the end of the session.

Ideally, you should have an idea, form a team and register in the course. If you have an idea but not a team, or if you are interested in this stream, but do not have a clear idea to work on, you should also register in the course. The course instructor will help the students to form/join teams within the first three weeks of the Fall classes.

 For more information, please contact Dr. Steve Drew, steve.drew at ucalgary.ca<mailto:steve.drew at ucalgary.ca>

Department of Electrical and Softwarer Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering

ICT 402
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, AB Canada
T2N 1N4

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The University of Calgary, located in the heart of Southern Alberta, acknowledges and pays tribute to the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai First Nations), as well as the Tsuut'ina First Nation and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Goodstoney  First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta (District 5 and 6).

Privilege and confidentiality notice | The information contained in this e-mail communication and any attached documentation may be privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected from disclosure and is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s) and should not be distributed or copied without consent of sender.

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