Students enjoyed working in teams to solve real-world engineering problems. They said the best aspect was designing something from start to finish. The negative aspects were that the lectures were not very useful or relevant to the projects. Suggestions for improvement included giving students better guidance for projects and better feedback on presentations. The course is a lot of work, but wil give you good design experience. 35

Students loved having the hands-on, real-world experience when they worked on their projects. They found that they got to understand the design process and appreciated being able to work on teams to create something. Students did not like the quizzes and some of the lectures, which they realized did not add to the final project, and were simply busy work that took away from actual engineering time. Students suggested decreasing the number of quizzes and adding in more committee meetings. Students wanted more feedback on their grades, and fewer presentations. Prospective students are highly encouraged to take this course because of the real-world experience and group dynamics. Students must be willing to commit a large amount of time to the course, and be comfortable with presentations.

Students taking this course enjoyed the independence they were given in this opportunity to col aboratively design medical devices. They found that the weakest element of the course was the guidance they were given for assignments which they thought was vague. In addition, students believed that the course could have been improved with more feedback given on their work over the course of the class. They also found that some of the lectures could have been more relevant to the work they were pursuing in their projects. Students thought that it was important for future potential participants to know that the course required a substantial time commitment.