Engineering management student prepares for the inaugural Winter Design Day
Presenting at Craig M. Berge Design Day is the final step before graduation for many Engineering students.
Until now, the two-semester process leading to Craig M. Berge Design Day always began in the fall, spanned through winter break and culminated in the presentation of students’ work in May. This year, things are a bit different.
On Dec. 9, eight capstone teams will present their projects at the inaugural Winter Craig M. Berge Design Day. These 45 students took advantage of a new timing option that benefits students with alternative graduation schedules.
Team 24504 is one of the eight teams presenting at the December Design Day. The team’s project focuses on the design of an autonomous, robotic platform that harvests lettuce in a hydroponic farm system.
Student project leader Hussein Almaliki oversees the team, assigning tasks and ensuring deliverables are met. Almaliki, an engineering management major, said he is confident his team’s design will work as it should at December Design Day, and he’s excited to present it.
The timing proved advantageous to Almaliki, who said he loved the course. “It worked great for my graduation schedule,” Almaliki said. “Otherwise, I’d have waited until May for one class only."