Hi 2015! I bet you came to Waterloo Engineering because designing fascinates you – whether it be buildings, bridges, refineries or automobiles. As professional engineers, designing by trial and error and playing with parts and drawings, won’t suffice. Engineers need to deal with uncertainty and complexity, and strategies, procedures and guidelines exist that you as engineers are expected to know about as you go on your co-op terms.
In order to help teach the design process and illustrate the applicability of a wide range of engineering concepts, Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering (WCDE) has been established to create engineering design case studies. These case studies are based on situations where engineering principles and design were used to solve real problems. Some of you will get to see the Engineers Without Borders Rainwater Harvesting, Hydro Quebec or EcoCAR cases in 1A, all developed by WCDE.
Engineering students write work term reports during their co-op terms. WCDE uses these reports to write case studies to show students the variety of design challenges that are faced in industry and academia. These case studies when implemented in classes give you the opportunity to work on these problems to better equip yourself for future challenges.
It is something that you can contribute to by submitting your work term reports in the future. If your report gets converted you can put the case study as a publication on your resume to impress the employers! Visit http://design.uwaterloo.ca/ for more information
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