Our entrepreneurial design courses give students the chance to turn brilliant ideas into business ventures in a step-by-step framework, equipping them with the tools and the skills needed. The courses offered are open to all engineering students.
The Faculty of Engineering offers a full sequence of courses that develop students’ engineering design and entrepreneurial skills.
Working to solve real challenges for clients, students put theoretical concepts and knowledge into practice as part of their engineering and computer science education.
This hands-on course introduces engineering and computer science students to the design process through team-based projects. Students develop a wide range of practical design skills while creating tangible prototypes. Topics include design thinking, the engineering design process, prototyping, conflict management and task management.
The JigX is a reusable jig that routes out the cutout for the flush bolts to speed up the process and increase manufacturing precision.
The JigX was proposed for Ambico, a client that needed a solution for the significant amount of time spent measuring and making the placement of cutout plates to install flush bolts in the side of doors.
This course offers a hands-on, team-oriented approach introducing students to the fundamentals of product development and management. It equips engineering and computer science students with the skills to develop products, manage projects and understand the market, emphasizing creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Team AdaptAble Rowing designed a lightweight attachment to a rowing machine for wheelchair users to exercise without getting out of their wheelchair. This solution was proposed for the Richcraft Recreation Complex, which was looking to adapt a rowing machine for manual wheelchair users.
Through hands-on experience and real client projects, students learn to turn ideas into sustainable businesses. They acquire the tools and skills to identify market opportunities, create products, secure funding and form high-performing teams.
Moo Money is an innovative online financial education company that provides high-quality video lessons for children and young adults. The lessons are available through a website or application and feature diverse financial and educational media, including lectures on financial topics, interactive education games or quizzes, and real-time financial advice.
Moo Money was a solution to fill a financial knowledge gap in the education system.
An open-ended, hands-on engineering design experience where students work directly with clients to meet real societal needs. This course immerses students in the engineering design process, where they learn to understand user needs, to create and test solutions.
As part of the U7+ Student Challenge on sustainability, a team of students from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa mentored by Professor David Bruce developed an innovative composting toilet solution to support climate refugees.
This course provides a hands-on overview of launching and scaling a technology business. Students learn to evaluate market opportunities, create viable products, raise capital and assemble effective teams. They submit a final project applying these concepts to their own graduate research.
A graduate project course in which students apply their cumulative knowledge to address a significant engineering challenge. Students work in teams, each with a client and a technical adviser.
