The Certificate Program in Engineering Design

Everything is designed …      not everything is designed well

Surveys of recent engineering graduates from Penn State show that over half of the respondents have design responsibilities and the number is rising.  The Certificate in Engineering Design is for those students who enjoy engineering design and who want to have an edge in getting their first job.  It emphasizes,

• powerful new design methods that have application in most fields of engineering;
• new interdisciplinary applications of design such as design for sustainability, innovative design, design for human variability, global design, and affective design; 
• interdisciplinary integrated design involving two or more distinct fields of knowledge 

Engineering students in different majors have required design courses in their majors already.  This design certificate is a measure of adding at least 9 credits of interdisciplinary design courses and/ or project experiences beyond those that are required, some or all of which might be in the major of the student.  Description & rationale

Requirements Full statement

• 3 credits or a prescribed introductory design course: EDSGN 100 or equivalent
• 9 credits of approved interdisciplinary design projects and courses, of which 3 credits may be for a pre-approved coop experience in design
• 1 credit of independent study for the development of both an online and a hard copy of a professional engineering design portfolio

Procedure

Students should complete the Application Form and submit it to the Coordinator for the Certificate in Engineering Design at any time between attaining fourth semester status and graduation.  Registration in the fourth semester is recommended. 

For more information and registration for the certificate contact the coordinator

Richard Devon, Engineering Design Program

School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs

213J Hammond Bldg, University Park, PA 16802  Penn State
814-865-3163, Secr. 865-2952, FAX 863-7229, rdevon@psu.edu