8.5th Burlington Hardware Meetup Hosted at UVM SEED (Senior Experience in Engineering Design)
Join us at the University of Vermont to learn about talented engineering students working on cool projects!
At this event, we're highlighting the Senior Experience in Engineering Design (SEED) program at UVM, where seniors studying mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, engineering management, and biomedical engineering learn about the engineering design process, teamwork, project management, and manufacturing while solving a real problem for industry partners in interdisciplinary teams. The program has been running for 19 years, with over 2,000 students completing almost 500 projects. Project sponsors get to have fun working with students, and students gain real-world experience that prepares them for life after college.
Thanks to our sponsor VCET!
Accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship since 2005, the non-profit Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, Inc. (VCET) provides expert business mentoring, technology professional networking, coworking and accelerator spaces in Burlington, innovation programs, and venture capital investment. VCET manages $15 million in evergreen venture capital funds to support Vermont’s startup and scaling technology firms. Learn more at www.VCET.co.
Speakers:
Student teams and their project sponsors will talk about the engineering challenges they faced, how they solved them, and their plans for the future. There were 96 students this year, working on 24 challenging engineering design projects. We'll feature a few projects from students who are excited to share with you.
Agenda
5:00-5:30 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
5:30-5:45 - Welcome and introduction
5:45-6:45 - Guest talks and audience Q+A
6:45-7:15p - Community open mic
Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.
7:15-8:00p - Mix + mingle
If you want to help support the next meetup, please reach out to [email protected] for inquiries.
See you soon!