Communication Techniques in Engineering
General
- Graduate
- 80 learners; teams of 4
- 50 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 2/6 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any
- Any
Categories
Project timeline
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February 17, 2022Experience start
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February 19, 2022Project Scope Meeting
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April 9, 2022Experience end
Timeline
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February 17, 2022Experience start
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February 19, 2022Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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April 9, 2022Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Through this course, our graduate students from Concordia University are introduced to detailed theories of client-centred design. They have covered topics and skills that include qualitative data collection, customer development communication, and user interview techniques.
Through their projects with your organization, students will be applying the foundations of customer validation, audience-appropriate message creation, and advanced presentation techniques for the innovation process. By the conclusion of the project, our students will have supported you in using impactful communication to innovate the process of connecting with your clients.
- Learner skills
- Business consulting, Communication, Research
- Deliverables
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Deliverables will depend on the project and employer types, but overall, you may expect a well-crafted client-centred report, including the need analysis, proposed solution, and prototypes.
Project Examples
Project examples include but are not limited to:
- Performing a needs analysis
- Proposing solutions to organizational challenges
- Creating prototypes
Our students' backgrounds include:
- Construction and Management
- Information Systems Security
- Building Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Quality Systems Engineering
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project. We highly encourage your contact person to hold a weekly meeting of 30 minutes with the team representative to verify progress.
A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.