ABOUT MDP
What does MDP do?
The Multidisciplinary Design Program provides hands-on opportunities for students to earn academic credit doing real-world project work.
Students can participate in faculty research, 1-year industry sponsored projects, and engineering student organization teams.
With MDP, you can:
- apply what you learn in class to engineering design projects
- gain the technical and professional skills necessary to thrive in engineering research or professional settings
- experience how people from multiple disciplines collaborate within a team.
The MDP program is open to all undergraduate and master’s students from across the university. You don’t have to be in the College of Engineering to participate!
We also offer an academic minor in multidisciplinary design, open to students who are earning credit for project team participation through MDP.
MDP is great for students…
- who want to increase their practical experience.
- who excel in labs or applied engineering projects.
- who are comfortable with open-ended problems.
- who want to build their resumes.
- with any GPA.
Students can:
- apply what you learn in class to engineering design projects.
- gain the technical and professional skills necessary to thrive in professional settings.
- collaborate on a project with people from multiple disciplines.
- earn an academic minor in multidisciplinary design.
Faculty can:
- advance their research by mentoring a faculty research team.
- mentor a one-year industry sponsored project.
- incorporate MDP projects into department degree requirements.
Industry professionals can:
- partner with MDP by sponsoring a 2-semester design project.
- Help develop future engineering professionals.
Who does MDP serve?
MDP Quick Facts
