After the final report has been approved, it is formally submitted to the sponsor. Any computer programs, test equipment, or prototypes developed during the project are also delivered. As the representative of the client s needs and as a technical resource person, the client liaison engineer plays an essential and continuing role in the clinic project. The liaison communicates regularly with the faculty advisor and clinic team, making suggestions and keeping the project on track. Through interaction with the liaison during all phases of the project, students, have the real world experiences of setting goals, keeping within a budget, and meeting deadlines.
All participants benefit from the clinic program.
Clinic sponsors enjoy a positive, cooperative, and active involvement in the engineering education process. In addition, sponsors obtain high-quality professional assistance with current problems for a fraction of the cost that a consulting firm would charge. Clinic liaisons develop ties with promising clinic students and excellent faculty which potentially support recruitment goals for new graduates and lead to further consulting opportunities for faculty with compatible research interests. Development of software to model the impact responses of multi-degree or freedom mechanical actuator systems. Design of an improved process steam distribution system.