Allowing students to work together towards a common goal also prepares them for the real world. Registering for the Course TQE is for any student regardless of their year. Following the speeches, a vote excluding the candidates is taken. Those candidates receiving the most votes are named CEO's. Each CEO then drafts 8-10 engineers, while keeping in mind each candidates specialties.
Presentations There are three presentations to give during the semester.
The first presentation is an informal introduction of the team members and the team constitution and mission statement. The second presentation is a progress report of what has been accomplished up until that point. This is a design project of some type and is kept confidential until the day of the competition. The competition lasts for about 3 to 4 hours depending on the complexity of the project and all teams compete against one another. This project takes up most of the semester and can be quite involved.