Please be sure to contact us if you are interested in joining the INTEnD Consortium. To ensure the success of INTEnD , we are seeking support from industry sponsors. We hope to match industry support with contributions from our own institutions, as well as with research funds from foundations and other public sources. These are expected to be real projects that require a significant amount of engineering work. In a later phase, teams might also be comprised of professional engineers at the sponsoring company.
Sponsors provide an engineer to serve as the customer for the project.
This engineer must contribute his or her time to work with the student teams to ensure they understand the project requirements and customer needs. They will also be a part of the evaluation of team performance. Sponsors provide financial support to help defray the costs incurred by the teams. Costs for hiring student interns and faculty supervision of project work in the first approach to participation are also included. If you are interested in being an industry sponsor, please be sure to contact us .