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Design Thinking Program Application 2015/2016

NEW DATES! --- SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED (see below)

Dear student,

Next year don’t miss the opportunity to take part to our very exciting international programs, ME310 SUGAR (partnering with Stanford University) and Challenge-Based Innovation (partnering with CERN).

In this courses, by experiencing real world innovation challenges and by working side by side with very innovative companies, you will learn Design Thinking methods and tools (the Stanford Design Innovation Process that was pioneered by IDEO and that has fueled much of the entrepreneurial culture in the Silicon Valley) and you will acquire the skills necessary to be global innovation leader.

 

ME310/SUGAR is an academic year long project-based design engineering course that began at Stanford University and has been operating continuously for over forty years.

In ME310, you will work on innovation challenges in multicultural and interdisciplinary teams, going through an intense and iterative process of needfinding, ideation, and rapid prototyping to create and develop new product concepts. (see video)

Duration: 9 months (from October to June)

 

Challenge Based Innovation – CBI – is a course of Human-Centric Product Design developed and conducted in collaboration with CERN. The mission of the program is to “develop highly futuristic, technologically feasible ideas that have the potential to challenge the status quo in global issues”. You will face innovation challenges where the futuristic technologies developed in CERN are applied to human centric problems. (see video)

Duration: 8 months (2 projects from September to April)

 

Both programs will give you the opportunity to experience true global collaboration, by working in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams. In fact, the selected candidates usually come from a large spectrum of disciplines (to name a few from the last year: Mechatronics Engineering, Management Engineering, Psychology, Communication, Physics, Art and Design).

 

This is why we encourage students from all Unimore departments to apply for the courses.

The selected teams of students will work at the Design Loft at the Department of Science and Methods for Engineering in Reggio Emilia and they will take part to international trips in California (ME310/SUGAR team) and in Switzerland (Challenge Based Innovation team).

Scholarships to cover travel and prototyping costs are available for all participants.

The project can also be considered as internship and thesis work.

 

Important dates (UPDATED):

July 7thpublic presentation of last year projects (find flyer here)

July 12 th  July 27th : applications submission deadline

July 13th -17 th  July 28th -31th : interviews

September 7th: Kick-off CBI (CERN - Geneva, Switzerland)

October 23rd: Kick-off ME310 (Stanford University - Palo Alto, California)

 

To apply, please send an e-mail to dt@unimore.it including:

 

1. Your CV (max 2 pages) - Include your picture, expertise, competences, experience, interests..

2. Letter of motivation (max 1 page). Tell us about you, why you would like to join the DT program, and which course you like most (ME310 or CBI).

3. link to a youtube video (max 2 min) where you introduce yourself and your passion

 

You will then be informed via email about an invitation to the interview round.

 

Any questions email us at dt@unimore.it or matteo.vignoli@unimore.it

 

Best Regards

 

Matteo Vignoli