Welcome to the FINAL blog post from team Electric Eye! This Tuesday, the IPPD program held the Final Design Review, and 8-hour long event that not only showcased each team’s projects from this year, but was a celebration of the effort and hard work we all gave to creating our products. This was an amazing moment that was both a relief for us as students, signifying the end of a long journey through IPPD and as students at the University of Florida, and a goodbye to a project and program that has defined our final year. The team has grown together as professionals through this year, and we want to thank our sponsor, FPL, and our liaison, Natasha, for facilitating this growth for us through the year. FPL has been awesome to work with and we as a team are grateful for all those that helped create this opportunity. We also are thankful to the IPPD program for creating an experience that will have a life-long impact on each member of our team. IPPD offers to each student a unique opportunity to learn how to be productive members of an engineering team. The experience allows us to encounter some of the typical problems that comes with working in industry, something a Senior Design class could not emulate. Building a product with actual use case and for a specific customer provides new challenges that are usually reserved for internships or industry jobs. To any prospective student that may be reading this who is unsure if IPPD is the right fit for them, know that your time and effort here will pay off in the growth you will gain! No two classes you could take in your final year will prepare for your future as a professional engineer quite like IPPD will, trust us.
Member Retrospectives
Each member had their own unique experiences and would like to quickly share their thoughts and give thanks to the IPPD program.
“I really enjoyed working on this project. I got the opportunity to expand my knowledge to different fields of engineering, and learn to apply my skills in a real work environment.”
– Sebastian
“I really enjoyed working on this project with FPL as it was a multidisciplinary effort that let me apply my skills in a real-world setting while learning from different areas of engineering. One of the highlights was collaborating with an amazing team that I grew really close to and are now my close friends.”
– Joshua
“I believe that having the chance to work with a team in a real-world environment allowed for an increased understanding of what awaits me post graduation. I truly enjoyed working with my team to create a solution to a problem, and I am grateful for the opportunity that IPPD provided.”
– Kate
“Having the opportunity to work on an industry project that allowed FPL to experiment with an idea that they want to implement in their systems was exciting and motivating. I enjoyed working with the team and working on a project that taught us to expand beyond our specializations and create a holistic device.”
– Aryaan
“Overall, I had a fantastic time with the IPPD program and could really see the passion Dr. Latorre and his team put behind the class. I specifically enjoyed how the class let me experiment with a multi-disciplinary project as a computer science student.”
– Brian
“Taking part in the IPPD program has been an awesome cap to my time as a student at the University of Florida. The program gave me the chance to learn how to work as a professional, and I’m very grateful for the experience its given me.”
– Tim
This year has created many unforgettable experience for our team! We are thankful for the time we had in IPPD and know that we are prepared for whatever challenges come our way. Thank you for reading this blog post from team Electric Eye!
