Our 2023 Team Building Workshop (TBW) was held on September 30th at Reitz Union. Our students had a great time collaborating with their teams in this training. Thanks to Florida Power Light for sponsoring our event!
TBW 2022
The IPPD Team Building Workshop (TBW) is held in September 2022, to provide teams with two goals: a fun engineering event to help them get to know each other better in a team engineering training and competition event, and, thanks to our sponsor Florida Power Light, obtain a White Belt Six Sigma Quality certification.
FDR 2024
IPPD’s 2024 Final Design Review event was a huge success this past Tuesday.
A big thank you to our keynote speakers, Alexander Hild (Electrical Engineer at Arthrex) and Miguel Abdo (VP of Engineering, Petro Division, Verifone), for sharing their invaluable insights on career growth with our young engineers.
Special appreciation goes out to our Keynote Team DesiGators for their engaging presentation of their innovative food dehydrator product!
Teams showcased prototypes & designs, doors wide open to visitors. Huge thanks to all contributors for their dedication & creativity!
FDR 2023
Final Design Review 2023 was a huge success! We appreciate all the hard work each student contributed to IPPD over the past year.
FDR 2022
IPPD hosted its Final Design Review in April 2022 at the J. Wayne Reitz Union Auditorium. Students networked with industry leaders and presented their projects!
Team Easy Money presented their DrivePay project, which was sponsored by American Express.Ori Fortune, a member of team SimpliciTea, presenting a portion of their project with Newell Brands.Team Gearware presented their project, which was sponsored by Fanatics.
Our students have engaged with professionals from different specialties as part of IPPD Guest Speakers Series. Below are a few of the guest speakers that have visited the class.
2024 Spring Guest Speakers
Stacey Laurin from Milliken & Company. She talked some meaningful topics, such as diminishing behaviors and unconscious bias. Our students enjoyed the talk and got insights.
Dr. Elif Akçalı, Associate Professor in Industrial & Systems Engineering at UF. Our students worked on creating compelling stories and even their drawing skills.
2023 Fall Professional Development Workshops
The Professional Development Workshops were held successfully on October 24, 2023. Our students learned about success tips for new engineers. They engaged in group activities to develop divergent thinking and emphatic listening skills. Thanks to our guest speakers: Dr. Manuel Bermudez, Julianne Souza, Tim Ortiz, Dr. Elif Akçali, and Mark Sanders!
2023 Fall Guest Speakers
On October 2, 2023, our class had an Elevator Pitch Workshop with Dr. Lawrence Tinker from the Engineering Innovation Institute. Each team pitched their project ideas and topic. They received useful feedback from their peers and Dr. Lawrence. Great job!
On Tuesday’s IPPD class, Oct 31, 2023, we had a guest speaker Ian Baldwin, Director of Services, from Infotech Inc. He gave students a meaningful lecture about emotional intelligence.
SLDR 2023
IPPD’s System Level Design Review was a huge success! Thanks to all the coaches, sponsors, and keynote speaker Quang! Our teams had an amazing time to chat with sponsors and did a great job in the project presentations. Go Gators!
SLDR 2022
IPPD’s class of 2022-2023 completed its System Level Design Review in December. Students presented the designs for their projects and received feedback from industry leaders, sponsors and faculty coaches.
Team Evapogator’s Ryan Pytosh presenting some of his team’s work at SLDR.Some members of three different IPPD teams in one picture!Members of team ReptileRepo during their SLDR presentation.Julian Agudelo, a member of team H2Flow, presenting at SLDR.
Project Sponsors
We invite you to join and experience the many benefits of the Integrated Product and Process Design program and see how your company can impact the future of engineering. IPPD projects should meet a specific need for your company and should involve both design and prototyping. Our project categories include electronics, machines and components, software, biomedical and processes. Companies will designate a liaison to interact with their teams, along with the contribution of an educational grant to cover project costs.
Contact us to schedule a conference call or conduct a site visit to explore project opportunities. After meeting, we will create a customized timeline for your company, detailing each phase of the IPPD process.
Attend one of our annual events (the System Level Design Review or Final Design review) to get a glimpse at what IPPD has to offer.
Connect with us online to see what students have to say about IPPD and examples of our outreach materials. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn to stay up to date.
Sponsor an Event
If your company does not yet have a project concept but wants to collaborate with the University of Florida, contact us to discuss how IPPD’s Sponsorship Levels can benefit your company.
Our events include: Team building and technical workshops, System Level Design Review, Final Design Review, Prototype Inspection days and various outreach events.
Sponsorship Benefits
Creating Company Innovations
Offers a unique vehicle for companies to get R&D projects completed at reasonable costs.
Provides your company valuable interaction with faculty who have interest and expertise in technical areas of your business.
Presents an opportunity for your engineers to mentor the new generation of engineers and manage a project team.
Produces a final design that is fully owned by the sponsoring company.
Impacting a New Generation of Engineers
Offers an outlet to contribute to the education of engineers.
Exposes potential new hires to the company’s culture.
Gives our students insights into your company and allows you to identify and recruit the best graduates.
Access to the IPPD bio book that includes a professional biography and resume for all student participants
Opportunity for recruitment inside and outside our IPPD network.
IPPD 2021-2022 Team Easy Money at the Final Design Review.
About IPPD Projects
IPPD projects come from a variety of engineering disciplines and bring together students from different backgrounds to achieve the best prototype possible.
Our project categories allow students with different knowledge to produce a quality prototype no matter what their background may be.
Project categories include: electronics, machines and components, software, biomedical and process.
