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Independent research projects (1-3 upper division credits) are available when students connect with specific faculty members. Each of the research projects could entail an honors component if the student wishes. Potential research directions would need to be connected to either faculty expertise or specific research aims:
EN-454H CubSat Leadership. A practicum course for student leaders involved in a multi-year effort to design, build, test, launch, and monitor a small satellite.
EN-487H Engineering Design Project II. This is the second course in a two-course capstone design sequence. In this sequence students apply engineering procedures and practices to a comprehensive design project. Throughout both courses the students work in teams to create typical industry project documentation such as written reports, CAD models and drawings, engineering performance estimates, schedules and status reports, and oral presentations. Emphasis in the second course is on project completion. Typical work includes completion of design detailing, performance analyses, prototype construction, verification testing, and final reporting.
We have a student-led Engineering & Physics club, WhitSat, which endeavors to launch a small satellite (CubeSat) to space as a part of a NASA mission. This is a good opportunity to gain valuable research and engineering experience.
Students have also founded an Astronomy Club at Whitworth that focuses on forming small communities interested in science and space by studying astronomy through telescopes.
