The new university year started a month ago and, at Massey University in the Bachelor of Engineering degree, the 4th year students, majoring in product development, have started their final year projects. This year we have 18 students on the Albany and Palmerston North campuses working on a diverse range of products from in-line pipe inspection to an electric cheese grater. Company sponsorship of most projects provides the students with a “near to real world” context within which to develop a product all the way from initial idea through, prototype design, manufacturing planning, marketing commercialisation and overall feasibility analysis.

For further information contact Dr Aruna Shekar or Professor Allan Anderson at Massey Univesrity.