EDI Students Begin Their Journey

19 New Students Participated in Design Boot Camp

During Design Boot Camp, EDI '19 students took a break at the Northwestern Sailing Center.

Chris Spaulding (EDI '19) has a laugh while working in the EDI Studio inside the Ford Engineering Design Center.

Abby Lammers (EDI '19) talks with other students in the EDI Studio.

John Welch (EDI '19) explores woodworking in the Shop.

Alyssa Brown (EDI '19) utilizes the Corner Makery during Design Boot Camp.

Joanne Hsu (EDI '19) hones her individual project in the Shop.

Alyssa, Beatriz, and Hannah (EDI '19) get ready to kayak on Lake Michigan during Design Boot Camp.

Joshua Kim and Lydia Davison (EDI '18) co-led Design Boot Camp along with Segal Design Institute faculty members.

Jim Wicks, Director of the EDI program, speaks to the crowd during the final day of Design Boot Camp.

EDI '19 students pose with faculty members near the Northwestern Sailing Center.

The EDI program welcomed 19 new students from 5 countries and 15 different schools to campus for Design Boot Camp in September. As part of this pre-term session, Lydia Davison and Joshua Kim (EDI '18) guided the EDI '19 cohort through three weeks of activities. Faculty members from Segal Design Institute taught the new students sketching, SolidWorks, mechatronics, foam modeling, and how to use equipment in the Shop. The cohort also went on field trips to the IA Collaborative and Procter & Gamble headquarters.

Over the course of three weeks, each new student created individual projects in response to this year's prompt, Resfeber, or the tangle of anxiety and anticipation before a new journey begins. They showed off their creations during presentations and an expo in the Ford Design Studio for the broader EDI and Segal Design Institute community.