I just discovered this article (http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/52933-mit-serves-up-food-related-inventions), which describes MIT's Product Engineering Processes class, and their task to create an invention that is food related. The first thing I thought of when I looked at this article was how similar it was to Penn State's Engineering Leadership Development Minor as well.
In ENGR 493, many of the groups did very similar projects, where they had to invent something that made a person's life easier. Our group's task was to raise money and awareness for a freshwater well in Morocco, but some of the groups that had to invent something invented products such as a chair for poor women in Africa so that they can sit comfortably while they do their work, or a machine that ground up a very hard nut that is vital to a culture's food supply. The only major difference I noticed between MIT's class and ENGR 493 was the funding.
MIT students received a $6,500 budget to create an invention that has something to do with the production, processing, marketing or use of food, while the ENGR 493 class didn't nearly have a budget that size. However, seeing as how Penn State's Engineering Leadership Development Minor is described as the best in the nation, and also seeing how it is becoming more popular, I believe that within the next couple of years, Penn State will be able to provide ELDM students with a similar budget in order to invent a new product which may change the world.
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