▲ Capstone Design

Changwon National University’s Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation (LINC+) recruited teams to participate in the 2021 Capstone Design Competition, by the 19th of November. Capstone design is a combination of the words, "capstone," and, "design," which means decorating the top of a building, such as stone pillars or walls, or the highest achievement, and refers to a subject that improves the practical problem-solving ability of industrial sites, by experiencing the entire process of planning, designing, and producing theories learned during undergraduate courses.

This competition aims to create a place for students to share ideas with professors, and to enhance students' creative perspectives and capabilities. Participating fields are STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and non-STEM. Only teams that have performed capstone design tasks with LINC+ project support can participate. Students who want to participate shall check the notice on Changwon University's LINC+ Project Group website (http://lincplus.changwon.ac.kr/). They must then submit their applications, performance reports, and panel materials online on [program application → online program → Capstone Design]. The evaluation will be conducted through the application and PPT presentation evaluation within 10 minutes, and award-winning teams will be determined by calculating the scores of the evaluators, consisting of three to five internal and external members as arithmetic mean scores.

The evaluation criteria are creativity, social contribution and commercialization possibility, technology and completeness, and planning, with 25 points each. PPT presentation and Capstone Design work review will be conducted at 14:00 on November 24th in Room 406 of the Industry-Academic Cooperative Building 1 (No. 81). The award-winning team will be announced individually on the 25th. In each field of participation, the Grand Award Team (1 team) will be awarded a certificate and a prize worth 700,000 won, the Excellence Award Team (1 team) will be awarded a certificate and a prize worth 500,000 won, and the Participation Award Team (1 team) will be awarded a certificate and a prize worth 300,000 won. Among the award-winning teams, the team recommended by the LINC+ Project Group must participate in an external competition scheduled for December 13, and the award-winning work will be displayed at the 2022 Industry-Academic Cooperation Festival (working title). In addition, Changwon University's LINC+ Project Group plans to link patent application support to teams with excellent ideas among the winning works. For more information about the Capstone Design Competition, please check Changwon National University’s LINC+ website, and contact Bae Jin-hee, in charge of Capstone Design of Changwon University’s LINC+ Project Group (055-213-2924).

Established in 2017, Changwon University's LINC+ Project Group aims to develop local communities and create jobs for young people, by fostering human resources to meet the social needs of local industries and supporting small, strong companies. For this goal, Changwon University's LINC+ Project Group is carrying out projects to foster and support small companies, collaborate and support local communities, and educate or support employment∙start-ups. A representative project to foster and support small companies and businesses, is the, ‘Family Company System’. ‘The Family Company System,’ purpose is to maintain a cooperative relationship between Changwon National University and local companies. The LINC+ Project Group supports industry-academic cooperation programs by the type of companies that are family-oriented companies of Changwon University. In addition, the family companies can use expensive equipment owned by Changwon National University. As for community cooperation and support, Changwon National University's LINC+ Project Group, operates Changwon National University's Urban Regeneration Center. Changwon National University’s Urban Regeneration Center and Changwon City's Urban Regeneration Support Center, carry out various projects to solve local problems. Employment, start-up education, and support include start-up education provided to college students and the general public.

Through the Capstone Design Competition of Changwon National University's LINC+ Project Group, students will be able to take one step closer to creative talents that meet the needs of local communities and businesses. In addition, students will be able to prepare for employment, as they can experience tasks or projects at an industrial site. If any of the students who have completed the capstone design task with LINC+ project support wants to experience their jobs in advance, we hope they actively participate in this competition, and turn their creative ideas into reality.

By Park Yu-jeong, cub-reporter  parkyujeong01@naver.com

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