This honors course is an engineering research course in which the students work in teams to research, design, and construct a solution to an open-ended engineering problem. The product development lifecycle and a design process will be used to guide and help the team reach a solution to the problem. The team will present and defend their solution to a panel of outside reviewers at the end of the school year. Students will use SolidWorks, an industry standard for 3-D design software, to design solutions to the problem the teams have chosen. This course will also test their time management and team skills, which are a valuable asset for the future.