Where would Engr Design Proj fit into Prof. Exp on AADSAS

[wzhu85]

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Hi Everyone,

As I'm finishing up my AADSAS, I came upon a question regarding where I can fit my engineering design project on the professional experience section. I've spent half a year on this project and put in well over 400 hours. During this time, I've gained so much experience working as a team, working with my hands (building frame and body of formula car) and independent research. I feel like it'd be of great benefit to me to include this experience on my application.

However, out of the sections on the app, it's not work experience as I'm not paid. It doesn't seem to be extracurricular/volunteer since I was getting school credit for it. I know that academic enrichment programs typically include simulations courses for predents so not sure if it really fits there. The closest thing I can think of is research experience, even though it really isn't like a typical research project someone would have in bio (with publications and such). I'm a bit stumped so any suggestions are welcome, thanks.

 

[txaggie03]

It is just school work.

Unless you held a leadership position on the design team, or your design was unique and was actually implemented, it is worth a blurb in a personal statement at best, and worth mentioning during an interview at worst.

It is like you said, it isnt volunteer work, it isnt paid work, it is school credit.

 

[UCLAzy]

i think some truth was just dropped

 

[Canard]

My background is in Mechanical Engineering and I put down my projects (which involved extensive research, design, manufacturing) into research section since I spent a lot of time researching and explain what I had developed and implemented.

I also did the same for my master thesis research project. I didn't have anywhere else to put it besides "research experience" and put down as "received academic credits. I put down my internship / work as professional experience.

That is cool that you were involved in formula cars because I was too and good luck!!

 

[txaggie03]

I was engineering too.

However, I didnt and wouldnt put down a semester long project that I did in Ochem, or a semester long research paper for scientific writing class, so why would my senior engineering design class be any different?

It feels like "reaching" to me.