Innovation Pilot is a course at DTU, where companies pose ideas or challenges which interdisciplinary groups of students solve in innovative ways.
The Innovation Pilot course is aimed at companies all over the country who want new solutions for technical challenges, as well as exposure to DTU students. Overall, the course works on an idea- and concept development plan, where students can involve experts, users, and customers in their data collection and solution proposals.
Aim
The aim of the Innovation Pilot is to equip the future engineers with the challenges they will face when they enter the business community, while at the same time giving the participating companies new engineering perspectives and solutions to their challenges.
Result
The course ends with a Demo-day, where the students and the companies meet at DTU. Here, the students present their proposal and perhaps a prototype in response to the posed challenges.