In applied higher education programs a "capstone project" takes place during the last year of the program. Teams of students have to take on a "real life" project and work on solutions and prototypes during the full 8 months of an academic year. At the end they present and are judged by industry representatives. Our son Mark today presented with his team a heart monitor + app on cell-phone with as target customers older people still living on their own. In the photo above they are testing the equipment on a friend of Mark (Mike who studies to become a physiotherapist). The photo below (with apologies for the fuzziness; I am a terrible impatient photographer) show Mark with one of his fellow students showing off the explanation of their prototype product.
Mark has two more exams remaining and then he will graduate from Electrical Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton. It has been hard work for him those five years and we are proud of his achievements so far. He is busy with job interviews. We'll see where he ends up next...
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