By ECE News<div><img width="1024" height="575" src="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_0088.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_0088.jpg 1024w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_0088-452x254.jpg 452w, https://www.ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_0088-768x431.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"></div>As the end of the semester approaches, students in NC State's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering capstone engineering course are feeling the heat. Students spend two semesters working on projects that aim for them to create, design and develop a real world solution to a proven problem. The students work in teams, sponsored by industry partners, starting with a problem statement, analyzing product requirements, evaluating solutions and defining a solution.