Insight Wisconsin is the premier organization for Student Inventors on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus. We provide members with the opportunity to work on real-world product designs as part of interdisciplinary teams with representation from almost every department on campus. With the help of mentors, resources, funding, and a structured program for meetings, teams take either client-projects or original ideas from problems to solutions. Our projects range from product designs and research tools, to business analytics and entrepreneurial efforts.
It all started when…
The Intro to Engineering Design class at the University of Wisconsin, Madison was phased out, and the founders realized the importance of design projects in sparking their interest in Engineering. They wanted to continue working on design projects, and provide that opportunity to students from all disciplines in the university.
In January 2016, the founders registered a student organization and started building the Student Inventors Club. After securing 8 client projects, receiving grants/ sponsors, and creating a structure to implement the design process in the club’s first semester, the founders opened the organization to members in Fall 2016.
Surprising the founders, over 80 people attended the kick-off, 40 of whom joined 8 different project teams. Insight Wisconsin finished its first semester strong with 5 project teams presenting at the final presentation and 4 continuing their project to the next semester.
Insight Wisconsin is on its way to becoming the premier organization for Student Inventors and a HUB for student innovation on the UW-Madison campus.