ENGR 4102 Senior Impact Project

Through this major design experience students will devise a system, component, or process to meet societal needs and specifications within constraints. Students will learn how to scope an engineering problem, apply findings in the literature, and work with community partners. Students will also be introduced to environmental science that will integrate into their engineering design solutions. The course will also include communication of engineering to the community. This is the first of a two course sequence.

Course overview

Department
Engineering
School
MCAS
Credits
3
Level
Undergraduate
Offered
Annually

Catalog details

Prerequisites
ENGR3100

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
3.29 / 5 · Good
162 responses
Instructor rating
4.09 / 5 · Very Good
162 responses
Terms evaluated
2
Most recent: Fall 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Glenn Gaudette3.64.53.84.14.54.24.53.94–6 hrs/week32 of 48
Fall 2025Shufen Pan3.64.23.84.14.54.24.53.94–6 hrs/week32 of 48
Fall 2025Siddhartan Govindasamy3.64.63.84.14.54.24.53.94–6 hrs/week32 of 48
Fall 2024Glenn Gaudette2.83.52.73.13.83.34.13.34–6 hrs/week22 of 27
Fall 2024Shufen Pan2.83.02.73.13.83.34.13.34–6 hrs/week22 of 27
Fall 2024Siddhartan Govindasamy2.84.32.73.13.83.34.13.34–6 hrs/week22 of 27

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Sections

  • Section 01
    Fall 2026 · Siddhartan Govindasamy, Matthew Joseph Herkins, Shufen Pan · Active Learning Classroom 001 MWF 12:00 Noon-12:50PM · Offered
  • Section 02
    Fall 2026 · Siddhartan Govindasamy, Matthew Joseph Herkins, Shufen Pan · Active Learning Classroom 001 MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM · Offered