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Read on to learn about their journey, their challenges, and how you can get involved in CREATE-X Capstone Design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETeam Sustain\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESustain offers a way to crowdsource meals and provide home cooks with a cash incentive. The system includes software for ordering, reviewing, and collecting data and hardware for meal exchange.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENirmal Karthik, electrical and computer engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESoughtout Olasupo-Ojo, computer science\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENathan Kashani, mechanical engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeghan Janicki, electrical and computer engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoseph Nehme-Haily, mechanical engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohn Mark Page, electrical engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhy did you all choose this project?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the main things CREATE-X Capstone encourages us to do is customer discovery. Through our discussions, we realized that many people enjoy home-cooked meals but find them inconvenient to prepare. While most things in life are just a click away, home-cooked meals still require a personal touch. CREATE-X challenged us to find a problem and create a solution, so we focused on making home-cooked meals more convenient,\u201d Page said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhy CREATE-X Capstone?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAfter graduation, I wanted to try my hand at entrepreneurship later. I thought CREATE-X was a good way for me to try and learn entrepreneurship skills: how to run a business, what it looks like, the timeline, and so on. Either way, if it went well or badly, I could say with my heart that I have an idea of how to do entrepreneurship,\u201d Olasupo-Ojo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can go into a big city like Atlanta and actually feel like you can do something to help people. It is a great benefit, as opposed to being in the technical weeds of an engineering project. Mixing them together has been a great experience,\u201d Janicki said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u201c\u003C\/strong\u003ECREATE-X empowers students to think independently and explore projects they\u2019re passionate about. We get to drive our projects and businesses, learning skills firsthand rather than just in theory,\u201d Kashani said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat was your biggest struggle?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs engineers, we\u2019re classically, especially in school, already given the problem. So, the challenge was figuring out what the problem was, and if our solution really solves the root cause of the problem. We figured out how to find the problem,\u201d Page said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFiguring out the idea was our biggest struggle. We delved into markets to find opportunities and ways to help people,\u201d Kashani said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat has been your favorite part of this experience?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe team. Make sure you surround yourself with good people, and I think each of us has done that. That\u2019s what I\u2019m proudest about \u2014 our team,\u201d Page said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EWhat advice would you give to someone considering entrepreneurship?\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDevelop the skill sets to see problems and be able to think about them. At the beginning of the semester, we were thinking about solar design and building solar design for farms, and now we are in a completely different space. But we\u2019re still applying the same skills and building something up from it that matters. The most important skill is adaptability,\u201d Janicki said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBe ready to make mistakes. You won\u2019t get it right the first, second, or even third time. Customer discovery is a continuous process \u2014 don\u2019t let setbacks discourage you,\u201d Olasupo-Ojo said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to get started. If you\u2019re feeling nervous or unsure, there\u2019s only one way to find out, so I\u2019d say go full force into it,\u201d Kashani said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X Capstone Design is open to senior undergraduate students in mechanical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, industrial and systems engineering, and computer science. Course registration is available for the fall and spring semesters, and the current sections are ME4723-X\/X01, CS4723-X\/X01, ECE4853 X\/LX, BME4723-X\/X01, and ISYE4106.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X also offers other programs like Startup Lab and Idea to Prototype, providing students with a foundational entrepreneurial education. 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