During my undergraduate studies, the majority of the BME courses within the B.S. program focused on group work and projects instead of the testing and individual work that Chemistry, Physics, or even Mechanical Engineering courses focused on. I believe this was due to the Department’s recognition of the importance of developing social skills necessary to work with others effectively on a team and to be able to communicate efficiently. One major requirement for the program was a senior level project to design a device in a group of four, with a professor acting as a client. Design options, budgeting, progress reports were discussed in weekly meetings throughout a 6 month development period. If feasible a prototype of the device should be built, and in our case it was. During this period, my group learned each other’s strengths and weaknesses in regards to effective communication with our client and within the group itself. Though I was fairly knowledgeable in terms of the technical aspects such as programming the devices control system, setting up testing procedures, and troubleshooting any problems that occurred, key members of my group were much better at interacting with the client. Due to their ability to showcase the potential of our device by presenting what we had currently accomplished, they were able to negotiate with the client to double our budget for the project, which was essential for the completion of the device. During the final presentation of our device, ours was one of the few groups with a functioning prototype. This would most likely not have been the case without proper communication with the client that reassured them of the projects viability and allowed us to receive the larger budget that we needed.