In this work, which is intended to be a Work in Progress Paper in the Innovative Practice Category, the lessons learned from developing a unique summer program for transfer engineering students to help students make a successful transition from a community college to a four-year university are presented. This work is concerned with the research project that the students completed rather than the other aspects of student success that were presented during the summer program. This transfer student program could increase student success rates for any institution with a large transfer student population. While preliminary for students who completed the project results are promising, more needs to be done to increase the number of students who completed the project in the future.