Partner with us
Our Capstone Design Course connects students with faculty and external partners to co-create meaningful solutions to unsolved challenges.
Running from September to April, Capstone enables fourth-year students to apply their full range of engineering knowledge—technical, analytical, and design thinking—through a rigorous, team-based project.
Industry and community partners gain early access to emerging talent, fresh perspectives on complex problems, and an opportunity to help shape the next generation of engineers.
Submission process
Projects can be submitted by industry, faculty or students.
Submission deadline
- Submit by Aug. 5 for inclusion in that year’s Capstone course
- You will be notified of your submission status by Sept. 1
What we are looking for
- Real problems: Problems that you care about and want to see solved.
- Open-ended: Students must be able to exercise a significant amount of choice and creativity, within the constraints of your industry.
- Non-critical path: As a student project, the final outputs may fall short of a fully finished and working solution for your problem. Ideal problems will invite novel solutions, even if not fully complete.
- Non-critical confidentiality: Students must be able to report on their work to receive grades, as well as participate in the final capstone showcase and competition. If your project requires us to maintain confidentiality, it must offer sufficient accommodation to report on their work to their course instructors and participate in the public showcase.
Preview our example survey before submitting your proposal.
Submit a project
Coming soon for Capstone 2026-27
Partner benefits and expectations
Watch this recorded 2025-2026 Capstone Info Session to learn about:
- What type of projects we are looking for
- Expectations for partners
- The project submission form and internal vetting process
- Confidentiality matters: intellectual property (IP) and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)