Senior Design Projects

Submit your ideas for the 2023-24 ECE Senior Design Capstone Project!

Do you or a colleague have a project idea to make the world a better place? The department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is seeking engineering projects for seniors to complete during a 2-semester capstone course called “Senior Design.”

We seek projects that aim to solve real-world problems. All projects should reveal an engineering challenge in industry, government, non-profits, small businesses, start-ups, or every-day life. Selected projects will be presented to seniors at the beginning of the semester in early September. During the Fall semester, teams evaluate concepts to meet client requirements, propose a delivery plan, and build first prototypes. In the Spring, teams test and deliver the completed HW/SW system to the client.

The most common feedback reported by Senior Design clients is appreciation for helping to prepare students for employment and real-world challenges.

You can see examples of recent projects here.

Project Guidelines for Fall 2023

Project descriptions are requested by August 15. After selection, teams will contact the project client for additional details. Clients are not required to provide financial support to teams, although many choose to donate equipment or other resources.

Again this year, we are especially interested in a few interdisciplinary projects that include students from Mechanical Engineering and/or Biomedical Engineering on the design team. While projects involving hardware components are preferable, software-only projects will be considered if they have substantial software design.

Project Description

The following information is needed if you would like to submit a project for consideration by the students:

1. Short Project Title
2. Description of the technical problem
3. Expected deliverables at the end of the course
4. Contact information for the project client
5. Items or budget to be supplied by client (if any)
6. Intellectual property issues (if any)

This should be about 1 or 2 pages (no specific format).

Client Involvement

Clients can participate as much or little as they prefer during the year. It is expected that each client connects with their team in September, during which the team will reach out to learn more about the project and review specific engineering requirements. All teams prepare interim and final documentation, including engineering drawings as appropriate. This documentation and the final project deliverables are given to the client at the end of the course.