The Senior Capstone Design Program in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics serves as the final step for aerospace and computational engineering students as they prepare to leave the Forty Acres and enter the workforce.
The program:
- provides students with the opportunity to work on real-world projects and gain valuable experience in their field of study.
- allows students to collaborate with industry professionals and apply the knowledge and skills they have learned in the classroom to a practical problem.
- offers sponsors a unique opportunity to propose project topics that are of particular relevance to their industry and workforce needs, shaping the educational experiences of aerospace and computational engineering senior students.
- ensures that the Senior Capstone Design projects align with industry priorities, preparing students to enter the workforce with the tools to tackle problems head-on.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship supports all student material costs, lab upkeep fees, and project technical support. It allows students to do what they do best — learn and innovate — without worrying about the financial burden of their projects.
Sponsorship also empowers industry to shape the direction of students’ projects, preparing them to join the workforce as industry leaders.
Your Impact
Your company’s support enables future engineers to pursue their dream careers — like designing the next generation of space vehicles, tracking climate change from space, becoming industry leaders and more.
Your support also directly impacts project direction, offering students hands-on experience in areas your company sees as the greatest need for the future.
Working on my senior design project was one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences during my pursuit of a computational engineering degree. Although my teammates and I had rather limited experience with complex systems like elevons and actuators prior to commencing this project, the nature of the task gave us a better understanding of the interactions within subsystems while mirroring the dynamics of a real workforce project. The lessons and skills learned through my senior design project is definitely something I will apply in my professional engineering career and future works.
– Mercedes Milke Mosconi (B.S. COE ’24), Senior Capstone Team Lead
