The Texas A&M University Department of Computer Science and Engineering industry capstone program framework includes a process for initiating and approving a project request. See the framework below. Once approved, teams of four to five students from the department are supervised by both faculty and industry mentors.
Process to initiate and approve project request:
- Industry submits a project request.
- Request goes through initial review and refining of scope.
- Faculty mentors evaluate and match request with student teams.
- Approval of project request
- Project begins as a collaboration between industry, faculty and student teams, playing different roles.
Project roles:
- Industry
- Sponsor
- Mentor
- Technical subject matter expert and point of contact for the company
- Faculty
- Mentor
- Subject matter expert in specific areas of focus. Examples of focus areas are: data science, cybersecurity, machine learning, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, e-commerce and robotics.
- Student Team
- Developers of innovative solutions