Support benefits both our students and sponsors. Over the years, the industrial and systems engineering department has had many different types of projects with varying types of sponsor arrangements.
A wide range of projects are suitable. The ideal project challenges the students both creatively and technically. Design problems that require or benefit from the design and construction of a prototype or physical experiment (that can be constructed within the time frame of the class) are also desirable. Projects should be of current interest to the company to maximize sponsor benefits. Sponsors provide a point-of-contact mentor that serves as a key customer and provides technical feedback to the students.
Though students acquire technical domain knowledge related to the design problem and the sponsor’s industry and challenges, problems that require significant experience and specific domain knowledge are generally not preferred. The students are graduating undergraduate engineers, and while they have a solid understanding of industrial and systems engineering basics, they lack experience in a specific technical domain.
You can create, edit and submit your senior design project ideas electronically. Sponsors can submit proposals at any time, so please indicate which semester you would like your proposal project to run.