
Each year, hundreds of teams in the Texas A&M University College of Engineering participate in senior capstone projects as part of the degree requirements for their major. Senior capstone projects allow students to collaborate on team projects sponsored by industry, government agencies and others. They apply their knowledge and skills to develop design solutions that meet sponsor requirements.
Each capstone project is assigned to a team of four to six engineering seniors. The team has access to the SuSu and Mark A. Fischer '72 Engineering Design Center, a 60,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility. The center features a fabrication center (including a CNC, mills and lathes), a prototype center (various types of 3D printers, PCD board milling, reflow and surface mount soldering), a parts library, and access to experienced staff.
Capstone projects may be one or two semesters, depending on the major. Project deliverables may include conceptual designs, engineering analysis studies, hardware/software prototypes and test data.
Benefits to Industry
Benefits to industry members of participating in our senior capstone projects include that they:
- Get innovative design concepts to existing problems.
- Receive prototypes of developed solutions.
- Get quality technical work from a team of senior undergraduate students.
- Evaluate a student team for potential future hires.
- Raise company awareness within the engineering industry.
- Showcase a project at the annual Engineering Project Showcase.
Texas A&M University offers several contractual options to accommodate industry needs for confidentiality, intellectual property and deliverables.
If you are interested in opportunities for sponsoring a capstone project, please contact the office of Industry and Nonprofit Partnerships at inp@tamu.edu.
Departmental Capstone Designs
See below for information on capstone design across various engineering departments:
- Aerospace engineering
- Biological and agricultural engineering
- Biomedical engineering
- Computer science and engineering
- Electrical and computer engineering
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering technology
- Industrial and systems engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Ocean engineering
- Civil and environmental engineering
- Electronic systems engineering
2022 Engineering Project Showcase Capstone Project Sponsors
- Aggie Robotics
- Aggieland Coffee
- Alcon
- Altidor LLC
- American Airlines
- American University of Beirut
- Anheuser-Busch
- ArcelorMittal
- Army Futures Command
- ASHRAE
- Azz Inc.
- BakerRisk
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Baylor Scott and White
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Boeing
- BP
- Bray International
- CAST Labs
- Caterpillar
- ChampionX
- CHRISTUS Health
- City of Bryan
- Custom Fabricators and Repairs
- Custom Fabricators Inc.
- Del Aguila Technologies
- Dell
- Dell EMC
- DOW
- Electric Power Research Institute
- Epiroc
- ETAPA
- Exosent Engineering
- Fluor
- Griller’s Choice
- Halliburton
- HatchTank
- Houston Methodist
- Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
- International Cooling Tower, Inc.
- L3Harris
- Lockheed Martin
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Mainstream Engineering
- Markus AI
- NASA
- NASA Langley Research Center
- National Institute of Aerospace
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- National Security Innovation Network
- North Wind Portage
- NOV
- Nucor Steel
- Paradigm Manufacturing Inc.
- Pumps & Pipes
- Raytheon Technologies
- Rochester Gauges
- RUFORUM
- San Antonio River Authority
- Sandia National Labs
- Shaft Current Solutions, Inc.
- Shell
- Siemens Energy
- SMARTair
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- Sohre Turbomachinery
- South Texas Advancement Resource
- SpaceX
- Steel Founders’ Society of America
- Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
- T STAR Engineering LLC
- TAMU - Various Departments
- Tenaris S.A.
- TeraVolt Energy
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Texas Instruments
- Tricolor Auto Group
- Troverlo
- Two Sigma
- U.S. Army DEVCOM-AC
- U.S. Army DEVCOM-ARL
- U.S. Army DEVCOM-DAC
- USDA, Texas Cotton Ginners Association
- Varis
- Walker Endowment
- Walmart
- Waypoint 2 Space
- WL Gore and Associates
Sponsored project details can be found in the "Team Description" section of the booklet.