The Senior Design Capstone, CYSE 492-493,provides students with a “real-life” industry project as part of their major design experience during their senior year. Student Teams work with sponsors, who are also the customers.

With advice from subject-matter experts, the teams complete meaningful engineering projects.

Guidelines

• Each project is managed exactly as if the students were just hired by a company and placed on an engineering team. Students are responsible for generating the project plan and then executing the plan.
• Throughout two semesters, they are guided in technical areas by the subject-matter experts and mentored by the instructor in a host of professional and business skills such as communication, teamwork, ethics, professionalism, company values, metrics, and new business acquisition.
• By working in teams, they develop leadership and group interpersonal skills and deal with scheduling conflicts and meeting deliverables.
• Students are responsible for managing customer relationships and solving the many real-life issues that undoubtedly occur.

Source: CYSE website

What is the CYSE-587/SYST-687 Project?

The final project for CYSE 587/SYST 687 is a collaborative capstone experience designed to transform academic theory into a tangible, high-value solution. This is more than a standard assignment; it is an entrepreneurial journey that requires teams to navigate the complexities of real-world problem-solving.

At the start of the course, students will self-organize into teams of five to address a problem domain defined by the instructor. Your mission is not merely to provide a technical fix, but to innovate. Operating as a startup team, you will engage in a continuous cycle of experimentation, development, and iterative refinement.