Sponsoring a Senior Project

Senior students in the engineering program are required to complete the two-semester capstone senior project. Teams of students from multiple engineering disciplines are given real-world engineering design problems to solve by participating industry partners and other sponsoring organizations. The cost to the sponsor includes materials and a small project fee. Students are not paid for work on senior projects, but earn college credit and gain valuable work experience. Upon completion of the project, the participating sponsor takes ownership of the final working product.

Are You Interested in Sponsoring a Senior Project?

We welcome your proposals and sponsorship of design projects of interest to your organization.

Sponsored Project Proposal Form

Contact:

Dr. Christopher Pung

Associate Professor and Senior Project Coordinator

Office Address: 226 Innovation Design Center
Phone: (616) 331-6262
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Philip Hittepole

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Interdisciplinary Engineering

Office Address: 337 Kennedy Hall of Engineering
Phone: (616) 331-6045
Email: [email protected]

Senior Project Timeline

Month(s)	Actions Taken
August - December	Receive project proposals from industry; first review of projects for acceptance is October 15. After that date projects are accepted if all slots are not yet filled.
October - December	Notification of project acceptance
December	Projects assigned to the EGR 485 students
January - March	Student teams form and prepare design proposals, including budgets and schedule
March - July	Students present design to sponsors, receive approval, complete design, purchase materials, build, debug, test, and qualify device