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Challenging our Future Engineers with Design Projects that Benefit the Common Good
Challenging our Future Engineers with Design Projects that Benefit the Common Good
Mentoring Toward Breakthrough Innovation
Mentoring Toward Breakthrough Innovation
Bring your ideas and needs to reality by mentoring a capstone design course project. These team projects are designed to be the culmination of the Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering (ME) degree program. 4- or 5-person project teams composed of Senior-year ME undergraduates work on a real-world, open-ended design problem you provide over a 14-week academic semester in the fall or winter.
Benefits Include
Benefits Include
Utilizing U-M ME student talent for company innovation and intellectual property development.
Building relationships with ME faculty and undergraduates.
Receiving a final report and virtual or physical prototype at the end of the semester.
Introducing students to your company’s innovative work and potentially finding future interns or hires.
Types of Projects Accepted
Types of Projects Accepted
Ideal Capstone Design projects are open-ended enough to allow for creative ideation, yet specific enough to require methods of engineering analysis to validate solutions within a 14-week semester. Learn more on the "Projects" page of this website.
Characteristics of a Great Capstone Design Project
Characteristics of a Great Capstone Design Project
Emphasizes creative design.
Involves prototyping, virtual modeling, or proof of concept.
Requires engineering analysis and validation methods.
Levels of Support
Levels of Support
Company Mentor - $5,000 per project proposal.
Multi-semester projects and themed sections with up to five projects are also available.
This support helps to cover administrative costs, normal project-related expenses, and allows us to offer pro bono projects to nonprofits and student groups. Contact us if you are a U-M faculty or staff member interested in mentoring a project.
For Students
For Students
If you are a student without a pre-established connection to a company that can sponsor your project, that is ok, we can help pair one for you. We encourage students with bright, creative ideas to fill out this short interest form even if you do not yet have a confirmed sponsor. If there is a company you would be excited to work with, we can reach out to help make it happen. All we ask is that you share a potential contact at the company who could serve as a liaison, based on your best research and judgement.
This can be a strong professional development opportunity to collaborate with a company you have set your sights on, even if you never had the chance to intern there during your time as a student, while also developing an outstanding ME 450 capstone project.
ME 450 Students Building a Huge Rubik's Cube
ME 450 Students Building a Huge Rubik's Cube
Contact
Contact
For more information about the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design experience, please contact
For more information about the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design experience, please contact
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