Commitments

The following are guidelines for typical academic-year long projects. Fast track and longer duration projects will be assessed and negotiated on an individual basis to accommodate sponsor’s schedule and needs.

• Develop a project idea and commit to participate by mid-May for projects to be completed in the following academic year.

• Hold a project kick-off meeting with the undergraduate project team and their respective graduate student mentor at the beginning of Fall Semester to discuss project requirements and performance expectations

• Review/approve the project’s RFP (Request for Proposal) to be written by the team’s graduate mentor after the kick-off meeting

• Review/approve the project proposal to be written by the undergraduate project team within two weeks upon receiving the respective RFP

• Interact and provide guidance to teams as time permits. Most project guidance will be provided by our Capstone Advisory Team, Capstone technical advisors, graduate mentors and/or faculty members

• Review monthly status project status reports submitted by the project teams. Comment as necessary to help your project team stay on project path. Provide mid-course project path adjustments as necessary

• Review final reports in April

• Provide an opportunity for team to present their work and results to your organization

• Attend year-end presentations of all student teams in April as time permits

• Provide financial support to help us provide opportunities for our graduating students to gain practical project experiences before entering their field of practice. Meanwhile, their Capstone effort provides a good return in investment as their results can help enhance your organization’s project efficiency, product effectiveness, cost- and time-saving objectives, competitiveness, profitability, etc.