BYU Capstone

Capstone was developed to improve the educational outcome for our students while providing engineering resources on mid to back-burner projects for sponsoring companies. Capstone is a two-semester educational program that enables cross-functional student teams from a variety of disciplines (Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Design, and others) to work on real, industry-sponsored projects. Each team is assigned a faculty coach and works closely with the liaison engineer from the sponsoring company. Research indicates that students work harder and more creatively when industrial problems are authentic and of real consequence to the company.

The Capstone student teams have access to the expertise of university departments and facilities, including significant CAD, rapid prototyping, machining, and engineering laboratories. Capstone student teams take real life projects from concept generation and modeling to working prototype. All documentation, drawings, and prototypes are provided to the sponsoring company. In addition, BYU grants all intellectual property developed to the sponsoring company. We are looking for industry sponsored projects (mid to back-burner) that include approximately 600-800 (design and build) engineering hours that fit within the 8-month time frame of the course.

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I've been looing at BYU for industrial design and stumbled over this video. What a great tool for students to do real industry projects in a team of qualified disciplines! Way to go!