I’ve been on the side actually doing the projects, have worked at companies that farm out the investigation of experimental ideas to engineering students, and acted as a point of contact for those students. Come summer I’ll be a project sponsor.
I really can’t help too much there, the way these capstone projects work is not only dependent on the university but also the department. I have a detailed understanding of who to talk to and what the process looks like for my own department and university, but not for others. It’s very much the kind of thing where you need to go and fire off some emails or walk into an office. As some examples, here’s the UofT ECE website for industrial project sponsorship, and here’s the general UofC website for the same kind of thing. Note that in both cases they don’t really
tell you anything except to just email them. However, do look around the UofT site as it gives you some idea of what these projects are like and what these students are expected to accomplish.
Also, I suspect that it might be harder to get larger departments/ more reputable universities to help you with your problem because they tend to be much more flush with cash and the students work is in higher demand.
Have you done this?
I’ve been on the side actually doing the projects, have worked at companies that farm out the investigation of experimental ideas to engineering students, and acted as a point of contact for those students. Come summer I’ll be a project sponsor.
Would love more info on how this works
I really can’t help too much there, the way these capstone projects work is not only dependent on the university but also the department. I have a detailed understanding of who to talk to and what the process looks like for my own department and university, but not for others. It’s very much the kind of thing where you need to go and fire off some emails or walk into an office. As some examples, here’s the UofT ECE website for industrial project sponsorship, and here’s the general UofC website for the same kind of thing. Note that in both cases they don’t really tell you anything except to just email them. However, do look around the UofT site as it gives you some idea of what these projects are like and what these students are expected to accomplish.
Also, I suspect that it might be harder to get larger departments/ more reputable universities to help you with your problem because they tend to be much more flush with cash and the students work is in higher demand.