Foster talent and innovation through a fourth-year Capstone Design Project, in which students work with a faculty mentor to tackle a real-world problem. Industry partners can suggest a project topic, mentor students, or provide students with access to tools. Partners collaboratively develop ideas with students, while also introducing them to their products and business.
About the Project
Capstone Design Projects focus on real-world application and serving the community as a whole. Project deliverables can include prototypes, research posters, demonstrations, documents and videos.
Project Timeline
Capstone Design Projects normally take eight months to one year. At the end of the academic year, partners attend a project fair to learn from students’ discoveries and meet talented fourth-year students.
A sample timeline for Capstone Design Projects
Idea
Winter or spring (year one)
Partners develop and propose project ideas.
Summer
Projects are reviewed and selected by the Faculty of Engineering and Design.
Fall and winter
Students work on Capstone Design Projects.
Spring (year two)
Students complete and present the finished project at a project design fair.
Project
Partner on a Project
Learn more about partnering on a Capstone Design Project through Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design.