Project Guidelines
A well-structured Capstone design project provides a tremendous educational experience for students.
An ideal Capstone project has the following characteristics:
- Represents a real-world need, but one that is not critical to the sponsor's short-term success (i.e. back-burner projects are best)
- Requires design work (not just analysis or fabrication of an existing design)
- Culminates in a detailed design package and a physical prototype
- Requires approximately 400 student hours to complete (a one-semester project for a team of 3-5 students)
Sponsoring a Project
Individuals or organizations who wish to sponsor a Capstone project provide the following:
- A $2,000 educational grant to the Mechanical Engineering department at BYU-Idaho ($1000 of which is available to the student team for prototyping and other expenses directly related to the project)
- Information and feedback on the project through a designated contact person
- A signed Capstone Sponsor Agreement form
Download PDF - A brief evaluation of the student team's performance
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Benefits to the Sponsor
Benefits to sponsors of Capstone projects include the following:
- Ownership of any intellectual property created by the student team as a result of their work on the project
- Ownership of any prototypes developed by the student team during their work on the project
- Exposure to undergraduate engineering students who may be candidates for internships or full-time positions with the sponsor
- Partnership with the university in enhancing the educational experience of students