CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN
Cal State LA’s Engineering, Computer Science, & Technology (ECST) college wants to partner with you! Through the Capstone Senior Design Program, corporate and university partnerships are established to provide highly engaging and relevant professional practice experiences for our ECST students.
How It Works
ECST Capstone Senior Design Projects provide students with a capstone experience in which they work with a client (the company or industry partner) and apply their theoretical knowledge to solve a real problem.
Regardless of project type, student teams are expected to meet the needs of their client, and deliver a product at the end of the academic year, as they acquire the leadership and technical skills needed to hit the ground running in a business environment.
June & July
Clients submit projects for consideration
September
Capstone kicks off
Students work together with technical liaisons and advisors on a weekly basis. They present project plans and results as well as react to changing information as the year progresses.
December
Design review
Students continue to work together with technical liaisons and advisors, focusing on completing the project and reporting results. The project is thoroughly documented.
May
Capstone Senior Design Expo
PROJECT ROLES
STUDENT TEAM
A small team of ECST students dedicates a year to a project.
ADVISOR
A faculty advisor or volunteer advisor assists the student teams as needed to provide internal coaching and direction.
LIAISON
A technical liaison from the sponsoring company contacts the team weekly to provide external guidance and technical knowledge.
Project Outcomes
Deliverables can include a physical prototype, software package, preliminary design, alternative analysis, and technical report.
Our students complete their senior year ready to hire, having acquired additional professional skills such as negotiating, project planning, presenting, adjusting to changing conditions, and writing reports.
Current Projects › Previous Projects ›
SPONSOR A PROJECT
As an ECST Capstone Senior Design industry partner, you will:
- Work with a diverse group of talented, motivated, and hard-working students to tackle challenging projects and solve real problems
- Gain fresh perspectives and out-of-the-box thinking
- Build a pipeline of future engineering and computer science professionals
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and real-world design experience to students
- Build a more meaningful relationship with Cal State LA
OUR SPONSORS
Our program is made possible by the generous donations and support of our corporate and government sponsors and our project partners. Through the help of these institutions and individuals, Cal State LA ECST offers our students a valuable capstone senior design experience as they graduate and embark on professional careers or graduate studies.
AT&T
Boeing
Bureau of Engineering, City of Los Angeles
County of Los Angeles
Emergent
Green Commuter
Intel Corporation
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MathWorks
NASA Psyche Mission / Arizona State Univ
QTC Management Inc.
Rain Systems
Raytheon Technologies
Saya Life
Southern California Edison
Southern California Gas Company
Sway Engineering
The Aerospace Corporation
U.S. Department of Energy
United Parcel Service
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Vodafone Group
CONTACT US
Michael Thorburn | [email protected]
Director, Capstone Senior Design Program
College of Engineering, Computer Science & Technology
Cal State LA
