Company Benefits
- Work first hand with creative and resourceful students:
- To recruit
- Build company’s brand
- Diverse design team lead by faculty expert
- Solve those nagging problems
- Potential for new process, opportunities, and reduced costs
Senior Design Projects
Miami University's College of Engineering and Computing continues to develop and strengthen relationships with business partners to enhance the students’ experience and benefit the company. The Senior Design Project is an incredible way for students and companies to partner to solve an engineering and computing problem. Students gain real-world design and project experience while working through a design process. Businesses interact and engage with the students and benefit from the technical skills and expertise of the students and the faculty advisor while creating close relationships with the students for future work.
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Senior Design Project Benefits
Miami University Engineering and Computing students love to use their imagination and ingenuity to have an impact on their world. Students can share their expertise and determination with private companies, public organizations, nonprofits, startups, and even help fellow Miami students refine their entrepreneurial ideas by providing technical resources to the project development.
Student Benefits
- Gain hands-on experience
- Interact with industry professionals
- Work closely with faculty advisor
- Apply academic knowledge to real-world problems:
- Problem solving and critical thinking
- Project management
- Leadership
- Team-building
- Communication
- Technical
Company Expectations
Identify a project idea
- Appropriate for an entry-level engineering or computing employee
- Most projects are nine months from August to April; consideration will be given to four month projects from August to November or January to April
- Three to five team members
- Multi-disciplines teams are acceptable and encouraged
Identify project champion who can commit to regular interaction with the student team including
- Answering questions
- Providing feedback
- Attending the kick-off meeting
- Attending the project presentation
Provide all of the information, data, resources, and background necessary for the project team
- Make a tax-deductible donation to support the design team
- Determine the project budget
- Optional Company activities:
- Attend team meetings
- Host the students at your facility/site for a tour
- Provide employees to act as judges for the student presentations
Timeline
For Senior Design Projects that start in Fall and end in Spring
- Senior Design Applications are now open for Fall.
- August 15: Senior Design Application closes for Fall Semester Projects
- Late August: Students matched with projects
- Mid-September: Student team members meet with company liaison for kick-off meeting
- December: Senior Design Project Update
- April - Team Presentations
- May 1 - Design Expo
- May 2 - Alumni Conference and Senior Design Award Presentations
Most Senior Design Projects last for two semesters. Consideration will be given to projects that have a one semester duration.
There are a limited number of Senior Design Projects that start in January and end in December. Please complete the Senior Design Application prior to December 1.
Recent Senior Design Projects by Year
Explore year-long team projects from the 2024-2025 academic year, as presented at the Spring 2025 Senior Design Expo.
Explore year-long team projects from the 2023-2024 academic year, as presented at the Spring 2024 Senior Design Expo.
Explore year-long team projects from the 2022-2023 academic year, as presented at the Spring 2023 Senior Design Expo.
Explore year-long team projects from the 2021-2022 academic year, as presented at the Spring 2022 Senior Design Expo.
Contact Information
To learn more about the College of Engineering and Computing's Senior Design Projects, contact Jenni Szolwinski (szolwijb@MiamiOH.edu).
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