Sponsoring a capstone design project allows companies and individuals to interact with potential future talent (future hires) while also benefiting from the completion of a project.
Florida Poly welcomes the opportunity to partner with organizations in a mutually beneficial way. To be considered for a Capstone Design project, organizations must submit an online Capstone Design Proposal and provide the associated fee. Proposals are accepted each spring in preparation for the coming academic year (April-June). Organizations are welcome to submit more than one proposal.
For projects that require physical prototyping the fee is $2500 with $1000 of that going for materials specifically for that project and the remainder for maintaining our facilities and equipment. Sponsors agree to cover any additional material cost. For projects that are limited to software, modeling or simulation the fee is $1500 with $500 of that dedicated to support any necessary equipment/materials/software for that project.
Characteristics of Good Candidate Projects:
Projects that are in your companies critical path or are a “make or break” category DO NOT make good capstone projects
If the proposed project is appropriate and selected as a Capstone Design project, the organization will be asked to generate a brief one- to two-page project statement, along with expectations and desired deliverables, as well as contact information of the organization’s project champion/liaison. To ease any organizational concerns, Florida Polytechnic University has generated an intellectual property waiver and a non-disclosure agreement that students can sign (if requested by the organization). In the event that a student does not wish to sign away their intellectual property rights and/or agree to confidentiality, they will be placed on another project that does not require said agreements.
Contact Dr. Matt Bohm by email.
