Ntafos, S. (2017, June), An Evaluation of Two Industry-Sponsored Senior Design Project Programs  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--27558

\bibitem{asee_peer_27558}
  Ntafos, S. (2017, June), \emph{An Evaluation of Two Industry-Sponsored Senior Design Project Programs}
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--27558

Simeon Ntafos.  "An Evaluation of Two Industry-Sponsored Senior Design Project Programs".  2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://strategy.asee.org/27558 Internet.  14 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_27558}
  Simeon Ntafos.
  "An Evaluation of Two Industry-Sponsored Senior Design Project Programs".
  \emph{2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://strategy.asee.org/27558 Internet.  14 May, 2024

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AB  -  Engineering curricula typically include a capstone senior design class in which students engage in a realistic team project that aims to integrate knowledge gained in previous classes and simulates real workplace conditions.    We report on the experience at a large Engineering School with two distinct industry-sponsored senior design project programs, one initiated in 2005 and the other in 2009.  In both program participating company sponsors provide the project, own any intellectual property that derives from it, contribute an employee from their technical staff to work with a team of 3-5 students and a faculty advisor to carry it out in a span of two semesters (one semester for Computer Science and Software Engineering majors).    In parallel with the industry sponsored senior design projects ,  there are “regular”, faculty-defined projects; also, the school has a robust internship program where students work full-time in industry (usually in summers) or part-time and an even larger number  work without participating in the official program.  
The industry sponsored projects have gained ground over the years to the point that all senior design projects for some majors are industry-sponsored while industry sponsorship has been capped at 70% of the total for other majors.   We evaluate these  programs from two points of view: first as senior design experiences where we compare them  with regular senior design projects; we also look at them as  internship experiences and compare with regular internships (in terms of  academic content and also as preparation/contribution to the job market).   While all Computing and Engineering majors will be included,  particular focus will be on Computer Science and Software Engineering majors as they have the longest history of industry-sponsored senior design projects, the largest number of such projects and also a very similar academic preparation during the first two years.   

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