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Capstone FAQs

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General Questions

What is the Capstone Program?

The Capstone Program is a 9-month experiential course offered by the Master of Engineering (MEng) degree program at UC Berkeley projects are facilitated by the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership within the College of Engineering.

The Capstone Program integrates leadership breadth with technical depth in the innovative engineering leadership curriculum. It address present-day industry challenges and have solid engineering content.

How do I propose a capstone project?

Propose a project

What is a Partner-led Capstone?

Partner-led capstones happens when a project uses exclusively (or almost entirely) corporate resources and intellectual property versus university resources and intellectual property. This capstone model has a faculty liaison. At the discretion of the industry sponsor, students may work from the company’s physical location or remotely but the industry point person will be expected to communicate with the team on a regular basis.

What is a Capstone Experience Course?

Students work in a 2 semester course where the first semester helps build necessary skills and the second semester contains multiple projects, often interrelated.

What are the intellectual property (IP) considerations?

See our Intellectual Property (IP) Guidelines. In addition, at the company’s request, students may sign a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA).

How much work can be expected from the students over the course of the academic year?

Each student on the team for a University or Partner-led capstone is expected to spend approximately 6 hours a week on the project in the fall and 9 hours a week in the spring semester.

What are the roles of the industry advisor and faculty advisor?

In a Partner-led Capstone, industry advisors take the lead in driving project direction. At a minimum, industry advisors provide students with a real-world business and technical challenge to help them apply what they are learning in the classroom: technology, communication, business and leadership skills.

Specific commitments will be established and agreed upon among students, faculty, and industry advisor(s) at the beginning of each project.

What is the composition of the student team that will work on my Capstone Project?

Team size can range from 1 to 6 students per team with an average of 4 students, chosen from seven engineering departments.

  • Bioengineering (BIOE)
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE)
  • Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS)
  • Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR)
  • Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)
  • Mechanical Engineering (ME)
  • Nuclear Engineering (NE)

Who will pay for the laboratory equipment and the software that students need in order to work on the Capstone Projects?

In a Partner-led Capstones, industry sponsors should expect to provide all of the necessary resources (laboratory equipment and software) required for the students to work on the Capstone Project.

What are the important dates and deadlines associated with the Capstone Program?

We are taking proposals for the upcoming 2018-19 academic year. The initial deadline for project concept is April 2nd, 2018. Full capstone proposal is due June 1st, 2018. Teams will start work on the projects the beginning of September 2018.

Who do I contact for more information?

Wayne Delker, Ph.D.
Director of Corporate Capstone Experience
wdelker@berkeley.edu

Alex Beliaev, Ph.D. Director of Academic Capstone Experience alexb@berkeley.edu

Joy Ahn
Senior Student Services and Capstone Advisor
joyahn@berkeley.edu

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