Faculty Projects
Students working on faculty projects are advised by PhD candidates, post-doctoral researchers, and faculty from the UC Berkeley College of Engineering.
There’s a variety of different project configurations. For example, Capstone teams may:
- Be the principal lead of a particular project (e.g., Self-Driving E-Bike Design)
- Work alongside another MEng team on a broader project (e.g., Commercializing Nanocarriers)
- Be a part of an MEng project lab where three or more MEng teams collaborate on a multi-dimensional project (e.g., Patent Analysis Using Machine Learning)
- Be a part of your advisor’s research program or lab and work together with their PhD students (e.g., Million Hands)
- Work with your advisor’s partners outside the university (e.g., Windpower: Wildsafe, Effective, Quiet)
Partner Projects
Students working on partner projects are advised by a technical expert from a partnering organization.
There’s a variety of partners. MEng Capstone teams have worked with:
- Industry (e.g., General Motors’ Energy Impact of Autonomous Vehicles)
- National Labs (e.g., LBNL’s Numa: A Low Power System for a Developing Word)
- Academic Institutions (e.g., UCSF’s CalCardiac: Classifying Heartbeats Using Machine Learning)
*All partner projects have a faculty liaison: a representative from within the UC Berkeley College of Engineering who will ensure progress with periodical check-ins.
Deliverables
Each Capstone team will have three types of deliverables:
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Technical deliverables are set in consultation with the advising team. These vary from project to project and may include: prototypes, experiments, data analyses, etc.
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Project management and teaming deliverables are shared by the MEng cohort. These include: project canvas, project plan, stakeholder engagement strategy, etc.
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Reporting deliverables are shared by the MEng cohort. These include: final report, final presentation slide deck, project brief, Capstone showcase, etc.