What projects are best suited for Capstone Design Course?
- Open-ended design challenges where students can apply the engineering design process are best suited for the class.
- The projects should be focused on new design or innovation, which requires substantial engineering analysis and lends itself to creating a proof of concept to validate the solution.
How long do students work on the project?
- For one semester (16 weeks in Fall or Spring and 12 weeks during Summer)
- Each team typically spends around 500 person-hours of effort on the project.
- Multi-semester long projects can be accommodated.
How do sponsors interact with the student design team?
- Sponsors are invited to pitch their projects on the first day of class. Previous presentation pictures can be found here
- The student team typically discusses the project with the sponsor on a weekly basis through online conferencing or on-site visits if company is local.
Who owns the intellectual property?
- Undergraduate students (Students) who are not employees of the Institute, are not performing research under a sponsored program, or are not using significant resources of the Institute (as defined in the Institute policies) do not have an obligation to assign their intellectual property rights to Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC). GT IP Policy document here (refer section 5.4.4).
- In those instances, students participating in a Capstone Design Course may commercialize, license or otherwise assign their intellectual property to a third party (Conveyance of Rights), including to the company mentoring the student group on a project based on that company’s information (Mentoring Company) without seeking a license or release from GTRC. At the sole discretion of the Student(s), any Conveyance of Rights may or may not be for monetary consideration.
Do I need to provide students with a work location?
- No, students will have access to the Invention Studio where they will have access to resources and tools free of charge.
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