What Is Engineering Capstone?

The Capstone program is a two-semester educational program that enables cross-functional student teams to work on real, industry-sponsored projects: Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering, and Industrial Design.

Each team is assigned a faculty coach and works closely with a liaison engineer from the sponsoring company. Research indicates that students work harder and more creatively when industrial problems are authentic and of real consequence to the company.

The Capstone student teams have access to the expertise of university departments and facilities, including significant CAD, rapid prototyping, machining, and engineering laboratories. Capstone student teams take real life projects from concept generation and modeling to working prototype. All documentation, drawings, and prototypes are provided to the sponsoring company. In addition, BYU grants all intellectual property developed to the sponsoring company.

The BYU Capstone program is looking for industry sponsored projects (mid to back-burner) that include approximately 800 (design and build) engineering hours that fit within the 8-month time frame of the course.