Our senior engineering majors are required to complete a capstone design project, which is the culminating experience of putting into practice what they have learned at Speed School.
During this semester-long project, students form teams and collaborate with each other and a company capstone partner to develop a prototype or a solution for a real-world challenge. As the Capstone Partner of a team, you can:
Move forward your innovative idea or back-burner project
Interact with potential future employees
Gain a fresh set of ideas and designs from talented students
Support the J.B. Speed School of Engineering and engineering education
Capstone Calendar Below is the breakdown of departments with capstone courses by semester that conduct industry partnered capstone projects.
Financial Support and How It’s Used Industry-partnered capstone design projects require a donation of $2,000 to $5,000 depending on your business classification:
$2,000 — Individuals
$3,000 — Start-up companies (50 employees or less)/Non-profits/Government
$5,000 — Corporations
Of the money contributed, up to $1,000 will be available for your student team to use toward the completion of the project. Any project needs above that amount will need to be covered by the industry partner. The additional amount of the gift is used by the engineering department to improve facilities, provide training, and cover program costs related to capstone and/or the overall academic mission of the Speed School. Please note that 80% of your support is deemed tax deductible.
Learn More about Partnering with a Student Capstone Team
Whether your business is a sole proprietorship, start-up, or corporation, it has much to gain from partnering with a student capstone.
Move forward your innovative idea or back-burner project
Interact with potential future employees
Gain a fresh set of ideas and designs from talented students
Support the J.B. Speed School of Engineering and engineering education
The J.B. Speed School of Engineering has worked with the UofL legal office to develop an intellectual property (IP) agreement that covers all capstone projects. Students can also be asked to sign the UofL capstone non-disclosure agreement (NDA) when working on an industry capstone project.
Industry-partnered capstone design projects require a donation of $2,000 to $5,000 depending on your business classification:
$2,000 — Individuals/sole proprietorship
$3,000 — Start-up companies (50 employees or less)/Non-profits/Government
$5,000 — Corporations
Of the money contributed, up to $1,000 will be available for your student team to use toward the completion of the project. Any project needs above that amount will need to be covered by the industry partner. The additional amount of the gift is used by the engineering department to improve facilities, provide training, and cover program costs related to capstone and/or the overall academic mission of the Speed School. Please note that 80% of your support is deemed tax deductible.
Fall 2022 – June 15 for BE, CSE, ECE, ME
Spring 2023 – October 31 for CSE, ChE, ECE, IE, ME
87
Student teams participated in the 2019 Engineering Design & Innovation Showcase
350
Total students participated in the capstone teams
62
Industry project partners for the 2019 Engineering Design & Innovation Showcase
Partner Packages
Speed School actively seeks corporate partners to strengthen capstone events like the Engineering Design & Innovation Showcase. Here are the details about Partner Packages.
One gold partnership available
Name and logo on marketing materials and on event webpage
Welcome letter inside of design day book
Full-page ad inside of design day book
Booth at design day event
Speaking time/company video (5 minutes maximum) at awards ceremony
Named in all media releases about event
Appear first in all sponsorship recognitions
Four silver partnerships available
Name and logo on marketing materials and on event webpage
Full-page ad inside of design day book
Booth at design day event
Named in all media releases about event
Appear in all sponsorship recognitions
Multiple bronze partnerships available
Name and logo on marketing materials and on event webpage
Half-page ad inside of design day book
Contact
To become a Partner, Please Contact:
Haley Zoeller Capstone & Industry Engagement Coordinator University of Louisville 502.852.1368 h0roth02@louisville.edu