School of Engineering Corporate Sponsored Senior Projects Program (CSSPP)

Nature of Research/Program Description: 

Baskin School of Engineering's (BSOE) Corporate Sponsored Senior Projects Program (CSSPP) fosters deep and valuable relationships with the Silicon Valley business community through student, faculty and corporate engagement. BSOE's mission is to deliver value for its students while spuring the economy and developing academic research with Commercial needs in mind. 

  • Corporate Sponsors collaborate with faculty to define high-value senior design projects
  • Students are engaged in meaningful interdisciplinary team-based learning
  • Teams of 3-5 students work on the project for three quarters (1200 work-hours minimum) to fulfill their graduation requirements
  • The corporate sponsor provides a designated liaison as the team's customer
  • Sponsor helps plan projects to ensure that schedules and milestones are realistic
  • Teams interact with sponsors weekly for project to review project status and progress

Corporate sponsors can receive full intellectual property rights to all results developed by undergraduate students.

For past projects, visit the CSSPP website.

Keywords: industry; corporate; senior project; Silicon Valley; faculty; commericial; engineering; computer science

Staff Contact:  Angelina Gutierrez

 

Location: 
On-campus
Program Time Period: 
Winter Quarter
Spring Quarter
Fall Quarter
Compensation: 
Academic Credit
Contact: 
Frank Howley
Contact Title: 
Senior Director of Corporate Development
Faculty Director: 
Patrick Mantey
Faculty Director Email: 
mantey@ucsc.edu
Major(s): 
Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Science: Computer Game Design
Electrical Engineering
Network and Digital Technology
Sociology
Technology and Information Management