External Projects for Seniors

Thanks for considering a project for our seniors.

Students are in computer science or software engineeing major.
The projects are in teams of 2-4 students for two semesters (9 months)
The projects start in mid August (ends in May) or early January (ends in December with a summer break)
Students select their projects.

Your project involves designing and building a software system to solve a problem.
Your project is not proprietary---students can present the project (problem, approach, results...) to classmates (during class) and the public (during Student Design Showcase).
Your project might not be a good fit if it is part of a product that needs to be completed within a certain time frame.
Your project might be a good fit if it is exploratory.
The project has a main contact who can provide feedback to the students at least monthly.
Since students select their projects:
- you are not guaranteed to have the best students, and
- your project might not have any students (but students generally prefer real-world projects from companies).
If your project involves hardware beyond regular laptops and non-free software, you would need to supply them.
There is no financial cost to you unless special hardware/software is involved.

Contact Philip Chan (pkc@fit.edu) to discuss if the project is reasonable
- preferably before or in July for projects starting in mid August
- preferably before or in December for projects starting in early January
Prepare presentation slides on:
- description of the problem/goal
- motivation for the problem/goal
- desired general approach to the problem (if applicable)
- knowledge and skills that might be needed
- contact information
Arrange a time to present/pitch the project to our students (mid August or early January)
Answer questions from the students