Senior Project

Senior project is an exciting opportunity to work on a project that will serve as a culminating experience in your curriculum. You can satisfy these requirements through a yearlong course sequence or through an independent Senior Project. Both are described below.

Senior Project Course Sequence

There are several options for a course sequence. These are team projects that often have an industry sponsor.

• General Engineers typically accomplish this with the ENGR 459/460/461 sequence, Interdisciplinary Senior Project. This sequence starts each Fall quarter.
• Many GENE students also satisfy this through the ENGR 463/464/465 Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Senior Project. This sequence starts each Fall quarter.
• You may also satisfy the senior project requirement by substituting another department’s senior project course sequence if that department is closely related to your course of study (such as ME, EE or IME). In addition, some of these course sequences begin in quarters other than Fall. The faculty member or department chair in that department will also need to approve.
• It is also possible for you to do an Independent Senior Project through ENGR 462 and ENGR 400. See below.

Independent Senior Project

Sometimes the independent senior project is ideal for you if your area of interest does not align with the traditional engineering department. It may be a bit more work for you as you will need to do the following:

• Decide on a topic and have it approved by the Director of General Engineering.
• Find a faculty who can advise the project. Please let the faculty know there is 1 WTU for this advising assignment.
• There is up to $500 funding available for these independent senior projects to cover travel or materials.

If you do not take the ENGR 459/460/461, you will have to do a course substitution which will also need to be approved by the GENE Director.

Funding

If you plan to create your own senior project, please plan well ahead in securing funding for purchases of items or services, travel, etc. that you anticipate needing for your senior project.  At this time GENE does not have funding to support senior projects.  Possible sources of funding for senior projects include:

CP Connect

Baker-Koob Endowment

Reimbursement

Reimbursement for senior project-related purchases paid from your personal funds: Inquire with the department whose senior project course sequence you are following. Save your receipts!

Travel

Travel information and forms