Applying for Project / Proposing Project

This page explains how to sign up for a capstone project. The process depends on the source of project. In general, there are three sources of projects:

1)      Faculty member proposed projects

2)      Student-proposed projects

3)      Industry-proposed projects

Capstone projects should provide students with significant design experience and involve the intergartion of knowledge from several courses. The group size in most cases is six. These three types of projects are explained in the following.

1) Faculty member proposed projects

The list of projects is currently available at Project Listing web page from the right menu (http://www.ece.concordia.ca/currentstudents/undergraduatestudents/capstone/projects-list.php ).

Some of these projects may be supported by industry. This list is updated until the project selection deadline. Students should check the list regularly.

Projects, posted on the ECE web site, will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. Available projects have status “Available”, and projects which are already taken have status “In progress”.

To apply for a project, students may approach the faculty member that has proposed the project. The faculty member may examine the qualifications of the students in order to decide whether to assign them the project.If the decision to assign the project is reached, the professor and the students fill out the Project Selection Form and submit it to the coordinator for final approval.

2) Student-proposed projects

Students may prepare and submit their own project proposal. The proposal should be described on the Project Proposal Form (Student) and submited to the coordinator via email. Remember to include the project title in the subject of the email message. The coordinator and the Engineer in Residence will review the proposal to check for issues such as project scope, feasibility, availability of resources to support the project, safety aspects and workload distribution among team members. Typically a meeting with the students is required for reviewing the proposal.

If a project proposal is approved (after perhaps revisions), the coordinator will recommend it to a faculty member to supervise. The students may also approach faculty members with their approved project proposal.

After a faculty member accepts to supervise the project (solely or jointly), the faculty member and the students must fill out the Project Selection Form and submit it to the coordinator for final approval. At this point, the project description will be posted on the Project List web-page, with status "In Progress."

3) Industry-proposed  projects

Students can bring forward industry-proposed projects. This, for example, could happen when after an internship in a company, the company wants the student to continue to work on their project.

In general, the process is the same as for student-proposed projects. However, there are a couple of things that are different. First, the industry supervisor or representative has to attend the proposal revision meeting. Second, those projects might be subject to Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA) between the students and the company. NDA terms and conditions will be discussed at the meeting with the company’s representative.

In the last step, all team members should fill out and sign Project Selection Form, get the signature of the supervisor, and submit it to the coordinator.

A project will not be formally assigned to a group until the Project Selection Form is signed by the coordinator.

Remarks

  • The list of projects can be accessed from the right menu.This list will be updated during the coming weeks until mid-September.
  • Projects will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. Professors will decide to accept a group or not.
  • A project will not be assigned to a group until the Project Selection Form is signed by the coordinator.
  • Students are asked and encouraged to organize themselves in groups of six students and select the project of their choice.
  • Each group should select a group leader who will coordinate their activities.
  • Groups seeking additional member may use the General Discussion Forum on the course Moodle page.
  • Students seeking a group to join may use the General Discussion Forum on the course Moodle page.
  • As a last resort, the students that fail to join a group by Sept. 19, 2024 will be grouped and assigned by the coordinator to an available project in line with their discipline, subject to the availability and the agreement of the people concerned.
  • Communication with students will be through the University MOODLE and the Departmental ELEC/COEN 490 mailing list.