Senior Project

Interested in Sponsoring a Senior Project?

Senior Project is a capstone course completed by every Software Engineering senior. Small teams of students are assigned to solve challenging, real-world software issues for companies and organizations around the region. External corporate and non-profit sponsors submit proposals for projects that teams of 4 or 5 students will work on.

Over the course of two quarters, each team works with the customer, applying the software engineering skills that the students learned in class and on co-op. They carry the project from inception through an entire software development lifecycle. The end result is a functional software tool ready for use by the organization.

See below for an outline of a typical project from start to finish.

Project Timeline

1st Quarter
The first quarter typically addresses strategic issues: requirements, specification, design and planning

Kick-off meeting to familiarize with the project and assign responsibilities
Develop project plan
Elicit requirements
Architectural design
Additional design, prototyping and production

2nd Quarter
The second quarter typically builds on the accomplishments of the previous quarter, and moves in to tactical issues: development and deployment

Software construction
Integration and testing
Demonstration of a complete system
Creation of Project Posters

Past Sponsors

Companies and organizations that have sponsored senior projects include:

Alstom Signaling, Inc. Transit Systems - North America
Eastman Kodak
EDS
Harris Corporation, RF Communications Division
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
JPMorgan
National Soaring Museum
PAETEC Communications
RIT Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services
Society for Total Emergency Programs (STEP) Council of the Genesee Region
University of Rochester
US Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate