Sponsor a Capstone Design Project

Help Create Future Biomedical Engineers 

Get involved with biomedical engineering students and partner with Penn State and the Department of Biomedical Engineering to sponsor a senior capstone design project. We assemble interdisciplinary student teams to tackle problems/projects using knowledge acquired during their undergraduate education. Students are also tasked with building and utilizing quality communication and team-based skills to achieve their goals.

*Projects are offered as part of the Learning Factory*

What are Senior Capstone Design Projects?

• All Penn State biomedical engineering students are required to complete BME 450W: Biomedical Senior Design prior to graduation.
• Senior capstone design projects partner student teams with industry professionals in order to test and design solutions to real-world challenges in medicine, healthcare, biology, and engineering.
• Students apply theoretical information gained in the classroom with a solid basis of teamwork and communication skills to deliver powerful ideas with viable results.
• Projects are developed during the course of a semester and culminate each spring and fall during the College of Engineering Design Showcase.
• Students receive valuable, practical hands-on experience to students in a number of engineering disciplines.

Benefits to Sponsors:

• Uncovering fresh ideas and solutions to real problems
• Investigating low cost, low risk new ideas
• Creating corporate exposure opportunities throughout campus
• Providing your company with a public relations opporunity 
• Discovering potential future star employees for your company
• Improving engineering education at Penn State
• Interacting with bright, energetic, creative young minds
• Networking with other companies and Penn State faculty.

Past Project Highlights

• BME faculty member Spencer Szczesny advises four award winning capstone deisgn project teams
• Dermatology residents optimize exam that identifies skin cancers
• Two biomedical engineering teams win awards at Spring 2018 Capstone Design Project Showcase 
• Biomedical engineering team awarded at Spring 2017 Design Showcase
• Lucy's Story: How Penn State engineering students are helping one child move forward
• BME graduates travel to Shanghai China to present global capstone projects
• BME students awarded at spring 2015 Design Showcase