Chemical Engineering Capstone

Brigham Young University’s Capstone Projects course has gained a reputation as some of the finest student mentoring experiences of its type in the country.What problem can we solve for you?

Chemical Engineering Capstone is a one-semester course for senior-level students, the heart of which is designing, testing, and prototyping a real-world industry engineering challenge. Teams of students work on projects across a wide range of industries.

Each team is assigned a faculty coach and works with a liaison engineer from the sponsoring company. Research indicates that students work harder and more creatively when their projects are authentic and of real consequence to a company.

Over the semester, January through April, students are taught a structured process and use this process to create possible solutions for real-world problems. Capstone includes class time, lab time, and independent work time as teams.

Cost of sponsorship is $10k in 2025, which is used to hire adjunct faculty to act as a coach and for administration
We would like to define a workscope that is mutually beneficial, by the end of October, but we can let this slide into November
Contracting will happen in November
You should plan to provide approximately 1.5 hours a week for interacting with students and reviewing their work—you may even decide to hire one or two after the project is completed
You should plan to provide documents, prints, data, etc. sufficient for execution of the workscope
We are happy to sign NDAs
Sponsor retains all IP developed under the project

Below are links to past years' project summaries. Please take a look at them for ideas on what makes a good project. Past projects have included:

Machine learning and AI
Process feasibility modeling
Economic analysis
Equipment design and selection
Material property measurements
Other experimentation

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