One of the most important activities of the McGill University's Faculty of Engineering is to manage a two‑semester Capstone Mechanical Engineering Design Project. The teams of 4 students of the final year work during 8 months on various projects, starting from the scratch, producing conceptual and detailed design of the required product, and finally building a working prototype of the device.
Every year we have 120-150 students working on nearly 35-40 different projects. Of these projects, about half belongs to mechanical and interdisciplinary domains of engineering design. Up to 30% come from industry (pharmaceutical, manufacturing, rehabilitation, aeronautical). Industrial companies provide projects to the Capstone course and benefit from creativity and high motivation of the student teams.
When required by an industrial partner, the team can include students from Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Bio-Engineering and other departments.
All projects begin in the Fall and require a management fee of $4000 (plus GST/QST). This fee assists the Faculty to defray expenses for professional support, laboratory space and design materials. In addition, the cost of any materials used to build prototypes must also be covered by the sponsor.
- All prototypes and copies of drawings and reports are delivered to the sponsoring company at the conclusion of the project. Any intellectual property developed during the project belongs to the sponsor.
The project culminates with McGill Design Day, an exhibition of all projects and prototypes in the first week of April.
If you are interested in getting benefits for your company from motivated, passion and creative students, while helping them to master modern technologies and engineering practices, we will be happy to include your project to the capstone design course of the next academic year.
To propose a project, please fill the form and email it to the address indicated in it, or just send us an email with your ideas and/or proposals.