Senior Design Project Proposal for Industry Sponsors

Instructions: If you desire to sponsor a project, please complete all the information below and submit it electronically by clicking on the submit button at the bottom of the form. You can expect to be contacted by the School of Engineering within two weeks of submitting the proposal. If you have questions, please contact Professor Ken Fisher, Associate Director for Research and Technology Transfer, at kjf4@psu.edu or 814-898-6153.

Name
Company name
Phone number
Email address

1) Identify engineering expertise areas - click all that apply

Computer
Electrical
Mechanical
Plastics
Software

2) Short Title. Please describe the project with a concise title.

3) Project Need. Please describe the need(s) that this project is intended to meet. What is the problem it is intended to solve?  How does it relate to your business need? In addition, provide background on the product/processes related to this system/design, as faculty and students will likely be unfamiliar with them.

4) Objectives and Deliverables.  (Provide a summary of the key project objectives.  Identify deliverables expected from the project, such as analyses, hardware, software, processes, tests, and prototypes).

5) Technologies. Identify key technologies and/or standards that will be necessary to employ to complete the project. Please pay special attention to any new or emerging technologies.

Acknowledgement by Sponsor. Student project results are provided "as is" without any representation or warranties whatsoever, whether express or implied, including, but not necessarily limited to any warranty as to fitness for particular purposes, merchantability or non-infringement. All research performed is to be done by University students and is not subject to peer review or independent verification of results. The sponsor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the University, its agents, employees, students and volunteers for any and all harm, loss, liability, claims or damages which may arise from your use of the student project results in whatever manner or form.



 


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