School of Engineering Corporate Sponsored Senior Projects Program (CSSPP)

Baskin School of Engineering’s Corporate Sponsored Senior Projects Program (CSSPP) fosters deep and valuable relationships with the Silicon Valley business community through student, faculty and corporate engagement. Baskin Engineering’s mission is to deliver value for its students while spurring the economy and developing academic research with Commercial needs in mind. 

• Corporate Sponsors collaborate with faculty to define high-value senior design projects
• Students are engaged in meaningful interdisciplinary team-based learning
• Teams of 3-5 students work on the project for three quarters (1200 work-hours minimum) to fulfill their graduation requirements
• The corporate sponsor provides a designated liaison as the team’s customer
• Sponsor helps plan projects to ensure that schedules and milestones are realistic
• Teams interact with sponsors weekly for project to review project status and progress

Corporate sponsors can receive full intellectual property rights to all results developed by undergraduate students.

For past projects, visit the CSSPP website.