Project Selection

Students may choose one of three project types:

  1. Industry-sponsored
  2. Research-sponsored
  3. Student-initiated

All types may be pre-arranged (determined before class registration)

Spring '25 Senior Design Callout Meeting, Video from Sept. 9, 2024 --> Click Here.

Details on how to pre-arrange a project can be found here --> Spring 2025 ME463 Pre-Arranged Project Information.

If you don't wish to pre-arrange, or are unable, you will register for the course as you normally would any other course and then work with your ME463 lab instructor at the start of the semester to get assigned to a project and a team.

ALL projects must satisfy the course Project Selection Criteria.

Prearranged Project Schedule for Spring 2025

  • Sept. 9: Information Session
  • Sept. 11: Deadline to nominate industry-sponsored or research-sponsored project
  • Oct. 2: Deadline to submit/upload student-initiated project ideas to Qualtrics; QR code found at the end of the application form.
  • Oct. 2: Deadline to submit/apply/upload your team for a Sponsor Project, linked below; QR code found at the end of each sponsored application form.

  • Nov. 4: Pre-arranged (Industry, Research, Student) projects approved/denied.
  • Nov. 26: Spring '25 class registration begins

Industry Sponsored Projects

Industry-sponsored projects are sponsorships arranged with a student's intern/co-op employer, or are ME Corporate Partners, or are Companies who have brought a technical Design/Analyze/Build/Test challenge to the Senior Design Faculty.

Information on setting up an Industry Sponsored project can be found in the "Pre-Arranged Projects Information" files linked above.

You may also find the files below helpful when discussing a potential sponsorship with your employer.


Industry Sponsored Projects - Sp'25, each looking for a team of 5 students to take them on.

Contact Professor Montalvo fmontalv@purdue.edu with questions or to set-up a sponsorship.


Research Sponsored Projects

Faculty and students interested in proposing their own research project should look over the Pre-arranged project presentation linked above, scan the appropriate QR code and complete the Qualtrics survey.


Research Sponsored Projects - Sp'25 , each looking for a team of 5 students to take them on.

Contact Professor Jensen jensen23@purdue.edu with questions or to set-up a sponsorship.


Student-initiated Projects

Student-initiated projects are projects that stem from ideas presented by ME463 students before the semester begins. To request approval for such a project, it must meet the selection criteria below and the Submission Form must be downloaded, filled out, and submitted as instructed.

Contact Professor Jensen at jensen23@purdue.edu or Professor Hirleman at hirleman@purdue.edu with questions.