UCSC Baskin School of Engineering Senior Projects

Corporate Sponsored Senior Projects Program

The Baskin Engineering Corporate Sponsored Senior Projects Program (CSSPP) at UC Santa Cruz provides corporate sponsors with high-value projects with practical applications, and equips graduating seniors with real-world engineering experience. The purpose and outcome fosters deep and valuable relationships with the Silicon Valley business community through student, faculty and corporate engagement.

How it Works

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 two quarters to fulfill their graduation requirements
The corporate sponsor provides a designated liaison as the team’s customer
Sponsor and faculty together plan projects to ensure that schedules and milestones are realistic and that the deliverables are useful
Teams interact with sponsor to review project status and progress
Corporate sponsors can receive intellectual property rights to results developed by undergraduate students

“The students have been wonderful to work with. They were not afraid to take on what is a very complex problem. They’ve been enthusiastic, professional and well-organized throughout the project.” –Anthony Tarantino, Founding Member & Senior Advisor to Atollogy