Collaborating on Industry Projects is a powerful way to engage with talented undergraduate engineering students while advancing your organization’s goals. By partnering with us, you gain:
Access to Exceptional Talent:
Connect with motivated, skilled students and build a pipeline of future-ready engineers.
Fresh Ideas & Innovation:
Students bring cutting-edge knowledge, diverse perspectives, and creative problem-solving to real-world challenges.
Strong ROI:
Tackle priority projects with meaningful outcomes, while benefiting from high-value contributions at low cost.
Brand & Culture Exposure:
Showcase your organization’s values, workplace culture, and career opportunities to top emerging talent.
Strategic Collaboration:
Work alongside faculty and student teams to develop solutions aligned with your business or community needs.
Industry Project Courses
Description: Students in their final year work directly with clients in industry to help solve practical engineering problems. The capstone design project is a challenging design problem related to a real industrial application that is likely to be implemented. Projects do not need to be pure mechanical design - they can include analysis and process development.
Timeline: Project Confirmed: August 15, 2026 Project Start Date: September 2026
Description: The Life-Cycle Carbon Footprint Analysis is a project designed for students to estimate the life-cycle carbon footprint of a specific product and identify ways to reduce it. The industry partner is suggested to present their business case and provide primary data for their products. Organizations will receive high-quality analysis, recommendations, and creative solutions to a sustainability problem.
Timeline: Project Confirmed: August 15, 2026 Project Start Date: October 2026
Description: Applied Data Science teaches mining engineering students the basics of statistics, data science and machine learning, and its applicability to mining problems. Industry Projects will teach the students practical data analysis and machine learning skills by working on real-world problems.
Timeline: Project Confirmed: October, 2026 Project Start Date: January 2027
Description: APSC 103 provides first-year engineering students with opportunities to work as a team on engineering design projects proposed by clients. The goal is to help students develop the professional skills used by engineers and encourage a sense of creativity and curiosity about engineering while working on real solutions for real problems. Projects will need to be challenging, while still within the scope of first-year engineering and aligning with course expectations.
Timeline: Project Confirmed: July 2026 Project Start Date: January 2027
Description: Industry partners propose a real-world software engineering challenge for student teams. Projects are developed primarily in C++ using an Agile Scrum process, with partners providing requirements and feedback as project stakeholders. Deliverables typically include a working prototype or proof-of-concept and technical documentation.
Timeline: Project Confirmed: May 2027 Project Start Date: September 2027
Description: Students work in teams to design and build an engineering solution to a real-world problem. Projects are interdisciplinary and use 3D-printed components and hardware kits, with a focus on teamwork and engineering design. Partner organizations provide problems that students can use as the context for their projects.
Timeline: Project Confirmed: June 2026 Project Start Date: September 2026
Description: Students work in teams to design and implement an electrical engineering solution to a real-world problem. Projects focus on design, analysis, and testing, with an emphasis on independent work and evaluation. Partner organizations provide project context and feedback, with deliverables typically including a prototype or validated concept.
Timeline: Project Confirmed: September 2026 Project Start Date: October 2026
Partner Requirements
To ensure a successful and impactful collaboration, partner organizations are asked to meet the following requirements:
Clearly Defined Challenge – Submit a focused, well-scoped problem or opportunity that students can address through technical and strategic analysis. Projects must be feasible to complete within a 3-month academic term.
Active Engagement – Assign a dedicated point of contact to support the student team, provide timely guidance, and serve as the liaison throughout the project.
Final Participation & Feedback – Be available to attend final presentations, offer constructive feedback, and help select a winning solution.
Equitable Access – Ensure all student teams access information and company resources equally. No team or individual should receive preferential treatment through informal employee interactions.
Ready to Get Involved?
Complete and submit the following project proposal. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact the Industry Project Coordinator at projects.qse@queensu.ca.
