University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty and staff can now submit software project ideas for the School of Computing’s 2023-24 Senior Design capstone course.

Students enrolled in Senior Design spend two semesters working in teams of five or six on a software project sponsored by members of local industry or university faculty or staff. The course provides students with the hands-on educational and professional experience that comes with contributing to a real-world project.

Previous projects have served a variety of fields and industries and have been developed with many types of technologies and coding languages. Offered project types include mobile apps, data analytics and visualization, web-based systems, gaming technologies, machine learning systems and more.

All projects for university faculty and staff sponsors are priced at $15,000 and non-university projects are priced at $20,000, which is a fraction of what professional firms typically charge.

As only a limited number of projects can be completed within the course each year, not all submissions will be accepted. Submissions will be reviewed and selected by members of the Senior Design team and a panel of course advisers.

The deadline to submit a project request is June 30, with full details to be worked on and submitted by July 31.

To submit a project proposal fill out the form found on the Senior Design website.

Questions can be sent to cse-seniordesign@unl.edu.