Student Projects
As a Systems Engineering (SE) student you will participate in a Student Project. The Project experience is aimed to give you hands-on experience within a team setting and an opportunity to apply knowledge and resolve problems as you learn.
Projects vary greatly in terms of size, applications and complexity. Systems Engineering students are a part of diverse projects, ranging from building soccer-playing robots to developing organizations that provide financial services. Each project provides an excellent platform for exploring many of the key aspects of Systems Engineering such as systems design and analysis, technology integration, and project management.
A balanced mix of students from various disciplines work together in order to maximize the team's expertise and knowledge base. In many cases, the student teams compete internationally, as in the RoboCup and the Formula SAE race car competitions. Over the past several years, Cornell teams have been extremely successful in these competitions.
Take a closer look at some of the on-going projects
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Formula SAE Car
- Systems Engineering of a Formula SAE Car
- Traction and Stability Control of a Formula SAE Car
- Development of Engine Control Module for a Formula SAE Car
- Piston Cooling in High Performance Engines
- Knowledge Management System Development
- Instrumentation and Data Acquisition
- CUSat Nanosatellite Project
- Non Contacting Modular Reconfigurable Spacecraft
- Data Architecture Design for a Real-time System for Rapid Response to a Mass Casualty Event
- Low-Power, High-Agility Robotics
- Simulation of Race Car Performance
- Investigation of Motorcycle Cooling Systems
- Automotive Suspension Uprights Design and Design for Manufacture
- The Energy Future: A Systems Engineering Approach
"Robocup, The Formula SAE Car... These may sound like mere student projects. But we pit our best designs, our best thinking, against other universities around the world. It's competition on a global level - an invaluable way to learn. And we perform."
- Albert R. George, J.F. Carr Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Each student is required to earn 6 credits working on a cross-disciplinary team. The team project focuses on the design of the system with interacting components. Supervision is provided by the faculty and may be in cooperation with an industrial partner. There are a great many student projects from which to choose. Some are on-going projects which continue year after year. Other projects may be completed in a single academic year.
