Capstone Projects

Capstone courses are culminating, project-based courses undertaken by university students in the final (senior) year of university.

A strength of capstone courses is that they involve students in applying their knowledge and skills to real-world projects. The Psyche mission is developing Psyche-focused projects for capstone courses across a range of disciplines. Watch the video below to learn more about the opportunities the Psyche Mission’s capstone projects have to offer.

Capstone Projects

During the 2023-2024 academic year, Psyche capstone is partnered with colleges and universities across the country, including Arizona State University (ASU), Michigan State University (MSU), Oregon State University (OSU), Pennsylvania State University – Behrend (Penn State – Behrend), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), University of Arkansas (U Ark), University of California – Irvine (UCI), University of Georgia (UGA), University of Texas – Tyler (UTT), and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Brigham Young University – Idaho (BYU-Idaho).

Psyche capstone projects are available for teams at colleges and universities across the country. Interested in joining us? Submit your interest via the form below!

Tungsten Class (2023-2024)

Tungsten Class capstone projects
Tungsten Class participants and universities

Silver Class (2022-2023)

Silver Class capstone projects
Silver Class participants and universities

copper Class (2021-2022)

Copper Class capstone projects
Copper Class participants and universities

Nickel Class (2020-2021)

Nickel Class capstone projects
Nickel Class participants and universities

Cobalt Class (2019-2020)

Cobalt Class capstone projects
Cobalt Class participants and universities

Iron Class (2018-2019)

Iron Class capstone projects
Iron Class participants and universities

Titanium Class (2017-2018)

Titanium Class capstone projects
Titanium Class participants

Psyche Capstone Resources

Read about our approach to interdisciplinary capstone projects:

Baby Steps or Giant Leaps: Models and Means for Promoting Interdisciplinary and Inter-University Opportunities in Your Capstone (Capstone Design Conference virtual workshop, July 21, 2021)

Coordinating Opportunistic Interdisciplinary Projects Across Single- Discipline Capstone Courses (International Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 35, No. 6[B], pp. 1983–1992, 2019)

Two Universities, Two Disciplines, One Project: Perspectives of a Project Manager and an Engineer (Psyche blog, July 31, 2019)

Preparing Students to Work in Diverse Settings and Across Distance: Inter-University, Interdisciplinary Capstone Teams (Undergraduate Research Programs Conference, June 2019)

Coordinating Opportunistic Interdisciplinary Projects Across Single-Discipline Capstone Courses (Capstone Design Conference, June 2018)

Future Capstone Projects

Additional Psyche-focused capstone projects that may be undertaken by any interested university capstone course are in development. If you are a university capstone course instructor or administrator (or future capstone student) and would like more information, please fill out our interest form: