Innovating Final Year (Capstone) Projects in Engineering Education

The final year (capstone) projects are the largest - and in many cases the only - projects that engineering students execute. The projects require sufficient attention both at the selection and execution phases. We designed and delivered a workshop to the final (senior) year students, at the start of the year. It helped them to choose projects aligned with their passions and that can solve real life problems. Twenty nine out of thirty seven students - who attended the workshop - opined that they changed the direction or the project. We require iterating the experiment with more number of students for validationof the concept and refining the workshop to accrue benefits to more students.