Interdisciplinary Capstone Showcase

Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 2 - 5pm

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Join Albert Nerken School of Engineering seniors as they present work from their year-long Senior Design and engage in conversation about design solutions that address societal needs and grand challenges. Faculty, students, staff, alumni, and invited guests from industry provide feedback, and an awards ceremony and celebration follows. This year’s projects include autonomous robots and aerial vehicles, affordable housing and educational building designs, sustainable microbrewery projects, an autofictions installation, and more. 

Senior Design allows students to work in teams on a major capstone design project that builds on knowledge and skills acquired within their disciplines. Students have the option to enhance this experience by working with students from other majors as part of a multidisciplinary team. The 29 projects showcased this spring hail from all four engineering departments, 10 of which are interdisciplinary teams.

The event is open to alumni and prospective students. Space is limited and pre-registration is required for external guests. Register here

This year’s showcase takes place in the Civic Projects Lab and 41 Cooper Square.

A new Capstone website documents this year's interdisciplinary showcase and contains archives of past projects beginning in 2020.

Visitors must show security proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test by a third party (not home test) within three days of their visit to campus or a negative rapid test result taken by a third party (not home test) on the day of the visit to campus.

Located at 41 Cooper Square, on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets.

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.