"Throughout this internship, I've used knowledge I learned from Capstone, especially with many previous experiences I have with the LED test station.  I was thankful to have you as my project engineer, with the weekly meeting we have, I learned how to ask meaningful question regarding my project, always seek for improvements, and follow engineering design steps.

Thank you again for teaching me the real world engineering experiences!"

~Jing Yee Lin, Intern at Logitech Far East Ltd., Former Student

~Student

When talking to my manager last week, he stated that I had a lot of the skills that "they dont teach you in school" -- how to deal with difficult people, how to plan a project by measurable milestones, how to inspire others, how to give tech presentations to non-tech audiences, and so on. Funny enough, these are the same skills that were reinforced in Capstone.

I cannot stress enough that capstone was the single most beneficial class that I have taken in college in terms of advancing my career and that the feedback from my instructors was invaluable. In a job (mine at least), people are either too busy or not vested enough to regularly critique the non-technical aspects of career development, so it was nice to have the experience.

~Anthony D’Accolti, Design Engineer @Raymond – Toyota Industries, Former Student

“Thanks a million. The students have made a measureable impact on the R&D group at Snap-on and I will be considering the capstone program for future work. You did a great job as well in a position more difficult than me or the seniors.”

~Ottoleo Kuter-Arnebeck, Snap On, Inc

~Student

"I hope you are doing well this school year! I don’t know if you remember me, but I took your Capstone course Fall of 2018 (Stephen Bader Co. Team). I felt like I owed it to you to reach out, because the lessons I learned in Capstone were invaluable when giving a presentation to senior tech. fellows today.

I was working with a team to develop methodology for a tool that ranks parts based on the current technical risk of printing a given part additively. Working with the complex logical flow diagrams in Capstone definitely prepared me and put me in a good position to take the lead on developing the logical flow diagrams for my team’s methodology. That combined with knowing how to put together a good, audience targeted presentation made all the difference."

Caitlyn Slezak, Former Student, Materials & Process Engineer, Sikorsky – A Lockheed Martin Company

"We gave Rensselaer’s Design Lab students a challenge with minimal direction, basically: use a cell phone to map a building’s interior. They exceeded our expectations by mapping our office building — with no prior knowledge of the floor layout. That demonstration showed successful data collection, sensor analysis and selection, system design and integration, and software prototyping. BAE Systems FAST Labs R&D is proud to support your work."

~Dan Zwillinger, Chief Scientist, BAE Systems

Capstone has taught me a lot about presenting in a technical & professional setting.

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The ability to correspond with engineers was incredibly useful!

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Provides a Level of Feedback I’ve hardly experienced in my time at RPI

~Student

Encouraged us to step outside our comfort zone – in terms of working together and approaching intimidating problems  

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Capstone was a culmination of all my years in school and remains one of my proudest and most enjoyable academic achievements!

~Student

I learned a lot about myself and about approaching problems with an engineer’s mindset

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