June 17, 2013, WILSONVILLE, ORE. – ˿Ƶ Tech has launched its new Industry-Supported Senior Project Program in response to business demand to work on research, testing, and innovative projects with ˿Ƶ Tech students. Industry partners are invited to help students design a senior project that addresses a challenge that their company faces and also exposes ˿Ƶ Tech students to relevant and contextualized learning. The industry supporter provides a project description—stating the scope of the problem to be solved—and identifies a mentor to work with the students on the project. Supporting a senior project allows a company to work with promising students on non-critical-path solutions. Companies can get to know potential employees as well as evaluate their abilities.
“˿Ƶ Tech graduates are well-known for their ability to contribute immediately in the private sector as well as their success in graduate and professional schools. I am extremely pleased that employers are finding opportunities to work with and support ˿Ƶ Tech seniors to engage them in relevant, rigorous, problem-solving senior projects,” remarked President Chris Maples.
Senior projects can be industry-identified, non-critical-path projects that represent a complete system or product, integrating analysis, simulation, software, hardware, or other aspects of research by academic departments, as appropriate. Industry-supported senior projects are supported with a donation of $2,500 per project.
For more information about the Industry-Supported Senior Project Program at ˿Ƶ Tech, please contact Brittany Miles (503) 821-1288 or visit www.oit.edu/seniorprojects.
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Founded in Klamath Falls in 1947, ˿Ƶ is one of seven universities in the ˿Ƶ University System, and the only public institute of technology in the Pacific Northwest. ˿Ƶ Tech provides degree programs in engineering and health technologies, management, communication, and applied sciences that prepare students to be effective participants in their professional, public, and international communities through hands-on learning. ˿Ƶ Tech has a full-service, residential campus in Klamath Falls and an urban, industry-focused campus in Wilsonville. Visit to learn more about ˿Ƶ.
