Company Sponsorship

Sponsorship plays a key role in making this event a success. Your support helps us deliver high-impact experiences for attendees and celebrate the hard work and innovation of our fifth-year students as they showcase their capstone projects.

Sponsorship opportunities are available through tiered packages designed to offer a variety of engagement benefits.

Full details of company sponsorship opportunities and the sponsorship packet can be found on the CEAS EXPO webpage under Company Sponsorship. 

Volunteer Judging

The EXPO relies on the support of alumni, industry partners, and individuals with engineering or technical backgrounds to serve as judges. Judges help evaluate student capstone projects and determine prize winners across various categories.

Volunteers will receive a schedule, rubric, and set of expectations to prepare them for judging.

Please check back at a later date for judge registration.

• Technical Excellence
  • This category recognizes projects that demonstrate a high level of technical rigor, precision, and mastery of engineering and scientific principles. Projects in this category showcase strong analytical work, appropriate use of modeling or simulation tools, and sound methodology. The results should reflect depth of technical understanding, attention to detail, and adherence to professional standards of practice. 
• Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
  • This category recognizes projects that demonstrate exceptional creativity, problem-solving, and strategic vision. Judges will evaluate how effectively teams approach complex challenges through innovative ideation, unconventional design, and forward-thinking strategies that push the boundaries of traditional engineering or business solutions. Emphasis will be placed on emerging marketing potential, real-world business applicability, and consumer-focused design, highlighting ideas that are both inventive and feasible in today's competitive landscape. 
• Real-World Systems, Solutions, or Process Design
  • This category recognizes projects that demonstrate how engineering or research principles were applied to address a real-world challenge through a well-designed system, product, or process. Judges will assess the project's functionality, feasibility, and potential for implementation. 
• Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility
  • This category recognizes projects that prioritize environmental stewardship and long-term sustainability in their design, research, or implementation. Entries should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of resource efficiency, waste reduction, and ecological impact. Judges will evaluate how effectively the project integrates sustainable practices, promotes environmental awareness, and offers solutions that balance technical performance with environmental responsibility. 
• Human-Centered Research and Design
  • This category recognizes projects that place people at the core of the research and design process. Entries should demonstrate a clear understanding of user needs, behaviors, and experiences, using that insight to form meaningful and accessible solutions. Judges will look for thoughtful integration of human factors, usability, and empathy throughout the project's development. Projects in this category effectively connect technical innovation with human impact, enhance the quality of life, accessibility, or community well-being. 
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • This category focuses on the intersection of multiple engineering disciplines, recognizing successful and thoughtful collaboration, and the balanced contribution of each field. Project solutions will highlight the effective integration of principles and fundamentals, demonstrating strong system design and optimizations across several engineering specialties. 
• Student Organization Project
  • This category recognizes the success of our engineering student organizations, highlighting the collaborative efforts, collective achievements, and group performance required to develop effective systems and solutions.