PROJECT SPONSORSHIP Sponsoring an MSE or MSIT project is an immensely rewarding experience, both for alumni of the programs as well as their organizations. Benefits include: • Access to students for recruitment • Developing research relationships with CMU faculty • Undertaking projects that the organization may not have the resources to tackle Please review the options below. If you’d like to further explore sponsorship opportunities, we invite you to contact Vaishali Gakhar (vgakhar@andrew.cmu.edu), Student/Alumni and Corporate Relations Manager.
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Well-suited to software development projects with larger scope or highly complex requirements and dependencies 4-5 team members Team members average 3-5 years of professional software development experience 3 semesters in length. Starts in January and concludes in December
Enernoc // OpenADR Proof-of-Concept Enernoc is a leading provider of software in the energy distribution/demand-response space. Demand response technology supports changes in power consumption by end-users based on fluctuations in the price of electricity. The ability to support a large number of devices and to respond in a timely manner to changing prices or demand were key technical concerns. This project tasked a Masters of Software Engineering team with developing a proofof-concept solution aimed at achieving these systemic concerns while supporting an emerging automated demand response (OpenADR) standard.
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Well suited to smaller, fast-paced software development projects. More limited scope than Option 1 2 - 4 team members Team members average 1-2 years of project experience 2 semesters in length. Starts in January and concludes in August
The Warhol // Screen Printing Mobile App The Andy Warhol Museum sponsored a team of three MSIT-SE students to develop an iPhone application that digitized Andy Warhol’s silk screen process. The Warhol not only wanted to give people a means to create a Warholesque image, but also wanted to teach people the process that Warhol used to make his famous silk screens. The students were able to successfully deliver an iPhone app that not only achieved these objectives, but also received significant national media attention in The Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, and other outlets.
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