Capstone design

Our management engineering students are gifted and well-prepared to use their skills and knowledge to serve the world. These projects serve as a testament to the distinctive skillset, creativity, and hard work of our students, marking a significant milestone in their undergraduate studies. 

In their projects, students use data-driven approaches to improve business and individual decision-making in a range of domains and industries. Projects span applications in energy, supply chain and transportation, healthcare, social services, lifestyle, education, housing, and finance.

Throughout their capstone projects, many of the student teams actively collaborate with clients and sponsors. Learn more about future collaborations with management engineering teams.

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A team of Management Engineering students won first place in Canadian Operational Research Society’s (CORS) Undergraduate Student Paper Competition. Claudia De Fazio, Anika Gapczynski, Chloe Pilon, Kayley Brash, Michaela Trevisan received the award for their paper titled, “Inventory Slotting Optimization for Stable Palletization in Distribution Centres”. The team’s winning entry was drawn from their final-year Capstone project and focuses on increasing the efficiency of the palletization process. 

Fifteen management engineering capstone design projects were recently showcased at the 2023 Management Engineering Capstone Design Symposium. Students identified and tackled emerging problems in a range of domains and industries including healthcare, social services, human resources, lifestyle, and education. Their innovative and impactful solutions offer critical process improvements and decision support tools to serve individual and institutional stakeholders.

On July 19th, seven finalist teams pitched their business ideas for a chance at one of four Velocity $5,000 grants. One of the four finalist teams taking home a prize was Pragmatica, co-founded by 2023 Management Engineering graduates Karthik Prasad and Thomas Mastantuono.  Pragmatica is developing a VR speech therapy solution for people with communicative disorders to supplement or provide as an alternative for those who cannot access or afford a dedicated speech therapist.