Experiential learning at Quinnipiac offers multiple opportunities to apply your knowledge through hands-on work, service and exploration, preparing you for success in 21st-century careers. With an abundance of resources, internship opportunities and career-focused guidance, you'll be equipped with the skills and knowledge that distinguish you to employers and pave the way for long-term success.
Before graduating from the School of Computing & Engineering, every student is required to complete a Senior Design Project. This culmination of their time at Quinnipiac incorporates real clients and problems and simulates a project that they might encounter the first day on the job.
Projects Day is designed to showcase and celebrate our students’ hard work and achievements from real-world projects completed during the spring semester. Mentored by professionals in the industry, students assemble into design teams, choose topics and bring their ideas to life.
Partnering with Union Community Health Center to enhance staff and patient satisfaction, this project focuses on transitioning dental staff from Dentrix to athenaOne, with goals such as customizing training videos, implementing patient satisfaction KPIs and addressing Dentrix system gaps. Through careful analysis, these efforts aim to streamline operations, ensure a smooth transition, and improve staff proficiency and overall efficiency.
Student Team Members: Briana Blanco, Alex Fraser, Ryan Faherty
Adviser: Professor Corey Kiassat
Client: Union Community Health Center
Striving to offer Wepco Plastics a standardized process to streamline scheduling through Python programming, the team aims for an optimal solution across multiple machines. This involves balancing deadlines and minimizing unnecessary material and frame changeovers for injection molding machines. By automating the scheduling process, the EDD-based scheduling algorithm will significantly reduce the need for manual intervention that currently consumes about two hours each week. This shift not only enhances operational efficiency but also reduces the risk of human error, ensuring more accurate and timely schedules.
Student Team Members: Joe Fragoso, Bill Regan, Emre Topcu, Kevin Tuohy
Adviser: Professor Justin Kile
Client: Wepco Plastics
Open to students of all majors, QUIP-RS provides up to $5,000 in funding for undergraduate students to conduct research or complete creative projects alongside faculty mentors. This intensive 8-week program enables students to develop scholarly skills while encouraging discussion about successes and shortcomings with fellows and mentors.
Quinnipiac students excel as interns, new hires, managers and executives in almost every industry. Gather real-world data about starting salaries, hiring trends and in-demand skills to inform your decision-making and put you on a path to success.
With an abundance of career-focused information and resources, the career advisers within the School of Computing & Engineering support students as they expand their professional networks and attract the attention of prestigious employers.
iQ, Quinnipiac University’s holistic approach to career development and experiential learning, surrounds every individual with a personalized plan that maximizes their time at Quinnipiac. The powerhouse of iQ, our Career and Experiential Learning Lab is the physical space where students and advisers bridge the gap between college and career.
Studying and working outside the classroom challenges you — and changes you. These experiences, from competitions and capstones to study abroad opportunities and service outlets, make you more confident, more independent and better prepared for whatever profession you pursue.
Our undergraduate admissions counselors are here to answer any questions you may have and help you navigate the application process.