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.
Like every Quinnipiac student, you'll have many opportunities to learn via hands-on experience through research, course projects and capstones. These immersive experiences illustrate the depth of your knowledge and skill not only to your professors and peers, but also to potential future employers. These projects allow you to gain an in-depth understanding by applying knowledge to practice, giving you insights into different industries and career paths.
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.
Design an advanced e-bike safety system aimed at enhancing rider and cargo security in urban environments with a focus on the European and Arab markets. The system should prioritize stability to ensure rider safety, particularly at low speeds or during stops, while adhering to European and Arab electric bicycle regulations. Key customer requirements include ensuring user stability, control intuitiveness, system reliability, structural durability and modularity.
Student Team Members: Nazim Ahmed, Matthew Castano, Jason Vassilakis
Adviser: Jose Riofrio
Client: Devil’s Gear Bike Shop
Design an advanced e-bike safety system that enhances the security and protection of both riders and cargo in urban environments, particularly for the European and Arab markets. The design should improve the e-bike's responsiveness, sensitivity, external noticeability, user noticeability and clarity. It must comply with European and Arab electric bicycle regulations and ensure that the motor stops when the rider ceases pedaling.
Student Team Members: Jonathan Gold, Evan Jones, Ian Vanriper
Adviser: John Reap
Client: Devil’s Gear Bike Shop
The team aims to design a product that reduces crop damage by birds, especially Quelea Birds. It must be low-tech and affordable. The customers are the farmers in Ghana and other African nations who need this assistance with deterring the birds. The customer needs a way to keep the birds away from rice fields that is low-cost, low-tech and able to be used year-round, as their crops flower twice a year. The biggest restrictions on this project are the cost, the time of completion, user-friendliness and effectiveness.
Student Team Members: William Brakeman, Michael Rich, Andrew Villa
Adviser: John Reap
Clients: Henry Adobor, School of Business
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.