SYSEN 3900

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SYSEN 3900
Systems Engineering Project of Undergraduate Students

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Independent project experience for students pursuing analytical, computational, or experimental work outside of regular courses. Students define their own goals, timelines, and deliverables, which must be approved by a faculty advisor. Regular meetings with the advisor ensure guidance and feedback throughout the project. Grades are based on project planning, execution, and the quality of deliverables—rather than solely on achieving a working solution. Projects often address real-world problems with real stakeholders, and students are expected to demonstrate how their work meets stakeholder needs. A final report is required, detailing the project’s objectives, methods, design decisions, and recommendations for future work, written clearly enough for others to replicate and build upon.


Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: sophomores and juniors.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026FA, 2026SP, 2025FA

Learning Outcomes

  • Decompose a problem into its functional requirements and prioritize a problem’s set of use cases.
  • Determine the functional and operational flow to inform system design, define subsystems and/or subteams necessary to work towards a problem, and identify, specify, and track interfaces between components, subsystems, subteams, etc. as a solution is developed.
  • Justify design trade-offs by defining objective performance criteria and communicating the value and effectiveness of solutions to both teammates and external stakeholders.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD - Sustainable Education

  •  8963 SYSEN 3900   IND 601

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD - Sustainable Mobility

  •  8964 SYSEN 3900   IND 602

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD - Sustainable City

  •  8965 SYSEN 3900   IND 603

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Cornell Cup Robotics Commercial & Robotics Project

  •  8966 SYSEN 3900   IND 604

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Cornell Uni Sustainable Design Building Tech

  •  8967 SYSEN 3900   IND 605

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD– Alt. Eng & Carbon

  •  8968 SYSEN 3900   IND 606

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Smithsonian

  •  8969 SYSEN 3900   IND 607

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD Solarize: Portable Solar Power Solutions

  •  8970 SYSEN 3900   IND 608

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Food Sustainability

  •  8971 SYSEN 3900   IND 609

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Aquaculture

  •  8972 SYSEN 3900   IND 610

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: AI & Data Analytics for Smart Urban Systems

  •  8973 SYSEN 3900   IND 611

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Gao, H

      Jiang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Solid Waste & Recycle

  •  8974 SYSEN 3900   IND 612

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD– Susb. Consultants

  •  8975 SYSEN 3900   IND 613

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Community Farming

  •  8976 SYSEN 3900   IND 614

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Public Awareness & Edu

  •  8977 SYSEN 3900   IND 615

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Consulting

  •  8978 SYSEN 3900   IND 616

  •  
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies