Sustainable Systems Engineering Capstone
A capstone course where students apply theory, tools, and research to design solutions for real-world social and environmental problems, working with an industry mentor and customer.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.61 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Pose a problem effectively
Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to address the challenge of the selected problem, and balance structure and flexibility in problem-solving approaches
Analyze sustainability issues and/or practices using a systems-based approach, and creatively consider alternative solutions
Perform a targeted literature/document review
Integrate sustainable engineering knowledge and tools into social contexts
Design a solution to the problem statement, and account for the perspectives of various stakeholders
Document and present context, proposed solutions, analysis, results and conclusions
Source: UW Guide
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.61 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
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Topics
- Sustainable Systems Engineering Capstone
- Global, Sustainable, and Creative Thinking
- Real-World Problems in Social and Environmental Contexts
- Systems-Based Analysis of Sustainability Issues
- Industry Mentorship and Customer Collaboration
Skills
- Conceptualizing, analyzing, and designing solutions to real-world problems in social and environmental contexts.
- Integrating tools, science, and communication to address community or industry needs.
- Applying sustainability principles and frameworks while balancing structure and flexibility in problem-solving.
- Performing targeted literature and document reviews.
- Integrating sustainable engineering knowledge and tools into social contexts.
- Designing solutions that account for the perspectives of various stakeholders.
- Documenting and presenting project context, solutions, analysis, results, and conclusions.
Grades
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