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 Priority Enrollment limited to: Undergraduate Sophomores/Juniors.

Last 4 Terms Offered 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

  • 10539 SYSEN 3900   IND 601

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: technical juniors and sophomores.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD - Sustainable Mobility

  • 10540 SYSEN 3900   IND 602

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: technical juniors and sophomores.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD - Sustainable City

  • 10541 SYSEN 3900   IND 603

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: technical juniors and sophomores.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Cornell Cup Robotics Commercial & Robotics Project

  • 10542 SYSEN 3900   IND 606

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: technical juniors and sophomores.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Cornell Uni Sustainable Design Building Tech

  • 10543 SYSEN 3900   IND 607

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: technical juniors and sophomores.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD– Alt. Eng & Carbon

  • 10544 SYSEN 3900   IND 608

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: technical juniors and sophomores.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Smithsonian

  • 10545 SYSEN 3900   IND 609

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD Solarize: Portable Solar Power Solutions

  • 10546 SYSEN 3900   IND 610

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Food Sustainability

  • 10547 SYSEN 3900   IND 611

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Aquaculture

  • 10548 SYSEN 3900   IND 612

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: AI & Data Analytics for Smart Urban Systems

  • 10549 SYSEN 3900   IND 613

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Gao, H

      Jiang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Solid Waste & Recycle

  • 10550 SYSEN 3900   IND 614

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD– Susb. Consultants

  • 10551 SYSEN 3900   IND 615

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Community Farming

  • 10552 SYSEN 3900   IND 616

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Public Awareness & Edu

  • 10553 SYSEN 3900   IND 617

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: CUSD- Consulting

  • 10554 SYSEN 3900   IND 618

  •  
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026

    • Schneider, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies