David Klappholz, a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology and a member of the Morris Tech Meetup Community, announced the continuation of a program Stevens created to aid local startups, technology companies, not-for-profits and government agencies by offering the services of the Institute’s computer science students. This unique program offers the services of computer science students for no cost to both not-for-profits and government agencies. However, startups in the early-stage are simply charged a small equity percentage for the services of students. In contrast, larger, more established companies are required to make a donation to Stevens Institute if interested in the services of computer science students.
The program is a part of a senior capstone course which Stevens offers to successful computer science majors. Ongoing since 2011, the program has allowed students to work on substantial projects with entrepreneurs and big business alike, which has proven extremely beneficial for both parties.
The majority of students partaking in the capstone course are proficient in web, IOS, android and many other scripting and programming languages. Thus, organizations with a wide spectrum of diverse needs frequently turn to the program for the many services its students can provide in software development for a negligible cost or completely free.
As aforementioned, all not-for-profit and government agencies interested the program and its services can partake at no cost for the entirety of the two-semester course, which extends from August to May. For-profit, early-stage startups can participate, but will be charged a small percentage of equity per every student they have on their project, whereas established companies must make a donation to Stevens Institute of Technology’s Computer Science Senior Design Fund. Inquiries can be directed to Professor David Klappholz.
