CONFERENCE FORMAT
The goal of the 2026 Capstone Design Conference is to provide a forum for faculty, staff, students, and industry representatives to share ideas about improving and/or starting engineering capstone design courses. To foster meaningful discussion and outcomes, the conference includes interactive panel sessions, poster presentations, workshops, and industry demonstrations. We welcome faculty, administrators, industry representatives, and students as participants in this engaging conference.
CONFERENCE HOST
The conference will be held June 1 to 3, 2026 at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Registration is coming! We expect to open registration by the end of March. Our rates will be:
- Full Conference for Regular attendee, Exhibitor, or Sponsor $650 ($700 after 5/1/26)
- Single Day $325
- Student $350 ($400 after 5/1/26)
Paper, Panel, and Workshop submissions have now closed. Submitted papers and workshops can be managed through the Conference Management Tool (CMT). The paper template contains paper formatting guidelines. The schedule for paper reviews and final submissions is:
- Feb 24, 2026: Reviews due
- Mar 6, 2026: Authors notified of decision
- Apr 10, 2026: Revisions due, where required
- Apr 17, 2026: Re-reviews due, where required
- Apr 24, 2026: Final paper decisions sent
- May 8, 2026: Camera-ready submissions due
All papers are presented as posters. Posters can be displayed for the duration of the conference, and will be featured during one of two poster sessions. Poster guidelines for 2026 are now available.
PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATION
We are pleased to be able to offer Travel Support Grants for the 2026 Capstone Design Conference. The goal of these grants is to encourage attendees who would like to participate in CDC26 but have limited travel funds within their institutions. Details are available here. Travel Support Grant applications are due by March 20.
OTHER INVOLVEMENT
Sponsors help to make this conference possible! Sponsorship information is available here.
We welcome your help to make this conference a rewarding and useful experience for the capstone design community. Please submit ideas and recommendations directly to the organizing committee at capstoneconf@gmail.com.
QUESTIONS
Please direct questions about papers, workshops, or other conference areas to the organizing committee at capstoneconf@gmail.com.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
