do the a number of Capstone projects. One of the most successfulvast majority of the courses have a lab, but now over fifty examples of this approach to Capstone is a competitivepercent of the courses have an open-ended project that is applied research project funded by NASA’s eXplorationoften sponsored by industry. Most importantly, the Habitat (X-Hab) Challenge. The faculty team of researchersCapstone course sequence taken by students in their senior translated a portion of the research project into a Capstoneyear has undergone many changes over several years and is project that was accomplished by a four-person team. Thenow considered to be the pinnacle of the curriculum. From Capstone project