CEE 578: Senior Capstone Design

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Catalog Description
578 Senior Capstone Design. I,II; 3-4 cr. The application of theoretically and academically acquired knowledge to a civil and environmental engineering problem in as near "real world" as possible. P:CivEngr 310, 311, 320, 330, 340, 370, one design course or cons inst. Russell.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Requires basic understanding of the design process and the basic civil engineering courses.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Required: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Pocket Books Publishers, New York, NY, ISBN# 0-671-72365-0.
Suggested: "Engineering Your Future: Launching a Successful Entry Level Technical Career in Today's Business Environment," by Stuart G. Walesh, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN# 0-132-210525.

Course objectives

To immerse students in a situation where they work in multi-disciplinary teams to integrate prior course work and skills to solve problems taken from a "real world" context.
To help prepare students for professional practice and to recognize the necessity for continuing education throughout their careers.

Topics covered

See "Catalog Description" above.

Class/laboratory schedule

Lectures two times a week for 1 hr and 15 min.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

The following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.

RELATED CEE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
Provide experiences in leadership and professionalism
Provide experiences in realistic civil engineering design
RELATED CEE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES:
Outcome 1: CEE students should be able to evaluate society's needs for constructed facilities and natural systems and to design systems, structures, processes or conditions to meet those needs while protecting the environment, conserving resources, and maintaining quality of life.
Outcome 4: CEE students will participate in various roles of a team whose function is to define, analyze, and synthesize a solution to an open ended design problem and to understand that problem's relevant multi- disciplinary aspects and contemporary issues.
Outcome 5: CEE students will prepare and present accurate and well- organized written and oral engineering solutions, designs, or plans that are appropriate for a particular audience.
Outcome 6: CEE students should be able to recognize and respond to ethical, economic, environmental, health, political, safety and social factors in decisions that affect project completion, analysis, design, construction, operation and conduct of duties.
Outcome 8: CEE students should be able to determine the life-cycle cost of a process, component, or system and perform an economic analysis of alternative, feasible solutions for a project.
Outcome 9: CEE students should be able to recognize their need for and opportunities to engage in continuing education through their career. Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Written Description of Project (10%), Feasibility Analysis and Preliminary Design(s) (10%), Final Design (25%), Contract Documents, Estimate, and Schedule (15%), Final Presentation (20%), and Final Document (20%)

Person(s) who prepared this description

Jeffrey S. Russell
Catalog Description: 578 Senior Capstone Design. I,II; 3-4 cr. The application of theoretically and academically acquired knowledge to a civil and environmental engineering problem in as near "real world" as possible. P:CivEngr 310, 311, 320, 330, 340, 370, one design course or cons inst. Russell.
Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.
Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Requires basic understanding of the design process and the basic civil engineering courses.
Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Required: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Pocket Books Publishers, New York, NY, ISBN# 0-671-72365-0.
Suggested: "Engineering Your Future: Launching a Successful Entry Level Technical Career in Today's Business Environment," by Stuart G. Walesh, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN# 0-132-210525.
Course objectives

To immerse students in a situation where they work in multi-disciplinary teams to integrate prior course work and skills to solve problems taken from a "real world" context.
To help prepare students for professional practice and to recognize the necessity for continuing education throughout their careers.
Topics covered

See "Catalog Description" above.
Class/laboratory schedule

Lectures two times a week for 1 hr and 15 min.
Contribution of course to meeting the professional component: This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
: The following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes: This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.
RELATED CEE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: Provide experiences in leadership and professionalism Provide experiences in realistic civil engineering design RELATED CEE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES: Outcome 1: CEE students should be able to evaluate society's needs for constructed facilities and natural systems and to design systems, structures, processes or conditions to meet those needs while protecting the environment, conserving resources, and maintaining quality of life. Outcome 4: CEE students will participate in various roles of a team whose function is to define, analyze, and synthesize a solution to an open ended design problem and to understand that problem's relevant multi- disciplinary aspects and contemporary issues. Outcome 5: CEE students will prepare and present accurate and well- organized written and oral engineering solutions, designs, or plans that are appropriate for a particular audience. Outcome 6: CEE students should be able to recognize and respond to ethical, economic, environmental, health, political, safety and social factors in decisions that affect project completion, analysis, design, construction, operation and conduct of duties. Outcome 8: CEE students should be able to determine the life-cycle cost of a process, component, or system and perform an economic analysis of alternative, feasible solutions for a project. Outcome 9: CEE students should be able to recognize their need for and opportunities to engage in continuing education through their career. Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Written Description of Project (10%), Feasibility Analysis and Preliminary Design(s) (10%), Final Design (25%), Contract Documents, Estimate, and Schedule (15%), Final Presentation (20%), and Final Document (20%)
Person(s) who prepared this description

Jeffrey S. Russell

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Date last modified: 12-Jan-2009
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