Civil Engineering Capstone Alternatives Analysis

Catalog description

This course is one half of a two-course Civil Engineering capstone design experience. Students form multidisciplinary teams and produce programs and designs that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety and welfare. Students consider global, cultural, social, societal, environmental and economic factors in their design. The team members work together to provide leadership within a collaborative and inclusive environment where they establish the goals of the project, plan tasks, and meet project objectives. This course focuses on alternatives development and analysis, and preliminary engineering design tasks and objectives. The students develop a program related to the client’s needs and requirements. Knowledge and skills learned in prerequisite course work will be integrated into this course. Students must effectively communicate their design intentions to stakeholders throughout the semester and during the culminating design presentations at the end of the semester. The preliminary designs developed in this course will be continued in CVE 4902 Civil Engineering Capstone Detailed Design. The CAECM Capstone Handbook applies to this course, and the handbook provides full details for the student’s participation in and satisfactory completion of the course.