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2011-2012 University Catalog

CEIE 490 - Senior Design Project

Credits: 3 (NR)
Capstone design experience. Integrates all design fundamentals employed by a typical civil engineering design team. Major team efforts include land use, transportation, water and sewerage, stormwater, site analysis, economic and regulatory considerations, sectioning, grading, and siting. Students focus on teamwork, interdisciplinary interaction, and tradeoff decision making. Design team analyzes all aspects of a major urban project, develops solutions to design problems, and produces project report and oral presentation. Design effort completed and report is prepared, presented, and evaluated. Primary course goal is to produce design for contemporary civil infrastructure project.

Fulfills general education requirement in synthesis.

Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in CEIE 355, CEIE 400 and CEIE 440, CEIE 412 or CEIE 413. Prerequisite enforced by registration system.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0
When Offered: F, S