CV 4900 - Civil Engineering Senior Design Project I

• Develop and present a proposal for the design and construction of a civil engineering project in response to the RFP 
• Demonstrate the ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs in more than one civil engineering context and within realistic constraints such as customary standards of practice, costs, and sustainability
• Demonstrate expertise as a functional member of a multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrate the ability to identify, formulate, and solve ill-defined engineering problems in the student’s area of specialization
• Demonstrate an ability to organize and deliver effective verbal, written, and graphical communications
• Demonstrate an understanding of the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
• Demonstrate self-directed learning
• Demonstrate the ability to use the appropriate techniques, skills, and engineering tools necessary for modern engineering practice
• Develop simulated industry work relationships using a student and faculty team approach
• Identify and list the advantages and limitations of the team approach in a realistic design project environment
• Display an understanding of the basic tenets of sustainability
• Demonstrate the ability to cooperate with team-mates, coordinate workloads, and manage time effectively
• Demonstrate understanding of applicable code requirements and design guidelines
• Demonstrate the students’ knowledge of their specialty area in civil engineering:

a.    Construction Management

• Exhibit understanding of effective site mobilization and project safety requirements
• Show understanding of project cash flow requirements
• Prove understanding of construction scheduling
• Present complete line item and summary of construction costs
• Develop a Management Information Systems (MIS) plan that is effective and project appropriate
• Apply appropriate computer tools
• Apply value engineering and constructability
• Demonstrate understanding of the LEED certification process and how it affects overall project costs, coordination, and owner decisions
• Present quality oral presentations and demonstrate ability to answer questions during presentations

b.    Environmental Engineering

• Characterize potential wastestreams
• Identify applicable regulations
• Identify and analyze appropriate alternative systems, components, or processes to manage, treat, and dispose of the wastestreams while complying with applicable regulatory requirements
• Create order of magnitude cost estimates for alternatives
• Select alternative(s) for design development
• Communicate graphically, verbally, and in writing to the client describing the selected alternatives
• Perform mass and energy balances on environmental systems
• Utilize the LEED and/or Envision rating systems for the assigned project
• Consider building sustainability issues with respect to appropriate electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and environmental design
• Consider emergency systems, egress lighting, exit signs, and fire alarm systems/pumps in relation to appropriate design

c.    Structural Engineering

• Develop structural systems compatible with Civil Engineering design and other engineering disciplines
• Understand structural loadings and other structural design criteria
• Understand lateral force resisting systems
• Understand structural design evident in structural plans
• Understand structural design evident in structural details
• Appropriately use knowledge of structural analysis by hand
• Appropriately use knowledge of structural analysis by computer programs
• Appropriately use knowledge of structural design calculations
• Discuss structural design and human behavior issues in meetings and presentations

d.    Water Resources Engineering

• Identify the relevant hydrologic and hydraulic features of the project requiring design
• Identify options for stormwater management applicable to the project
• Create order of magnitude cost estimates for each stormwater management option considered
• Identify options for relevant hydraulic systems (e.g., hydraulic profiles, water supplies, wastewater drainage) on the project
• Create order of magnitude cost estimates for hydraulic system options

• Must have completed all prior courses in specialization to start of course
• Approval of curriculum coordinator

• Introduction to course and scoping of project
• Problem identification within specialization
• Solution alternative identification
• Alternative analysis
• Alternative selection
• Presentation to Client