The Capstone is a practically oriented design project integrated over the different areas in which Civil programs are offered. Students will operate in consultant groups and will complete a design for a typical Engineering undertaking. The course involves professional engineers acting as clients and bringing in real-life design problems to pre-selected teams of 4 – 6 students. Project briefs are given to the student teams and proposals are prepared. At a general meeting the professional clients introduce their project, and the student teams then actively attempt to convince the clients of their suitability to perform the required design work through interviews with the clients and their proposals. At least two alternative designs for the project will be proposed and evaluated based on economic, environmental, and other considerations. At the end of the semester each team will determine the best alternative design for the project. Tut: 3 hrs./ Lect: 1 hr. Corequisite: CVL 411, Prerequisites: CVL 313, CVL 316 and CVL 410 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
