Supervised engineering design experience. Lecture component will focus on professional and ethical responsibilities,
awareness of contemporary engineering issues, importance of lifelong learning, and various career paths. Includes a service-learning project with requirements gathering, planning, and development of a product for an internal/external client.
Athena Title
Capstone Design II
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CVLE 4911
Non-Traditional Format
Apart from attending one common lecture hour every week,
students will meet with assigned faculty to discuss their
individual project execution and progress.
Prerequisite
CVLE 4910 or CVLE 4910S
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will apply mathematics, science and engineering principles to solve a meaningful civil engineering design problem that involves meeting real-world needs while overcoming practical constraints.
Students will understand the necessity of working in multidisciplinary teams and the importance of developing good communication skills.
Students will work on a service-learning project with requirements gathering, planning, and development of a product for an internal/external client.
Topical Outline
This course is designed to provide students with a complete engineering design experience, including problem definition, concept development and detailed design with an emphasis on overcoming real-world constraints.
The lecture component of the course will expose students to
(a) their professional and ethical responsibilities.
(b) contemporary engineering issues.
(c) the importance of lifelong learning.
(d) various career opportunities.
Includes a service-learning project with requirements gathering, planning, and development of a product for an internal/external client.
