CE 49800 – Senior Design

Credits and contact hours:

• 3 credits
• Lecture that meets 2 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
• Lab that meets 2 times per week for 120 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks

Specific course information:

• Catalog description: Planning, design, and analysis of a civil project; an integrated and realistic group project involves as much as possible all major aspects of the civil engineering profession.
• Prerequisites: CE 398
• Course status: Required course

Specific Goals for the course:

• Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
  • Identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science and mathematics.
  • Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety and welfare, as well as gobal, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors.
  • Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
  • Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situation and make informed judgements which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental and societal contexts.
  • Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meet objectives.
  • Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data and use engineering judgement to draw conclusions.
  • Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
•  Relationship of course to program outcomes
  • Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
  • Outcome 2: An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
  • Outcome 3: An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audience
  • Outcome 4: An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgements which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental and societal contexts.
  • Outcome 5: An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meet objectives.
  • Outcome 6: An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data and use engineering judgement to draw conclusions while acquiring and applying new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Topics:

• This is a one semester design project course for semester eight seniors who have completed at least a simple majority of the prior core courses. The project is an active, real- time design and construction entity in consort with an industry and or governmental civil engineering partner chosen by the course director. The project varies from semester to semester. The topics covered are: Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geomatics, Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulics and Hydrology, Materials, Structural Engineering and Transportation Engineering. A number of outside speakers are invited to present topics pertinent to the particular project during the first fifty-minute lecture period each week. These speakers are usually from Industry, Government and Purdue faculty.
• The students are evaluated on two formal engineering team presentations, two formal written engineering reports, attendance, tardiness, time sheet and required reading summary submissions.