"Visualizing Civil Engineering Project"

CE290 – Spring 2007

What does civil engineering look like?

This is the question posed in Spring 2007 to the students—mostly sophomores—of the civil engineering undergraduate seminar course taught by Professor Marika Santagata.

The assignment led to the design of 14 posters by teams formed by 3-4 students, which were judged by a panel of students , staff and faculty. Two awards were given: Best Artistic Rendition and Best Concept.

The award for Best Artistic Rendition went to Colby Baker, Amanda Cody, Katie Hartman and Mallory Schaus for the poster entitled "Building Bridges to Tomorrow." The poster contrasts the tools used to "unveil the curtain to their cranial masterpieces" by today's civil engineers and tomorrow's engineers equipped with "Etch-a-Sketches, and a fertile mind asking the question 'How can I make this happen?' "

"Building Bridges to Tomorrow"
by Colby Baker, Amanda Cody, Katie Hartman & Mallory Schaus

The award for Best Concept went to the poster entitled "Envisioning That Which Has Never Been," created by Cole Pavlina, Kyle Iton and Katelyn Zollos. The poster, inspired by a quote by Albert Einstein, references the three areas of interest – land development, structures and environmental engineering – of the three students.

"Envisioning That Which Has Never Been"
by Cole Pavlina, Kyle Iton & Katelyn Zollos

More entries:

"Civil Engineering: Shaping Our World"
by Daniel Hampton, Sam Schumacher & Zach Topoll

"Civil Engineering – Many Colors, Shapes & Sizes"
by Rebecca Essig, Cody Keraga & Dylan Sievers

"Making the Impossible Possible"
by Lindsay Powell, Rachael McKenzie & Laila Rahmatian

"Engineering: Bridging the Gap…from Conceptualization to Reality"
by David Horstman, Tom Larue, Matt Walsh & David Waltz

"Bridging the World"
by Brian Martin, Brian Werner, Chris Witry & John Zuleger