CivE 460
Civil Engineering Design Project I
Description
First phase of an open-ended capstone design project encompassing a number of civil engineering disciplines. Develop a preliminary design for a project; prepare regular team reports, design memos, engineering drawings and presentations; and present findings during a seminar. Note: Restricted to fourth-year traditional and fifth-year co-op civil and environmental engineering students.Prerequisites: CIV E 303, 315, 321, 331, 374, and 381.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply engineering knowledge to a practical open-ended civil engineering design problem- Recall elements of the design process
- Recognize the elements of the reverse engineering design process and apply them to a civil engineering design problem
- Describe design criteria and their impact on a specific design problem
- Identify and apply relevant standards and codes for the project
- Recognize elements of sustainable design
- Discuss aspects of community and stakeholder engagement
- Develop a preliminary design
- Conduct an independent design appraisal of peer’s work
- Apply design concepts intensive group project and communicate results in a final presentation as a team
- Work effectively in a group (i.e. demonstrate leadership, act as responsible member of the team, demonstrate time management skills, understand and perform assigned role, actively contribute to team discussion and planning, respect contributions of other team members)
- Evaluate group member’s performance and respond to instructor’s evaluation of the team
| Lecture | Seminar | Lab | Credits | Total AU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0/1 | 3/2 | 3.75 | 47.25 |
| M % | NS % | CS % | ES % | ED % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
None defined
Undergraduate Program(s)
| 2026/2027 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 5 |
| 2026/2027 - Fall - Civil - Year 4 |
| 2025/2026 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 5 |
| 2025/2026 - Fall - Civil - Year 4 |
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 5 |
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Civil - Year 4 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 5 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Civil - Year 4 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 5 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Civil - Year 4 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 5 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Civil - Year 4 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 5 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Civil - Year 4 |
Sections & Respective Instructors
| A1 - 2026/2027 - Fall - Nima Shirzad |
| A1 - 2025/2026 - Fall - Scott Alexander |
| A1 - 2024/2025 - Fall - Scott Alexander |
| A1 - 2023/2024 - Fall - Scott Alexander |
| A1 - 2022/2023 - Fall - Scott Alexander |
| A1 - 2021/2022 - Fall - Scott Alexander |
| A2 - 2021/2022 - Fall - Michael Hendry & Farook Hamzeh |
| A3 - 2021/2022 - Fall - Ying Hei Chui |
| A4 - 2021/2022 - Fall - David Zhu & Yang Liu |
| A1 - 2020/2021 - Fall - Scott Alexander |
| A2 - 2020/2021 - Fall - Michael Hendry & Farook Hamzeh |
| A3 - 2020/2021 - Fall - Ying Hei Chui & Karim El-Basyouny |
| A4 - 2020/2021 - Fall - David Zhu & Yang Liu |