Course Overview
This course provides the opportunity for a student to engage in a civil engineering applied research project. Delivery of the course is through directed studies under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Project work can be conducted on an individual basis or in a team format. Students are encouraged to seek out a prospective faculty advisor, which must be secured before registration is permitted.
Prerequisite(s)
- Students must have faculty approval.
Credits
4.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Under limited supervision, define, plan and conduct a civil engineering related applied research project, which may include experimental work, data analysis, numerical analysis, and/or modeling. [3]
- Apply knowledge and problem solving techniques acquired from previous courses to an open-ended research topic. [1, 3, 5]
- Conduct a literature review on an engineering topic using library and internet searches. [3]
- Produce a professionally written technical research report. [7]
- Deliver a formal oral presentation summarizing the research project. [7]
Effective as of Fall 2024
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