Senior Design: 2021-22

The Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering's Senior Design capstone course consists of selected civil engineering projects including planning, preliminary analysis and final design. Different projects are selected each year. Students are assigned to project teams with specific tasks under the direction of a faculty course coordinator. Professional engineers from local firms propose projects and act as consultants to each design team. Emphasis is placed on student initiative, responsibility and resourcefulness in an open-ended project. A final written design report and oral presentation are required for each design team, with emphasis on technical communications, professional ethics and engineering practices.

For questions or additional information on the Senior Design projects featured below, contact Dr. Dan Zitomer, P.E., Professor and Chair of Civil, Construction and Environmental engineering. 

Learn more about student design projects from other departments in the Opus College of Engineering. 


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Rainworks Challenge

Mentor: T. Parolari, ÏòÈÕ¿ûÊÓƵ Opus College of Engineering

Team Members: S. Kure, M. Dupasquier, C. Deneault, B. Frenette

Wastewater Treatment Plant
Enhanced Primary Treatment (EPT) Upgrade

Sponsor: Black & Veatch

Lead Mentor: J. Kemp

Other Mentors: D. Diehl, E. Wells, and C. Boland-Prom

Team Members: S. Kohls, S. Camarota, M. Cannon, B. Oceguera, A. Mourikes

MSA & the Global Water Stewardship – Montezuma,
Cost Rica Centralized Sanitary Wastewater Solution
and Collection System Design

Sponsor: MSA Professional Services, Inc.

Lead Mentor: M.Castillo

Team Members: S. Harvey, F. Perez Mercado, A. Gonzalez, A. Rodriguez

The ÏòÈÕ¿ûÊÓƵCollege of Business Administration

Sponsor: Findorff

Lead Mentor: M. Stern

Team Members: D. Conley-Keck, M. Hopkins, J. D’Aloia, L. Foust

Drexel Avenue Reconstruction

Sponsor: R. A. Smith

Lead Mentor: A. Stasiukevicius

Other Mentors: J. Bruggeman; A. Axt, J. Diekfuss (P4 Infrastructure)

Team Members: T. Garcia Guarneros, P. Tennant, N. Jackson, I. Luevano

Rainworks Challenge

Mentor: W. McDonald

Team Members: Z. Meyer, M. Weltzien, J. Zwiefelhofer, J. Branca, A. Kimmet

ÏòÈÕ¿ûÊÓƵ College of Business Administration

Sponsor: Findorff

Lead Mentor: M. Stern

Team Members: L. McEniry, W. Grafft, P. Donnellan, K. Williams

ARCO Design/Build Project

Sponsor: ARCO Design/Build

Lead Mentor: J. Stefan and T. Hefferon

Team Members: M. Keller, J. Garcia, C. Aguirre, B. Cooke, A. Morrison

New Construction on Existing Conditions

Sponsor: Thornton Tomasetti and Gilbane Building Company

Lead Mentor: T. Kalayil and A. Roy

Other Mentors: E. Diels and A.Gesior

Team Members: W. Olsen, E. Turski, E. Davies, J. Hopp

New Construction on Existing Conditions

Sponsor: Thornton Tomasetti and Gilbane Building Company

Lead Mentor: T. Kalayil and A. Roy

Other Mentors: E. Diels and A.Gesior

Team Members: G. Lukanus, M. Pook, C. Steffens, J. Collard

MSA & the Global Water Stewardship – Montezuma,
Cost Rica Centralized Sanitary Wastewater Solution and
Collection System Design

Sponsor: MSA Professional Services, Inc.

Lead Mentor: M.Castillo

Team Members: N. Collins, J. Stoll, J. Thom, C. Zumm