Civil & Environmental Engineering

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West Burlington - Downtown Streetscaping

Published
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Academic year
2025-2026

The City of West Burlington sought an evaluation and redesign of its downtown area to enhance functionality and visual appeal, facilitate public events, attract visitors. For their capstone project, a group of Civil and Environmental students designed multiple components for the downtown area, including green medians, permeable paved roadways, covered parking, a pedestrian walkway, and reconfigured parking. 

three young people in winter coats standing outside on a sunny day with an industrial site behind them.

Burlington - South Riverfront Park Redesign

Published
Monday, December 9, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students created engineering and design plans for a park to be located on a former industrial site. Located adjacent to the Mississippi River, the project had several obstacles, notably possible soil contamination and flooding. The team reviewed the site, selected amenities that worked with these challenges, and made recommendations for ways to incorporate the historic rail yard that formerly stood at the site.

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Burlington - Parks and Forestry Facility Design and Engineering

Published
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

The City of Burlington sought engineering plans to consolidate three aging, overcrowded, and inefficient facilities into a single, centralized, multifunctional structure. The current facilities are outdated, limited in storage capacity, and no longer support the evolving operational and spatial needs of the city's Parks and Forestry departments.

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Burlington - Industrial Building Adaptive Reuse

Published
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

The City of Burlington hopes to adapt several industrial buildings that are not currently in use. As part of their capstone work, students in Civil and Environmental Engineering will evaluate and redesign the former Dial Soap Building into a mixed-use residential structure. Key tasks include evaluating the building's structural health, developing the building concept, determining the architectural style, and planning the layout and structural design.

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New Sharon - Subdivision Design and Engineering

Published
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

Plans for a new subdivision to be located in New Sharon will be designed by students in Civil and Environmental Engineering as part of their capstone. 

welcome sign to the city of New Sharon

New Sharon - Adaptive Reuse

Published
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

Students in Civil and Environmental Engineering will provide designs for combining two existing buildings into one, multi-use structure. 

Jefferson County park

Jefferson County Parks Engineering and Design

Published
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

As part of their Senior Design capstone project, a team of civil & environmental engineering students will provide designs, preliminary engineering reports, and cost estimates for a variety of improvements to county parks in Jefferson County. 

Mutchler Center Engineering Project Team

Pathfinders - Mutchler Community Center Building Improvements

Published
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

For their capstone projects, students in Civic and Environmental Engineering created designs, alternatives, scheduling, and costs to update a community center. Their work focused on several aspects of the building:  the parking lot, the building's entryway, layout and partition of the mainfloor, and connectivity of upstairs meeting room to entryway. 

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West Burlington - Deery Subdivision Engineering and Design

Published
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

For their final capstone project, students in Civil and Environmental Engineering designed a site plan for a subdivision on a currently vacant property in West Burlington. The plans maximize the number of single-family homes that can be developed and includes a pocket park and trail.

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West Burlington - Luers Park Stormwater Drainage Engineering and Design

Published
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

For their capstone project, Civil and Environmental Engineering students provided analysis, recommendations, designs, and costs to address flooding in West Burlington's Luers Park. 

Roughly 80% of West Burlington's stormwater drains into Luer’s Park, which in turn flows into Izaak Walton Lake to the north. The lake is experiencing severe erosion and sedimentation build-up. Its current outflow structure is unable to discharge an adequate volume of water. 

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West Burlington - Agency Street Trail Engineering and Design

Published
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Academic year
2024-2025

For their capstone project, students in Civil and Environmental Engineering designed a 10-foot wide trail that includes pedestrian cross improvements at several intersections. The trail will improve pedestrian safety and mobility for people traveling to and from essential shopping areas, schools, a medical center, senior housing, and recreation spaces. 

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Scotch Grove EcoVillage Design

Published
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Academic year
2023-2024
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As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created site plans and designs for a small sustainability-focused "EcoVillage" in the unincorporated community of Scotch Grove, located in Jones County.