College of Engineering
Maquoketa - Baseball and Softball Quadplex Design and Plans
For their capstone project in Civil & Environmental Engineering, a team of students completed a preliminary design for a baseball and softball quadplex in Maquoketa, Iowa.
West Branch - Downtown Streetscape
For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students worked to improve the functioning of downtown area streets by creating updated designs for downtown roads and sidewalks.
West Branch - Truck Re-Routing
For their capstone project in Civil & Environmental Engineering, a team of students worked to improve the functionality of West Branch streets by designing a safer, more efficient truck route.
West Branch - Utility Evaluation and Replacement
For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students developed a comprehensive plan to evaluate, prioritize, and design utility replacements in a subdivision in West Branch.
The City of West Branch aims to balance historical identity with the demands of a growing community, necessitating the modernization of aging core infrastructure. City officials sought assitance on a process for identifying and prioritizing projects in order to best utilize limited public funding.
Granger - Public Safety Building
As part of their Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students designed a Public Safety Building to meet the needs of the growing city of Granger.
Currently the Granger Fire & EMS Department shares a small building on Main Street with Granger City Hall and an adjacent trailer serves as headquarters for the Granger Police Department. These departments have outgrown their current spaces and seek a new building that will house all three departments.
Clinton - Bethel AME Church Site
As part of their Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students proposed designs for the current site of the Bethel AME Church in Clinton.
Bondurant - Eagle Park & Bluejay Landing Park Integrated Design Project
As part of their Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students provided design and analysis support for an integrated parks and environmental engineering project along Mud Creek in Bondurant.
Bondurant - Grain District Silo Adaptive Reuse
For their capstone project, Civil and Environmental Engineering students examined potential reuse of two six-pack silos in Bondurant.
Bondurant - Cleaveland Park Improvements
For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students evaluated upgrades to enable future improvements for Cleaveland Park in Bondurant.
Stormwater constraints currently restrict improvements to Cleaveland Park. Students evaluateed potential stormwater upgrades within the park parcel and the surrounding area that could enable future park improvements. Students prepared detailed design plans to support development of Cleaveland Park as a neighborhood public amenity.
Bondurant - Trail Design Projects
For their capstone project in Civil & Environmental Engineering, a team of students designed multi-use trail connections and trail segments as well as developed engineering designs and cost estimates for the City of Bondurant.
As a growing community, Bondurant has the opportunity to increase recreation opportunities for residents and visitors. This project included the following components:
Manchester Riverbank Parks Engineering and Design
For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students created designs for an underutilized greenspace in Manchester adjacent to the Maquoketa River.
Bloomfield - Lake Fisher Park Engineering & Design
As part of their Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students designed improvements to Lake Fisher Recreation Area in Bloomfield, Iowa.