Parks & Recreation
![Park rendering](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2024-04/Screenshot%202024-04-22%20at%203.28.00%20PM.png?h=96dcccf7&itok=PPpVPSrk)
Bondurant's Future Looks Green
![A small town and a river seen from above.](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-09/5R1A6085-Edit2.jpeg?h=3dbd9eac&itok=vDbBwcPg)
Manchester's Shelly Park Reopens
![Digital image of two rows of trees with a path down the middle.](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2024-01/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%203.58.18%20PM_0.png?h=9ecd39af&itok=LFudewzI)
Bondurant - Chichaqua Valley Trailhead and Trail Improvements
For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students devised a way to connect two sections of the popular Chichaqua Valley Trail, and developed engineering designs and cost estimates to help the City of Bondurant implement the project.
![Four young adults wearing winter coats and hats stand in front of a bronze sculpture.](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2023-06/Screenshot%202023-06-19%20at%205.51.26%20PM.png?h=2ab963da&itok=mU3s-FEs)
Sidney Park Expansion
For their senior capstone project in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, four students create plans to expand features in Sidney's central downtown park. The space is relatively small, but the City wanted to add a multipurpose court for both basketball and pickle ball; a restroom; storage; and increased car and bicycle parking. The team calculated the wastewater runoff created by the additional surfaces in the park and also added a rain garden.
![designs for a new gymnasium](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2023-06/Screenshot%202023-06-15%20at%202.40.22%20PM.png?h=469ef122&itok=RTj9blf7)
Manning Gymnasium
As part of their senior capstone project, three students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering designed a new gymnasium for the City of Manning. The project features a new full-sized basketball court that be split in half for practice courts and that will give the city more practice space as well as the ability to host basketball and volleyball tournaments.
![Computer graphic of campground with tents and cars.](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2023-06/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-08%20at%2010.17.18%20AM.png?h=1cbfe020&itok=yBoQ0s9L)
Clinton - Eagle Point Park Campground Design
For their capstone project, students in Civil and Environmental Engineering designed a primitive campground site for Eagle Point Park in Clinton, IA. The site will provide a new outdoor experience for local residents and attract visitors to the area. It has drive-in tent camping as well as several walk-in sites. The campground also adds a new restroom and storm shelter to the park.
![landscape view of a fountain with trees in the background](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2023-01/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-24%20at%2012.08.14%20PM.png?h=2434727e&itok=rV-YnKsV)
Festival Time! Engineering Students Create Plans for Clinton Park
![A group of young adults sitting on a blanket outside.](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2023-06/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-07%20at%2011.31.44%20AM.png?h=02111342&itok=PY5zN0B1)
Clinton Riverview Park Festival Area Engineering and Design
Students in the College of Engineering's Civil Engineering area completed their undergraduate capstone projects with a focus on Clinton's Riverview Park. Because the park is the site of a new festival is bringing a much larger number of visitors to the area than in the past, the City asked the team to develop plans to upgrade current facilities and add new fixtures to better accommodate the park's evolving use.
![Shelly Park Shelly Park](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2022-09/shelly_park_0.jpg?h=170ba4b8&itok=kZ6muIAD)
Manchester - Shelly Park Redevelopment
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for improvements to Manchester's Shelly Park, a highly used amenity adjacent to the whitewater rafting course on the Maquoketa River.
![Pedestrian Bridge example Pedestrian Bridge example](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2022-09/pedestrian_bridge.png?h=f130aebc&itok=i_cf9X-c)
Manchester - Maquoketa River Pedestrian Bridge
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for improvements to Manchester's Schram park, including a pedestrian bridge over the Maquoketa River, a parking lot, and a trail connection that links to the existing trail network.
![Sidney, Iowa Sidney, Iowa](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2022-09/img_7834.jpg?h=22d0129c&itok=vCRIFRnO)
Sidney Safe Routes to School Trail Design
As part of the Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students identified trail route alternatives connecting the Sidney community to the Sidney High School located just outside of town, and provided the trail design and cost estimates for the selected route.
![North Liberty, Iowa North Liberty, Iowa](/sites/iisc.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__768_x_432/public/2022-09/img_7823.jpg?h=22d0129c&itok=_lRNLPI6)
North Liberty Showcase Pavilion & Outdoor Performance Venue- Design & Engineering
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students prepared a design report and cost estimates for a "Showcase Pavilion & Outdoor Performance Venue" in North Liberty's Centennial Park.