53:84 Project Design

53:084

Project Design and Management in Civil Engineering

Spring Semester 2003

General Course Information

I very much apologize that I could not have a Scitor tutorial on last Monday.
I would like to have a Scitor tutorial on next Monday (Feb. 24th) from 7:00pm to 8:00pm
at 2229 SC. I hope you would accept this substitution. Again, I am sorry for inconvenience.

Scitor Practice Book.doc

Scitor Tutorial Slide.ppt

Scitor Designing Tutorial.doc

Taizo Nishiyama

Instructor:        Professor Wilfrid Nixon, P.E., Ph.D.
Phone:            335-5166
e-mail:            Wilfrid-nixon@uiowa.edu
office:              4121 SC

T. A.                Taizo Nishiyama
Phone:            335-6234
e-mail:            tnishiya@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu
office:              G223 SC

Class Times:                         MWF 12:30 p.m.
Location:                                2217 SC
Office Hours (WAN): MWF 11:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.

General Description:

This course is a required course for Civil Engineering undergraduates. It is the capstone design course for students, and allows them to use all the design and engineering skills that they have developed to work on real world design projects.

There is no required text for the class. A variety of readings and web research readings will be assigned.

Grading Information:

Since students will be working in teams, part of your grade will be developed for teamwork, and part will be based on individual effort. Your final grade has seven components, as detailed below:

Component	Team or Individual	Percentage
Written Proposal	Team	15
Proposal Presentation	Team	10
Red Team Evaluations	Team	10
Final report	Team	30
Final presentation	Team	20
Weekly Memos and Celebrations of Learning	Individual	10
Professional Conduct	Individual	5

*For each team activity, you will be asked to evaluate your own performance, together with that of your fellow team members, to determine whether equal credit allocation is appropriate.
The red team evaluations (which will be explained in more detail during the course) will serve as your mid-term exam.

Class Schedule (subject to change):

Date	Topic
1.22.03 W	Course Introduction
1.24.03 F	Why use teams?
1.27.03 M	No Class
1.29.03 W	No Class
1.31.03 F	Project Organization and TQM
2.3.03 M	Personality Types
2.5.03 W	Personnel Management
2.7.03 F	The Proposal Process
2.10.03 M	Teams and Personalities
2.12.03 W	RFP Distribution and Discussion
2.14.03 F	Proposal Writing for Small Projects
2.17.03 M	Standards for Props. and Reps.
2.17.03 M	Scitor Tutorial 7-8 p.m. 2229 SC
2.19.03 W	Project Planning
2.21.03 F	Communication in Engineering
2.24.03 M	The Client’s Perspective
2.26.03 W	Project Scheduling
2.28.03 F	No Class
3.3.03 M	Cost Estimation and Budgets
3.5.03 W	Managing a Small Consulting Firm
3.7.03 F	Engineering, the Law, and Contracts
3.10.03 M	Proposals Due
3.12.03 W	MID TERM EXAM
3.14.03 F	MID TERM EXAM
3.17.03 M
3.19.03 W	SPRING BREAK
3.21.03 F
3.24.03 M	Proposal Presentations
3.26.03 W	Proposal Presentations
3.28.03 F	Proposal DeBrief
3.31.03 M	Project Work Session
4.2.03 W	Project Work Session
4.4.03 F	Project Work Session
4.7.03 M	Project Work Session
4.8.03 T	Presentations to Fresh./Soph. Seminar
4.9.03 W	Project Work Session
4.11.03 F	Project Work Session
4.14.03 M	Project Work Session
4.16.03 W	Project Work Session
4.18.03 F	Project Work Session
4.21.03 M	Project Work Session
4.23.03 W	Project Work Session
4.25.03 F	Project Work Session
4.28.03 M	Project Work Session
4.30.03 W	Project Work Session
5.2.03 F	Project Work Session
5.5.03 M	Final Project Presentations
5.6.03 T	Presentations to Fresh./Soph. Seminar
5.7.03 W	Final Project Presentations
5.9.03 F	Final Reports Due

Revised: Jan. 21, 2003 by Webmaster