Transcript Civ E 300 Civil Engineering Design Project

Civ E 300 Civil Engineering
Project
T. Hegazy
Department of Civil Engineering
Outline
Course Objectives
Course Procedure and Requirements
– Team, Project Topic
– Meeting, Reporting, and Presentation…
Course Evaluation
Course Schedule
What Is Civ E 300 About?
You will select and work on a project to address
a specific design problem
You will Learn
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How to analyze problems
How to search for related information
How to identify and develop appropriate solutions
How to evaluate the solutions
Other Skills You will Learn
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How to be a team player
How to give effective presentations
How to write proposals and reports
How to manage a project …
Advisor
Meetings
Identify a Project Topic
Technical
Form a Project Team
Client/Team
How Does It Work?
Develop a Project Proposal
Work on the Project
Write a Project Report
Present Project
Project Team
Each team should include 3~4 students
Each team must have a Project Manager
for
– tasks, schedule, work
– meetings
Each team must decide a project topic and
sign up (course website) before Jan. 13
(next Tuesday)
Project Topic
What is a Good Project Topic?
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Not too big or too small
Not too complex or too simple
Make use of what you have learned (2A, 2B and 3A)
Reflect the common interests of the team members
How to Develop and Select a Project Topic?
– Have a brainstorm session
– Approach a professor
Technical Advisor ?
Roles of Technical Advisor:
– Give advices on the topic you selected
– Suggest references/information sources
They are very busy! – consultation time
should not exceed 2 hours over your
project life.
Client-Team Meetings
I will be the “Client” who has hired you (“Team”)
for the “Job”
Each Client-Team Meeting will discuss
– What have been done so far?
– What are the problems encountered?
– What is the plan for the following week(s)?
Each meeting will take app. 10 minutes.
Each team must submit a one-page Progress
Summary for each meeting.
Schedule for Client-Team Meetings
See Schedule of events
You can choose your team’s meeting time
Project Reporting
Each Team is Required to Write Three (3)
Reports:
– Project Proposal (Week 4)
– Final Report (Week 10)
– Administration Report (Week 11)
Oral Presentations
Each team is required to give three oral
presentations:
– Proposal (Week 4) in Dr. Hegazy office
– Progress (Week 8) in Dr. Hegazy office
– Final (Week 11) in Classroom
Each presentation is limited to 10 minutes, plus
2 minutes for questions
In the final presentation only, presenter will be
selected at random from his team
Look at “Guidelines for Effective Presentation”
Course Requirements & Evaluation
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A formal written proposal (25%)
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A formal oral presentation of project proposal (5%)
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Interim Client-Team Meetings/Reports (10%)
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Final client report (30%)
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A formal oral presentation of final report (15%)
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An administration report (5%)
Course Website
www.civil.uwaterloo/tarek/hegazy300.html
Your Tasks for This Week?
Find partners and form a team
Develop a project topic and find a tech.
advisor
Sign up as a team (Due next Tues.)
Project Proposal?
What Is a Project Proposal?
~15 pages plus appendices
References:
– “Guidelines for Writing Project Proposals”
– “Project Proposal Format”
– Other References (listed on the Course
Website)
Issues in Project Proposals
Very good overall:
– Appearance: Format/Tables/Figures
– Logical order
– Management/Budget
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Not sufficient background
Not clear what is the exact problem (project need)
Too much vague statements or lack of quantitative support (Statistics)
Mixed up between Introduction (problems), Objectives and Approach
Little literature review
Lack of details on Technical Approach
Progress Report
2~3 pages
It should include:
– Briefing on the activities performed to-data
– Discussion on any additions / deletions to the scope
– New improvement ideas, etc.
– Revised Plan (Schedule / Cost)
Project Administration Report
3~5 pages (Required at the end of the term)
It should include
– Discussion on the differences between the planned
project schedule/budget (from proposal) and the
actual schedule/costs (from Records of project
activities)
– Discussion on how team performance would be
improved if you were asked to do it again
– Minutes of team meetings
Project Manager Duties
Project Administration Report
Using Microsoft Project
– Define tasks and durations
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Assign resources
Save Baseline
Tracking
Reports
Final Report
15~20 pages of text + figures and tables
Objectives:
– Define a problem.
– Define a method to solve the problem.
– Define budget, resources, time & costs.
– Develop a solution within the budget.
– Conclusions and recommendations.