Senior Design

Capstone projects reuse wastewater and dredging material, protect pedestrians, create new ways to move traffic in congested NW Atlanta

Vakaa Design — a team comprising, left to right, Justin Liu, Chris Folsom, Kailee Unangst and Hannah Davis — accepts the first-place check for civil and environmental engineering at the spring 2019 Capstone Design Expo alongside Associate Professor Kari Watkins. The team had to design the alignment of new express lanes along Interstate 285 in northwest Atlanta, including the structural elements to supported the elevated lanes. (Photo: Amelia Neumeister)

Express lanes for the top end of Atlanta’s Interstate 285 are coming. Some of the ideas of Georgia Tech students could help make them a reality.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

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Safer approach to I-20 project wins top civil and environmental engineering prize at fall Capstone Design Expo

The BAMM Engineering senior design team won top prize among the 18 civil and environmental engineering groups at the fall 2018 Capstone Design Expo Dec. 4. Team members with Buzz at the expo awards ceremony: Michael Nieman, left, Bailey Little, Andrew White and Matthew Gruba. (Photo: Amelia Neumeister)

The Georgia Department of Transportation shut down work on a 13-mile stretch of Interstate 20 earlier this year after officials noticed a spike in crashes and roadway fatalities in the area.

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

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Capstone Expo winners create a simple solution that saves drivers tons of time at I-20 and I-285 in west Atlanta

Atlanta Cypress Engineering won the civil and environmental engineering award at the spring 2018 Capstone Design Expo. The team poses with the winning check. From right: Blane Solomon, Andrew Pofahl, Buzz, Alex Hare, and Ramiro Santana along with senior design professor John Koon. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

A simple design change with the potential of saving Atlanta drivers a combined year’s worth of travel time every day took home the civil and environmental engineering top prize at the Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo April 24.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

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Project balancing economics, historic preservation, community needs wins over Capstone Design Expo judges

Team J2AD Engineering won the civil and environmental engineering award at the fall 2017 Capston Design Expo. From left, Jessie Lei, Jiyoon Oh, Austin Foo and Donald Smith accept their winnings from Buzz (yellow jacket, center). (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

The winning civil and environmental engineering project at this fall 2017 Capstone Design Expo doesn’t sound especially groundbreaking on paper. But in reality, it’s the kind of work that demonstrates the power engineers have to shape — and in this case, protect — communities.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

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Team SEVEN Engineering wins top prize among record 7 CEE teams competing at Capstone Expo

Team SEVEN Engineering with Buzz and Associate Professor Kari Watkins after they won for the best project among civil and environmental engineering teams at the spring 2017 Capstone Design Expo. Kemeria Abdella and Sharani White, middle, designed a full site development plan for a proposed medical office building in Cobb County, Georgia, along with Cathy Wong and Ming Yang. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

SEVEN Engineering’s site development plan for a proposed medical office building in Cobb County, Georgia, won the top prize among civil and environmental engineering teams at the spring 2017 Capstone Design Expo. The team was one of seven to present their project at the campus-wide senior design showcase.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

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Nearly shovel-ready roundabout design wins first place at Capstone Design Expo

The winning CEE team at the spring 2016 Capston Design Expo pictured with Assistant Professor Kari Watkins, left: Lilian Ayala, Sage Roberts, John Bolen and Ryan Liu.

A design for a tricky roundabout in Cobb County, Georgia, won the top prize for School of Civil and Environmental Engineering projects at the spring 2016 Capstone Design Expo April 26.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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Capstone Expo teams present road studies, wind-tunnel tests, police HQ designs

The four projects School of Civil and Environmental Engineering teams will present at the 2016 Capstone Design Expo.

For only the second time, teams from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering will be participating in Georgia Tech’s Capstone Design Expo April 26. The event gathers seniors from disciplines across campus who are completing projects in their senior design or capstone design courses. Four teams of CEE students will be among them this year.

Monday, April 25, 2016

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The class project that could spark Charleston’s future

A concept of what the Charleston Lowcountry Lowline could look like once it's built. (Image: Friends of the Lowcountry Lowline)

The Charleston Lowcountry Lowline project aims to turn an abandoned railroad line in the heart of the Charleston peninsula into a 6.5-mile linear park — and a group of Georgia Tech students are helping take the first steps to making the dream a reality.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

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Capstone Expo teams show off designs for pedestrian bridge, dining hall

Among the nearly 200 teams at the spring 2015 Capstone Design Expo April 23 will be two groups from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering — the first time CEE is represented at the huge display of senior design projects from across Georgia Tech.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

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