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re: What exactly is a capstone project? And is this it?
Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:30 pm to Travis Scott
Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:30 pm to Travis Scott
Also, piece of advice when you make a design decision. Don't waste time with calcs and cost/benefit analysis etc if there are standards you can reference. That seems like really obvious info, but I got drilled by a review panel in the "draft" review of our project for doing something of my own design. Lots of questions I couldn't really answer since I had no experience and judgement.
Final presentation comes around and instead of hours designing something, I just copied the standard spec. When asked why, I said well such and such says use this for this application. I was told I had learned how the real world works and we got an A
Final presentation comes around and instead of hours designing something, I just copied the standard spec. When asked why, I said well such and such says use this for this application. I was told I had learned how the real world works and we got an A
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Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:30 pm to Travis Scott
Got one drawn for you
Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:36 pm to Travis Scott
Why wasn't tOT notified sooner, our specialists in the area of infrastructural studies must inspect these designs and the proper donations must be submitted before any bridge models are created; real, educational, lego, or otherwise...
Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:39 pm to Travis Scott
Suresh Moorthy?
Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:39 pm to Travis Scott
The operational span of the bridge only needs to be over the shipping channel. its not like the entire width of the river needs to lift. Bascule that bitch from east side and the west side approach to the shipping channel, you'll be fine.
ETA:
I swear to god, if you design the traffic lanes to reduce to a single lane in a curve and then place an exit in the merging lane, I hope you die of gonorrhea
ETA:
I swear to god, if you design the traffic lanes to reduce to a single lane in a curve and then place an exit in the merging lane, I hope you die of gonorrhea
This post was edited on 2/25/21 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:43 pm to Emteein
Man they really ramped up the capstone projects since I was at LSU. Ours was a subsurface drainage system, and a few years later I sat in on a presentation where their project was a new bridge on Chef Menteur. And now you need a drawbridge across the Mississippi? Jesus
Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:45 pm to JumpingTheShark
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A capstone project is the last or ultimate project in the program or class. We took a capstone course in business school that was meant to touch on just about everything we learned in business school
This. It's typically the culmination of not just the class but your degree program. For example when finishing my business degree our capstone project was completing a strategic analysis of a company. It had to include company history, analysis of financial statements from past 5 years, market analysis, etc. We then had to develop a short and long term strategic analysis and growth proposals. It needed to be around 75 pages in length and include two 30 minute presentations, one intended for potential investors and then on growth proposals to the company's c-suite. It was graded on both content and presentation quality. Companies were picked explicitly based on lack of these kinds of studies in the market so we really had to do legitimate research.
That covered the entire semester, and was generally a bitch. Not sure is designing a bridge is comparable or not. I'm not an engineer.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 4:46 pm to Travis Scott
Why are you still pretending to live in Baton Rouge Willie?
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:01 pm to Travis Scott
Are you sure that's what he said? He can be difficult to understand with his OCD coughing every 4th word.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:05 pm to Travis Scott
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Professor Moorthy
Does he still look at the ceiling during his lectures?
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:10 pm to Travis Scott
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doesn’t seem necessary
Of course not
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or even possible
How much money you got?
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:11 pm to TigerFanatic99
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This. It's typically the culmination of not just the class but your degree program. For example when finishing my business degree our capstone project was completing a strategic analysis of a company. It had to include company history, analysis of financial statements from past 5 years, market analysis, etc. We then had to develop a short and long term strategic analysis and growth proposals. It needed to be around 75 pages in length and include two 30 minute presentations, one intended for potential investors and then on growth proposals to the company's c-suite. It was graded on both content and presentation quality. Companies were picked explicitly based on lack of these kinds of studies in the market so we really had to do legitimate research.
The company that we did wanted to hire me.
I was the one that led the presentation and answered all the questions. (I was also in my early 30s when I did business school, so I'd already been around the block.)
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:13 pm to TeddyPadillac
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Maybe there are big savings to build a lower draw bridge, and maybe the need for that drawbridge to be in action isnt' very often.
I'm a computer systems designer not a bridge designer.
a draw bridge has moving parts. plus draw bridge needs an operator and a little place for the operator.
I think the project is much more challenging than a regular bridge.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:15 pm to TigerFanatic99
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This. It's typically the culmination of not just the class but your degree program. For example when finishing my business degree our capstone project was completing a strategic analysis of a company. It had to include company history, analysis of financial statements from past 5 years, market analysis, etc. We then had to develop a short and long term strategic analysis and growth proposals. It needed to be around 75 pages in length and include two 30 minute presentations, one intended for potential investors and then on growth proposals to the company's c-suite. It was graded on both content and presentation quality. Companies were picked explicitly based on lack of these kinds of studies in the market so we really had to do legitimate research.
IRL I skip the 75 pages, glance at the charts, read the executive summary and the footnotes.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:16 pm to Travis Scott
frick you talking bout. You in 3rd semester mechanics? You ain’t building shite yet
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:16 pm to Schmelly
I’m sure he’s smarter than you.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:17 pm to Travis Scott
quote:FML
plan on working for the state if I graduate
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:17 pm to Travis Scott
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Professor Moorthy
this guy loves to weed people out. Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:18 pm to Travis Scott
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Professor Moorthy
Dude is the head of the engineering dept and driving a 1995 Corolla with no hubcaps, faded paint and algae covering the hood and roof from parking under a tree
Posted on 2/25/21 at 5:19 pm to Paul Allen
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I’m sure he’s smarter than you.
Absolutely. I liked him so much I took his class twice
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