Semester Management
Your complete 12-week Capstone I roadmap — schedule, deliverables, advisor meetings, deadlines, and analytics.
CEGR 492 — Capstone I — Proposal Development
Fall 2026 Semester Plan
Resilient Retrofit of Aging Steel Girder Bridges Using UHPC Overlays
- Semester start
- Aug 31, 2026
- Semester end
- Nov 22, 2026
- Days remaining
- 20779 days
- Instructor
- Dr. Steve Efe, P.E.
- Faculty advisor
- Dr. S. Efe
- Discipline
- Structural Engineering
- Overall progress
- 2%
- Next deadline
- Student profile · Sep 6
- Advisor meeting
- Scheduled Sep 10
12-Week Semester Timeline
W1
Capstone Orientation and Project Discovery
W2
Topic Selection and Engineering Need
W3
Background of Study and Project Context
W4
Problem Statement and Research Gap
W5
Objectives, Research Questions, Scope, and Constraints
W6
Literature Review Planning and Source Evaluation
W7
Methodology Selection
W8
Preliminary Engineering Analysis and Design
W9
Validation, Risk, Safety, Sustainability, and Constructability
W10
Project Management, Schedule, Budget, and Deliverables
W11
Proposal Integration, Technical Review, and Revision
W12
Final Proposal Submission and Defense
- 1Capstone Orientation and Project DiscoveryAug 31 – Sep 6 · 13%In Progress
- 2Topic Selection and Engineering NeedSep 7 – Sep 13 · 0%Upcoming
- 3Background of Study and Project ContextSep 14 – Sep 20 · 0%Upcoming
- 4Problem Statement and Research GapSep 21 – Sep 27 · 0%Upcoming
- 5Objectives, Research Questions, Scope, and ConstraintsSep 28 – Oct 4 · 0%Upcoming
- 6Literature Review Planning and Source EvaluationOct 5 – Oct 11 · 0%Upcoming
- 7Methodology SelectionOct 12 – Oct 18 · 0%Upcoming
- 8Preliminary Engineering Analysis and DesignOct 19 – Oct 25 · 0%Upcoming
- 9Validation, Risk, Safety, Sustainability, and ConstructabilityOct 26 – Nov 1 · 0%Upcoming
- 10Project Management, Schedule, Budget, and DeliverablesNov 2 – Nov 8 · 0%Upcoming
- 11Proposal Integration, Technical Review, and RevisionNov 9 – Nov 15 · 0%Upcoming
- 12Final Proposal Submission and DefenseNov 16 – Nov 22 · 0%Upcoming
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- ★ Milestone week
- ⛨ Advisor review week
- ▶ Presentation week
This Week — Week 1: Capstone Orientation and Project Discovery
Understanding the Capstone I process and identifying a meaningful civil engineering problem.
Learning objectives
- Explain the purpose of Capstone I
- Distinguish between a project topic and an engineering problem
- Identify real-world civil engineering needs
- Understand the proposal-development process
Deliverables due
- Student profile
- Project-interest survey
- Three potential project topics
- Initial problem-identification worksheet
- Team formation information
- Advisor preference form
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