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 26, 2026
- Semester end
- Nov 29, 2026
- Days remaining
- 20786 days
- Instructor
- Dr. Steve Efe, P.E.
- Faculty advisor
- Dr. S. Efe
- Discipline
- Structural Engineering
- Overall progress
- 2%
- Next deadline
- Literature-review outline · Oct 4
- Advisor meeting
- Scheduled Sep 2
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
Preliminary Results and Discipline Analysis
W13
Final Proposal Submission and Defense
W14
Proposal Defense Week and Course Close-Out
- 1Capstone Orientation and Project DiscoveryAug 26 – Aug 30 · 13%In Progress
- 2Topic Selection and Engineering NeedSep 2 – Sep 6 · 0%Upcoming
- 3Background of Study and Project ContextSep 9 – Sep 13 · 0%Upcoming
- 4Problem Statement and Research GapSep 16 – Sep 20 · 0%Upcoming
- 5Objectives, Research Questions, Scope, and ConstraintsSep 23 – Sep 27 · 0%Upcoming
- 6Literature Review Planning and Source EvaluationSep 30 – Oct 4 · 0%Upcoming
- 7Methodology SelectionOct 7 – Oct 11 · 0%Upcoming
- 8Preliminary Engineering Analysis and DesignOct 14 – Oct 18 · 0%Upcoming
- 9Validation, Risk, Safety, Sustainability, and ConstructabilityOct 21 – Oct 25 · 0%Upcoming
- 10Project Management, Schedule, Budget, and DeliverablesOct 28 – Nov 1 · 0%Upcoming
- 11Proposal Integration, Technical Review, and RevisionNov 4 – Nov 8 · 0%Upcoming
- 12Preliminary Results and Discipline AnalysisNov 11 – Nov 15 · 0%Upcoming
- 13Final Proposal Submission and DefenseNov 18 – Nov 22 · 0%Upcoming
- 14Proposal Defense Week and Course Close-OutNov 25 – Nov 29 · 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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