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General Description:
The Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) is a web‐based project and information center. It contains material produced for a year‐long Senior Thesis class. Its purpose, in addition to providing central storage of individual assignments, is to foster communication and collaboration between student, faculty consultant, course instructors, and industry consultants. This website is dedicated to the research and analysis conducted via guidelines provided by the Department of Architectural Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click here. |
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User Note:
While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work‐in‐progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Rachel Gingerich. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design. |
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Student Biography |
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Rachel Gingerich is currently in her fifth year of studies in Architectural Engineering at Penn State. She will graduate in December 2008 with an integrated Bachelor/Master of Architectural Engineering degree and is specializing in the structural option. In April of 2007, she passed her Fundamentals of Engineering Exam and intends on pursuing Professional Engineer licensure at the soonest possible date. |
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Rachel has also had the benefit of having had several internship experiences, the most notable as a design intern for Baker, Ingram & Associates in Lancaster, PA, where she used her coursework knowledge and applied it to the structural design and analysis of projects, such as schools, banks, and churches. She also spent a semester during her fourth year in a study abroad exchange program at the University of Leeds, in Leeds, England, and she regards this as one of her most rewarding experiences. |
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Click on the thumbnail below to see my resume. |
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Where AE has Taken Me |
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| National Building Museum-Washington, DC |
Sears Tower-Chicago, IL |
| Fall 2005-Architectural Engineering Field Trip |
Spring 2006-Architecture Field Trip |
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| Eiffel Tower-Paris, France |
Roman Baths, Bath, England |
| Fall 2006-European Experience Contiki Tour |
Fall 2006-Study Abroad Exchange Program |
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