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Welcome to Kevin Zinsmeister's Thesis Page

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.

Date Announcement
4.28.11 CPEP site complete and ready for final review
4.28.11 Reflection posted
4.27.11 Thesis Research posted
4.27.11 Final Presentation posted
4.27.11 Sample Presentation Slides and Outline removed
4.7.11 Final Report posted
3.25.11 Sample Presentation Slides and Outline posted
2.11.11 Question posted to forum
1.14.11 Thesis Proposal update posted
12.14.10 CPEP site complete and ready for final fall semester review
12.10.10 Thesis Proposal posted
12.5.10 Technical Report III posted
10.27.10 Technical Report II posted
10.11.10 Building Statistics II posted
10.9.10 Thesis Abstract posted
10.9.10 Technical Report I posted
9.13.10 Building Statistics I posted
9.10.10 Student Biography posted
9.3.10 CPEP Site Launched
8.23.10 Classes Begin
8.20.10 Owner Permission Received

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‐inprogress 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 Kevin Zinsmeister. 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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This page was last updated on 4/28/2011 by Kevin Zinsmeister and is hosted by the AE Department © 2010