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Welcome to the AE Senior Thesis Portfolio of Stephen Kelchaw


The AE Senior Thesis design project was created to challenge fifth year Penn State AE students with the task of completely understanding a construction project while executing a variety of related assignments throughout the process. This capstone project has been designed to test our knowledge and abilities obtained throughout our time at Penn State. This will, in turn, strengthen each of us as an engineer and add to our preparation for a future professional career.

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.


Project News

Date
Announcement
04.29.10
CPEP site is complete and ready for final review
04.20.10
Final Presentation Published to CPEP Website
04.08.10
Final Report Published to CPEP Website
03.26.10
Draft Presentation Outline Assignment Published to CPEP Website
01.12.10
Thesis Proposal - Revision 1 Published to CPEP Website
12.14.09
Thesis Proposal Published to CPEP Website
12.01.09
Technical Assignment Three Published to CPEP Website
10.28.09
Technical Assignment Two Published to CPEP Website
10.10.09
Building Statistics: Part II Published to CPEP Website
10.07.09
Thesis Abstract Published to CPEP Website
10.05.09
Technical Assignment One Published to CPEP Website
09.14.09
Building Statistics: Part I Published to CPEP Website
09.11.09
Student Biography Published to CPEP Website
09.04.09
CPEP Website Layout Published
08.28.09
Building Statistics I Hard-Copy Completed
08.03.09
Received Owner Approval for Thesis Building
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 Stephen Kelchaw. 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.