Nemours Children's Hospital as a part of The Nemours Foundation is a new 7-story 600,000 square foot building consisting of two components: a bed tower and an outpatient center. The combined components will provide 85 beds, emergency department, diagnostics and ambulatory programs, educational and research centers, and an outpatient clinic.

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.

Note: All images courtesy of The Nemours Foundation and SGH unless otherwise noted.

NEWS

DATE	ANNOUNCEMENT
04/29/12	CPEP Complete
04/29/12	ABET Assessment & Reflection Posted
04/29/12	Thesis Final Presentation Posted (PDF)
04/04/12	Final Report Posted
01/16/12	Building Statistics II Posted
01/13/12	Proposal Revisions Posted
04/04/12	Final Report Posted
01/16/12	Building Statistics II Posted
01/13/12	Proposal Revisions Posted
12/09/11	Proposal Posted
12/09/11	Tech II Revisions Posted
12/09/11	Additional Tech I Revisions Posted
11/16/11	Tech III Posted
10/24/11	Abstract Posted
10/19/11	Tech II Posted
10/19/11	Tech I Revisions Posted
9/23/11	Tech I Posted
9/12/11	Building Statistics I Posted
9/9/11	Student Bio Sketch Posted
9/9/11	Full Menu Functionality
9/2/11	Home Page Posted
8/26/11	Building Statistics I Complete
8/3/11	Owner Permission Obtained
8/1/11	Project Documentation Obtained

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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 Caitlin Behm. 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.