Selection and Execution of Civil Engineering Capstone Design Projects at the United States Coast Guard Academy

Civil engineering students at the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) must complete a capstone project as a graduation requirement.The main objective is to enable students to experience real life engineering problem solving, design, team work, project execution and management.To satisfy program and accreditation requirements, the projects must have certain components such as problem definition, research, scheduling, solution analysis, design and communication of results.To better prepare our students for their unique future roles as civil engineers in the Coast Guard, most capstone projects involve working with Coast Guard officers and civilian engineers in the field on