Alex's Senior Thesis Home Page

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A l e x J . K o s i s - S t r u c t u r a l O p t i o n

Welcome to Alex Kosis' AE Senior Thesis e-Portfolio

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:
Aug. 27	First Day of Classes
Aug. 27	Signed Owner Permission Form Due
Aug. 31	Building Statistics Part I Due
Sep. 7	e-Studio Webpage Started
Sep. 20	Student Bio Posted
Oct. 5	Technical Report I Due
Oct. 10	Thesis Abstract Complete and Mounted
Oct. 15	Building Statistics Part II Due
Oct. 29	Technical Report II Due
Dec. 3	Technical Report III Due
Dec. 17	Thesis Proposal Due
Apr. 9	Final Report Posted
May 10	ABET Survey and Reflection Posted
May 10	Thesis Presentation Posted

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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 ar e solely the interpretation of Alex Kosis. 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.