sarah
miller
lighting & electrical design

  • About AE Thesis

    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. An explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements can be found on the Penn State Architectural Engineering Portfolio website.

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  • Progress

    04
    MAY
    2014
    		 CPEP website completed for final review
    02
    MAY
    2014
    		 reflection posted
    02
    MAY
    2014
    		 final presentation posted [24 MB download]
    09
    APR
    2014
    		 final report completed [109 MB download]
    28
    MAR
    2014
    		 milestone 4 completed [28 MB download]
    14
    MAR
    2014
    		 milestone 3 completed [5 MB download]
    21
    FEB
    2014
    		 milestone 2 completed [58 MB download]
    12
    FEB
    2014
    		 thesis proposal page updated to include link for most recent gantt chart
    12
    FEB
    2014
    		 technical assignments page updated to include new Flickr photostream
    31
    JAN
    2014
    		 milestone 1 completed [1 MB download]
    27
    JAN
    2014
    		 breadth topics approved
    17
    JAN
    2014
    		 breadth topics submitted for second review
    16
    JAN
    2014
    		 proposal, version 2 posted on CPEP [8.2 MB download]
    13
    JAN
    2014
    		 beginning of spring 2014 semester
    20
    DEC
    2013
    		 end of fall 2013 semester
    16
    DEC
    2013
    		 proposal checklist submitted for review
    13
    DEC
    2013
    		 proposal, version 1 posted on CPEP [9.5 MB download]
    13
    DEC
    2013
    		 tech report 3, version 2 posted on CPEP [Google Slides] pdf version available on technical assignments
    09
    DEC
    2013
    		 tech 3 presentation at Lutron headquarters
    12
    NOV
    2013
    		 tech report 3, version 1 posted on CPEP [Google Slides] pdf version available on technical assignments
    21
    OCT
    2013
    		 abstract posted on CPEP [1 MB download]
    16
    OCT
    2013
    		 building statistics part 2 posted on CPEP
    14
    OCT
    2013
    		 electrical tech report 2 completed [2 MB download]
    27
    SEPT
    2013
    		 abstract paper draft sumbitted
    20
    SEPT
    2013
    		 resume available on personal web portfolio
    16
    SEPT
    2013
    		 lighting tech report 1, part 2 completed [12.2 MB download]
    13
    SEPT
    2013
    		 building statistics part 1 posted on CPEP
    09
    SEPT
    2013
    		 lighting tech report 1, part 1 completed [1 MB download]
    06
    SEPT
    2013
    		 obtained project documentation
    06
    SEPT
    2013
    		 0wner permission recieved for Prince Frederick Hall
    03
    SEPT
    2013
    		 confirmed master list information
    29
    AUG
    2013
    		 CPEP website seminar attended
    27
    AUG
    2013
    		 bio sketch posted
    30
    JUL
    2013
    		 CPEP full navigation functionality
    18
    JUL
    2013
    		 CPEP website template created
    06
    MAY
    2013
    		 building search began

  • User 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 Sarah Miller. 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.