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CEE 578Senior-LevelCapstone DesignLecture 8 : 

CEE 578 Senior-Level Capstone Design Lecture 8 CEE 578 Senior-Level Capstone Design Lecture 11 Jeffrey S. Russell, P.E. Michael G. Oliva, P.E. Rod Hassett, P.E.

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Outline Introduction Meet with industry mentor

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Poem- Inspiration When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world.

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Poem- Inspiration Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. -Patanjali

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“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” – Sir Winston Churchill Quotes

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“Build a dream and the dream will build you.” – Robert Schuller Quotes

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Introduction THE LAW OF EMPOWERMENT Only Secure Leaders Give Power to Others BARRIERS TO EMPOWERMENT Desire for job security Resistance to change Lack of self-worth Law of Leadership

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“The people’s capacity to achieve is determined by their leader’s ability to empower.” Quotes

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Panama Canal, Republic of Panama Introduction History-Project

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Panama Canal, Republic of Panama Introduction History-Project Train Loading at Aspinwall for Panama Cutting the Canal at Panama

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Panama Canal, Republic of Panama Introduction History-Project During the initial construction of the Panama Canal President Roosevelt visits the Panama Canal

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Panama Canal, Republic of Panama Introduction History-Project Originally undertaken by the French, the canal was redesigned and constructed by American engineers between 1903-1914. Official Opening of the Panama Canal, 1914 Combining the skills of sanitary, hydraulic, geotechnical, structural and railroad engineers, and effectively mobilizing the efforts of thousands of workers and the power of diverse machines, the greatest sea-to-sea lock canal of all time was successfully built and remains today a major artery in world trade. The chief engineers of this American project were John F. Wallace, 1900 ASCE president; John F. Stevens, 1927 ASCE president, and George W. Goehals.

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History-Project

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Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Cornish, NH to Windsor, VT Introduction History-Project This two-span covered bridge, with an overall length of 460 feet, is the longest covered bridge existing in the U.S. It is a Town lattice timber truss design of It type widely used on many early timber bridges and later in building construction. It was built in 1866 and is still in use.

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History-Project

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History-Person Introduction Thomas Telford (1757-1834) Scotsman, the engineer of structures, as the greatest engineering artist of that same period; his bridges, nearly all of which still serve today, are the first works of modern engineering to show a personal aesthetic vision. He is known for his iron bridges, especially his development of the wrought-iron suspension bridge and of the cast-iron arch bridge between 1795 and 1826.

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History-Person Introduction Thomas Telford (1757-1834) He had the instincts of an artist, which led him to think of his designs both in technical and in aesthetic terms. The works of structural art provide evidence that the common life flourishes best when the goals of freedom and discipline are held in balance.

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History-Person Introduction Thomas Telford (1757-1834) The discipline of structural art are efficiency and economy, and its freedom lies in the potential it offers the individual designer for the expression of a personal style motivated by the conscious aesthetics search for engineering elegance.

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History-Person Introduction Three leading ideals of structural art 1. Efficiency 3. Elegance 2. Economy

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Today Meet with industry mentor