Lafayette College
Lafayette College is a private residential liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, PA. Founded in 1826, the College has grown to 2,400 undergraduate students from over 42 states and 37 countries. As an undergraduate institution with a 10.5 to 1 student-faculty ratio, there are extensive mentor-ship and research opportunities. Students are also highly involved in extracurricular activities; there are over 250 clubs and organizations including athletics, fraternities and sororities, special interest groups, community service clubs, and honor societies. The College’s beautiful 340 acre campus is also a short ride to both Philadelphia and New York City.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Civil engineers, like all engineers, are problem-solvers. They find ways to construct, operate, and maintain bridges, buildings, dams, and highways. They also design water plants and waste treatment systems, and look for ways to manage hazardous materials. The CEE curriculum at Lafayette College prepares students for a variety of situations by emphasizing fundamental principles of engineering, an appreciation of the effect of human factors on technology, logical thinking, resourcefulness, and ethical considerations in applying science to human problems. In addition to a thorough grounding in science and technology, students select more than one-fifth of their courses in the liberal arts and humanities.
Students may choose to focus on structural, environmental, geotechnical, transportation, construction management, or water resources engineering. Facilities include laboratories for structural systems, fluid mechanics, geotechnical engineering, geographical information systems, and environmental engineering. Design concepts and analytical techniques are integrated into the curriculum, which includes extensive use of state-of-the-art computer systems.
Senior Capstone Design Course
Every CEE student must take two semesters of the CE Senior Capstone Design Course. This course is designed each year for students to work in teams to complete a year-long project that integrates an interdisciplinary approach involving different areas of civil engineering, including Project Management, Site Civil, Environmental, Transportation, and Structural. The content of the course is designed to expose students to open-ended design problems and provide an opportunity for students to utilize many of the skills learned in previous courses within the civil engineering discipline.
Lafayette Engineering Company
The Lafayette Engineering Company (LEC) is a fictitious engineering firm comprised of the members of the senior class of Lafayette College’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This mock company is intended to provide an educational experience to the students enrolled in Lafayette College’s Civil Engineering Senior Capstone Design Course by simulating the development project process in a realistic manner. Although the project design work has been completed to comply with all pertinent standards and codes, all analyses and design work completed by the Lafayette Engineering Company is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as professional design work. Likewise, the ideas and designs set forth by the Lafayette Engineering Company should not be interpreted as the official development plans, goals, or intentions of Lafayette College.