The undergraduate capstone experience is
designed to bring reflection and focus to the
whole of the college experience. It should
encourage students to integrate facets of their
area of concentration with important concepts
from related disciplines. This culminating
college experience should focus on some feature
of the student's area of concentration and
should require the disciplined use of skills,
methodology, and knowledge taught throughout the
undergraduate curriculum.
The
capstone experience should focus on integration
and/or application of knowledge and skills
rather than only on the acquisition of new
knowledge and skills. It should be
student-driven, requiring students to take
ownership and responsibility for the experience.
The Meaning of Capstone
Project:
Also called
a capstone experience, culminating project, or
senior exhibition, among many other terms, a
capstone project is a multifaceted assignment
that serves as a culminating academic and
intellectual experience for students, typically
during their final year of high school or middle
school, or at the end of an academic program or
learning-pathway experience.
Capstone
projects are generally designed to encourage
students to think critically, solve challenging
problems, and develop skills such as oral
communication, public speaking, research skills,
media literacy, teamwork, planning,
self-sufficiency, or goal setting. In most
cases, the projects are also interdisciplinary,
in the sense that they require students to apply
skills or investigate issues across many
different subject areas or domains of knowledge.
There is
no required textbooks for this course. Additional
references and materials on the course topics will
be provided over the course. The following are
some suggested reading materials.
Bownass,
D. A., 2001. Building Services Design
Methodology: A Practical Guide, Spon
Press, London & New York. [696
B787 b][eBook
via EBSCOhost]
Churcher,
D., 2009. A Design Framework for Building
Services: Design Activities and Drawing
Definitions, 2nd ed., Building Services
Research and Information Association, Bracknell,
Berkshire, England. [692.1
C56]
Churcher,
D.,
Sands,
J. and Parsloe, C., 2008. Model
Demonstration Project: Apply HVAC Building
Services Calculations, Building Services
Research and Information Association, Bracknell,
Berkshire, England. [696
C55]
CIBSE,
2008. CIBSE Concise Handbook, 3rd ed.,
Chartered Institution of Building Services
Engineers, London. [696
C5]
De
Saulles, T., 2002. An Illustrated Guide to
Mechanical Building Services, Building
Services Research and Information Association,
Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [P
658.25 D44]
Hall,
F. and and Greeno, R., 2013. Building
Services Handbook, 7th ed., Elsevier,
Oxford, U.K. [690
H17]
Hall,
F. and and Greeno, R., 2011. Building
Services Handbook, 6th ed., Elsevier,
Oxford, U.K. [690
H17][ebook
via ebrary]
Hastings,
P.,
2005.
The Illustrated Guide to Electrical Building
Services, 2nd ed., Building Services
Research and Information Association, Bracknell,
Berkshire, England. [621.3
D27]
Hawkins,
G., 2009. Building Services Job Book: A
Project Framework for Engineering Services,
BG 1/2009, Building Services Research and
Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire,
England. [AV
690 H39 CDROM + licences]
Langmaid,
J.,
2004.
Choosing Building Services: A Practical Guide
to System Selection, Building Services
Research and Information Association, Bracknell,
Berkshire, England. [P
690.24 L26][SL
690.24
L26 CDROM]
Pennycook,
K.
A., 2010. Illustrated Guide to Mechanical
Cooling, BG 1/2010, Building Services
Research and Information Association, Bracknell,
Berkshire, England. [697.93
P41]
Pennycook,
K.,
2009.
The Illustrated Guide to Ventilation,
Building Services Research and Information
Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [P
697.92 P416 ]
Pennycook,
K.,
2007.
Design Checks for HVAC: A Quality Control
Framework, BSRIA Guide BG 4/2007, 2nd ed.,
Building Services Research and Information
Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [697
R1][AV
697 P416]
Pennycook,
K.
2006.
Design Checks for Electrical Services,
Application Guide BG 3/2006, Building Services
Research and Information Association, Bracknell,
Berkshire, England. [628.0941
P41][AV
621.31924 P41 d]
Pennycook,
K.
2006.
Design Checks for Public Health Engineering,
Application Guide BG 2/2006, Building Services
Research and Information Association, Bracknell,
Berkshire, England. [621.31924
P4][AV
621.31924 P4 d]
Pennycook,
K.,
Churcher,
D. and Bleicher, D., 2007. A Guide to HVAC
Building Services Calculations, 2nd ed.,
Building Services Research and Information
Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [AV
697
G94][AV
697 G94 CDROM]
Race,
G. L. and Mitchell, S., 2003. A Practical
Guide to HVAC Building Services Calculations,
Building Services Research and Information
Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [697
R1 p][AV
697
R1 p8]
Rush,
R. D., 1986. The Building Systems
Integration Handbook, American Institute
of Architects, New York. [720
R95]