Civil Engineering Service Projects (CESP)

The Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences will coordinate service projects with several clients during the fall 2006 semester, including the City of South Bend Potawatomi Zoo and the YMCA Camp Eberhart. These are cross-curriculum team projects that have a civil engineering emphasis, but most teams benefit from input by almost every discipline or undergraduate major. The current approach is to offer these service projects through the courses CE 25600 (first-year and sophomores), CE 35600 (juniors), and CE 45600 (seniors), which are entitled “Civil Engineering Service Projects.”

Course Registration

For information and registration information, contact:

Lloyd H. Ketchum, Jr. ketchum@nd.edu,

Link to COURSE DESCRIPTION AND CURRENT PROJECTS <<pdf file>>

A new Notre Dame student Zoo Club is being formed. One CESP member is shown posing with children for pictures.		Constructed wetlands, pools, and streams planned for water treatment, conservation, and enhanced esthetics at several exhibits.
Young male kangaroos found during boxing practice.		A CESP team completed a preliminary design of an African Savannah exhibit. Giraffes are people friendly.
One CESP team prepared preliminary design for the 1/3-scale railroad. Dr. Ketchum was one of the first engineers.		One CESP team designed an expansion of the Outdoor Chapel and solicited ASCE members for a construction weekend.
The African Savannah exhibit requires design for the moat renovation.		The fun part of a construction weekend included a high ropes course experience.
The beginning of the Zoo Tree Farm.		A CESP team beginning design and construction of a nature trail around Spatterdock Lake