Brett Reisker | Construction Management
Advisor | Dr. Somayeh Asadi
PENN STATE HERSHEY DATA CENTER
HUMMELSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Welcome to the thesis webpage for Brett Reisker. Senior thesis is a two semester capstone project that takes fifth year students in the Architectural Engineering department at Penn State through an extensive analysis of an actual building project to demonstrate and further develop the skills they have learned while gaining new skills. This thesis project is a construction based analysis of a 1 story data center located in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. Since this thesis project is currently in progress, certian pages may still be under construction. To assist in navigating the site, please use the newsfeed on the right to track which portions of the project have been completed and updated.
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 Deparment of Architectural Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click below.
07.17.15 | Owner Permission Received
07.27.15 | Obtain Project Docs/Specs
09.03.15 | CPEP Home Page Online
09.07.15 | Student Biography
09.16.15 | Technical Report 1
09.29.15 | Building Statistics Part 1
10.15.15 | Technical Report 2
10.19.15 | Building Statistics Part 2
10.25.15 | Thesis Abstract
11.11.15 | Technical Report 3
12.09.15 | Final Proposal
01.18.16 | Revised Proposal
03.14.16 | Revised Proposal 2
03.29.16 | Presentation Outline Draft
04.08.16 | Final Report
04.08.16 | Final Presentation
04.21.16 | Reflection
04.25.16 | Complete & Ready for Final Review
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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 Brett Reisker. 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.