Stanford students can obtain VDC certification by completing the following three major requirements:

Courses: 211 plus any four of CEE 222 (A and B), 241, 242, 243, 259 C or D or approval of John Kunz to substitute an equivalent class or experience

VDC application: at least six months doing work related to application of VDC, completed either as internship work within the Master's program or in a permanent job within one year of graduation.

Integration experience: Report and presentation that describe

o   Engineering project and problem description
o   Explicit measurable outcome and process performance compared to objectives for VDC-related work reported at least monthly over at least a six month period
o   VDC-related Models, methods and metrics personally built or used plus rationale for their choice and comments on their pluses and minuses
o   Engineering and management findings from application of VDC-related models, methods  and metrics
o   Recommendations to your client, to CIFE and the AEC industry based on your experiences and findings, including a Total Economic Impact analysis of your recommendations.

Last updated: September 27, 2010