The year long thesis project provides 5th year AE students the opportunity to perform real-world tasks that most professional engineers do for their career.  This project allowed for insight for what to expect in our future careers.  In analyzing the existing building systems and proposing new alternative designs, many challenges were faced that needed to be overcome; therefore, much knowledge was gained through this process.  Allocating resources and knowledge learned from the AE curriculum, various internships and through extensive research; I was able to effectively design a new structural system and integrate it with other building systems to provide a sustainable engineering design spearheaded by the structural systems.  And upon completion of my thesis, I have gained experience that will be invaluable to me in my future career as an Engineer.