Civil and Environmental Engineering - Facilities
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The combination of committed, knowledgeable faculty and excellent research facilities provides undergraduate and graduate students exceptional learning opportunities. The Civil and Environmental Engineering department maintains over 18,000 sqare feet of classroom and laboratory space dedicated to undergraduate instruction and research experience, as well as testing laboratories for research and sponsored projects. |
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 Lohr Structures Laboratory
The Lohr Structures Laboratory (LSL) is a 4000 ft2 high-bay/strong-floor structural testing facility. The high bay area is 39' wide, 90' long, and 28' high. A control room and a storage room open to the high bay area. The strong floor is a 4' thick reinforced concrete slab. The slab is fitted with a matrix of embedded threaded anchors spaced at 1' interval. The pull out force capacity of each anchor is 25 kips. The facility is equipped with a 15-ton overhead traveling bridge crane. The interior space is configured to accommodate load testing of large-scale test specimens and full-scale bridge girders. |
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 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
The Fluid Mechanics Laboratory is a College of Engineering laboratory with all disciplines utilizing the facility including the departments of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. On-site equipment includes an open-channel flume, a three-component laser Doppler anemometer, a stereoscopic particle image velocimetry system, and various apparatus for flow visualizations and fluid mechanics measurements. Numerous experimental and instructional assignments and endeavors occur in the laboratory. |
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For more information on the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, click here. 
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 HDR Environmental Laboratory
The HDR Environmental Laboratory is primarily a research, testing, and training laboratory for water related studies. This laboratory is equipped with seating and tables for 12 as well as a whiteboard and projection screen. There are separate rooms for anaerobic experiments and chromatography. In addition, there are two temperature controlled walk-in cabinets for storage of samples. Some of the equipment housed in this lab includes a graphite furnace Atomic Adsorption, flame adsorption spectrometer, UV-Persulfate TOC analyzer, phase contrast microscope, UV-Visible spectrophometer, BOD analysis system, Ion chromatograph, automated chemical gas chromatograph, on-line particle counter, wastewater samples, on-line turbidity system, biological ferementor system, an ozone generator, as well as other testing equipment. Analytical services are available from this laboratory through the Water and Environmental Engineering Research Center (WEERC).
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For more information on the WEERC, click here.
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| Concrete Laboratory
The concrete laboratory is used for general testing of aggregates and the mixing and testing of fresh and hardened concrete. The laboratory has a teaching area with seating and tables for 16 students for recitation prior to conducting a laboratory exercise. The laboratory has a curing room with 100 percent humidity and racks for the storage of significant numbers of concrete specimens. A capping hood is provided as well as scales and associated equipment for testing of fresh concrete. This lab is home to a 300,000 pound capacity compression testing machine as well as a mixer and concrete saw.
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| Geotechnical Engineering Laboratories
The main function of these laboratories is the general testing of soils. The undergraduate geotechnical laboratory is equipped with seating and tables for 16 students for recitation prior to conducting laboratory experiments. The laboratory also has large tables that provide work space for conducting experiments. The room is equipped with a sieve shaker, a free standing mixer, a consolidometer, a hydraulic testing machine, a direct shear testing machine, a triaxial testing machine, a permeameter and various smaller equipment such as scales and ovens.
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For more information on the Geotechnical Engineering Laboratories, click here.
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| Structural Materials Laboratory
The Structural Materials laboratory has seating and tables for 16 students for recitation prior to beginning a laboratory experiment. It houses several smaller testing machines including universal testing testing machine with a 60,000 pound capacity, a torsion testing machine with a 1000 in-lb capacity, universal testing machine with a 1000 pound capacity, various accesories for these machines and other small testing equipment.
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| Bituminous Laboratory
The Bituminous Laboratory is mainly a research laboratory and does not have recitation space. The lab is furnished with counter space and tables for performing exepriments. Equipment housed here includes an asphalt compactor, a pressure aging vessel, an asphalt content testing machine, a viscometer with heater, a rotational viscomenter, as well as smaller testing equipment. Two-thirds of the laboratory space is under ventilated hoods and an additional room is provided for shakers and other equipment.
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| Design Studio Laboratories, Classrooms, and Computer Laboratory
The Civil and Environmental Engineering department maintains three design studio laboratories and classrooms. These rooms are equipped with tables and chairs that allow students to have open references to work design based problems. These rooms have whiteboards and projection screens. The computer laboratory is a place where students can work on assignments, check email or look up new job postings. The laboratory is equipped with computers, a scanner, a laser printer, and other equipment. Software is available for general wordprocessing, spreadsheets, creating presentations, as well as industry design software including Structural Design (SAP, PCA Frame, PCA Column, PCA Beam, PCA ADOSS, SAFE), AutoCAD, LanDesktop, Water treatment and collection (SewerCAD, WaterCAD, Haestad methods, HEC-RAS).
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