ENGV 320 Civil Engineering Lab

No civil engineering project gets built without a comprehensive understanding and testing of the material properties and strengths being used in the project. Students learn best by doing, and they will get their hands dirty while conducting various laboratory tests to determine numerous engineering properties of several civil engineering materials (e.g., soils, concrete, steel, asphalt). An understanding of how these material properties and strengths are determined allows the student to design civil engineering projects with confidence and a better appreciation of the variables involved in the design process. The student will work as a team member in conducting the labs and preparing a written report of the results. 

Textbook readings, lecture presentations and weekly readings

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Hudgins Building Restrictions and Acknowledgement Assignment

For this assignment, students will read the Hudgins Building Restrictions section of the instructions file. Then, the student will sign and date the file, acknowledging they will fulfill and maintain the restrictions.

Transportation Lab Assignment

For this assignment, the student will complete a lab report about the Synchro microsimulation tool to evaluate traffic operational performance at various types of intersections.

Surveying Lab Assignments (3)

For these assignments, the student will complete lab reports on different surveying topics. These include: Height Measurements of Inaccessible Objects, Drone Surveying, and GIS.

Soil Lab Assignments (4)

For these assignments, the student will complete lab reports on different soil topics. These include Visual Identification of Soils, Sieve Analysis, Standard Proctor Compaction, and Atterberg Limits.

Steel Lab Assignments (4)

For these assignments, the student will complete lab reports on different steel topics. These include Tension Test and Compression and Hardness Test of Steel Specimens.

Quiz: Course Feedback

For this quiz, the student will answer four short-answer questions providing feedback about the intensive. The quiz has no time limit and allows one attempt.