INTRODUCTION TO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

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Engineering properties of soils including their descriptions and classifications, the effects of water, soil strength and compressibility. Consolidation, permeability and seepage characteristics of soils. Evaluation of shear strength and compressibility parameters from laboratory test data. Calculation of stress changes in soil due to foundation loads. Description of the emergence of modern g eotechnical engineering. Students will develop the ethics and diversity, communication and information skills required to analyze, design and present projects involving geotechnical engineering. CIEN 440L INTRODUCTION TO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 1 CREDIT Laboratory methods to determine engineering properties of soils. Laboratory tests will be conducted to obtain index and mechanical properties such as water content, specific gravity, grain size distribution, permeability, rate of volume change and strength. Students will develop the critical thinking, communication, ethics and diversity and scientific reasoning skills required to analyze, design and present projects involving geotechnical engineering.