Incorporation of Geotechnical Engineering, Geological, and Geophysical Field Methods into Undergraduate Civil Engineering Curricula

这个项目的目标是让土木工程专业的本科生接触到他们在岩土工程实践中会遇到的各种各样的现场测试设备。在大多数大学，这种训练传统上并没有被列入本科课程的一部分，然而实地测试已经成为岩土工程公司的主要设计工具。因此，当前的行业需求决定了本科土木工程教育重点的变化。这种变化包括更加强调跨学科测试技术。工程师们依靠地质和地球物理方法结合岩土工程现场测试来进行工程勘测和确定设计参数。选择这些设备是为了让学生们接触到当前实践中最广泛使用的一些其他工具：核密度仪、膨胀仪和地球物理设备（地震仪、电阻率仪和磁力计）。每年大约有170名学生将通过三门土木工程本科课程的实地练习来熟悉这些新工具。

The goal of this project is to expose undergraduate civil engineering students to the wide variety of field test equipment they will be encountering in geotechnical engineering practice. This training has not traditionally been included as part of the undergraduate curricula at most universities, yet field testing has as the primary design tools for geotechnical engineering firms. Current industry needs are therefore dictating a change in the focus of undergraduate civil engineering education. This change includes a greater emphasis on interdisciplinary testing techniques. Engineers are relying on geological and geophysical methods in conjunction with geotechnical field test to conduct engineering surveys and determine design parameters. The equipment was selected in an effort to expose students to some other tools most widely used in current practice: a nuclear density device, a dilatometer, and geophysical equipment (seismograph, resistivity meter and magnetometer). Approximately 170 students per year will become acquainted with these new tools through field exercises incorporated into three undergraduate civil engineering courses.