Richard K. Faris 鈥�69 CE, 鈥�70 MSCE Structural Engineering Teaching and Research Laboratory
Director: Joseph Yost, PhD, PE, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Focus: Testing on a variety of full-scale and component size infrastructure elements.
Students Learn:
- Structural behavior of rod web joists
- Concrete durability test
- Gypsum and wood viscoelastic polymer connections
- Continuous concrete beams reinforced with GFRP
- Ductile joist study
- Flexural performance of composite concrete flooring systems
Facility Highlights:
The SETRL contains:
- Reaction floor and wall
- Materials characterization laboratory
- Moisture curing room
- Environmentally controlled testing room
- 25 Ton Overload Crane
- 400 Kip Self Reacting Test Frame
- Data Acquisition Systems
- Machine Shop
- Environmental Chamber
- MTS Hydraulic Systems
- MTS Universal Testing Machines
- 600 Kip Forney Compression Testing Machine
- Charpy Impact Tester