Facilities
Laboratories
All of the laboratories used by the Civil Engineering program are located in the Lehman Center. The labs used by Civil Engineering students are equipped with a whiteboard and an overhead projector. Some of them have overhead video projectors for computer-based presentations. The department portable projectors are available for use by faculty and students for presentation purposes.
Classrooms
The Civil Engineering program uses general-purpose classrooms in several buildings on campus. Every classroom is equipped with a desktop PC, a document camera, a ceiling-mounted video projector, and a laptop connection. Classrooms also are equipped with whiteboards and an overhead projector and screen.
The Lehman Center includes one classroom equipped with video-conferencing equipment and large-screen televisions. The classroom has a capacity of 45 students; it can be used for synchronous delivery of courses at a distance (e.g., from Daytona Beach to Prescott). There are three classrooms in the Lehman Center with computer stations for every student: one with capacity for 18 students, the other two for 30 students. Other classrooms available for Civil Engineering courses range in maximum seating capacity from 28 to 64.
Most Civil Engineering classes, however, are held in Lehman 233, which includes a foyer area that Civil Engineering students use as a study and casual meeting and recreational area. This 28 chair laboratory is the principle laboratory in the Embry-Riddle University system dedicated to the analysis and design of aviation-transportation issues and is the principle laboratory for the CIV311 (Introduction to Transportation), CIV330 (Computer Applications in Transportation), CIV140 (Engineering Measurements), structural analysis and design courses, environmental engineering courses, and CIV413 (Geometric Design of Roadways) courses. The laboratory is equipped with five Pentium computers with Internet access, a Hewlett-Packard D-size plotter, a Laserjet printer, and a table-top scanner. Transportation analysis and drafting software packages available in the laboratory include:
- Autodesk AutoCad Civil Design software
- CATIA
- TSIS
- NETSIM / CORSIM
- TRAFVU
- MOBILE
- CALINE
- INM 6.0
- EDMS
Labs, Classrooms, Buildings
Airport Configuration Laboratory
The Airport Configuration Laboratory is used for instruction and project development for Civil Engineering courses, clubs, and project teams.
Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory
The Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory is dedicated to civil engineering materials research and contains appropriate testing tools for concrete, steel, asphalt, and timber. This space is also used in the construction of senior design projects.
This lab is used to experimentally reinforce concepts and theory presented in engineering courses that support the AE, CIV, and ME degrees. Students routinely perform Tensile Tests, Hardness Tests, Heat Treatment, Microstructure Observation, Torsion, Fracture, etc.
The equipment in this room is used to test structures and components typical of those found in aircraft and spacecraft. The kinds of standard tests that can be performed include uniaxial tension/compression, bending, torsion, fatigue, vibration, and corrosion, as well as ultrasonic and acoustic emission nondestructive testing. Specialized structures, typical of wings, fuselages, and trusses, are mounted on a large frame and are subjected to loads applied by a hydraulic ram. Strain gauges are used to measure the stresses.
