{"id":2027261,"date":"2019-02-20T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csengineermaga.wpengine.com\/?p=2027261"},"modified":"2019-02-20T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T17:48:16","slug":"auburn-constructing-advanced-structural-testing-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/auburn-constructing-advanced-structural-testing-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"Auburn constructing Advanced Structural Testing Laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>The new Advanced Structures Lab will include a high bay laboratory with specially engineered floors and walls capable of handling extreme structural testing loads; a geotechnical test chamber; a concrete materials research and testing laboratory; a wind testing facility and faculty and graduate student spaces.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Auburn, Ala. \u2014 Auburn University is taking another giant step as the Southeast\u2019s leader in structural engineering research and instruction through the construction of a $22 million Advanced Structural Testing Laboratory. The 41,500-square-foot facility will include a high bay laboratory with specially engineered floors and walls capable of handling extreme structural testing loads; a geotechnical test chamber; a concrete materials research and testing laboratory; a wind testing facility and faculty and graduate student spaces.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Auburn constructing $22 million Advanced Structural Testing Laboratory\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c9ur_gRbNCI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 4,700-cubic-foot geotechnical test chamber is a unique feature \u2014 one of the few across the nation included in a university laboratory. It will allow students and faculty to conduct testing that has only been possible in the field until now on structures such as foundations, anchorages and towers. In addition, the wind testing facility will allow replication of the dynamic wind loads induced by hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme wind events on large-scale specimens. These unique features, and many more, will accelerate research aimed at reducing the impacts during extreme events, and increase lifespan and safety of structures under all loading conditions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2027262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2027262\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2027262\" src=\"https:\/\/live-cs-engineer-magazine.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Auburn-Lab-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Auburn-Lab-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Auburn-Lab-750-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2027262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new Advanced Structures Lab will help boost Auburn\u2019s structural engineering research and instruction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAuburn is at the forefront of engineering education, and by providing our students opportunities for experiential learning, we\u2019re ensuring our graduates emerge as industry leaders,\u201d said Auburn University President Steven Leath. \u201cThis outstanding facility enables our researchers to deliver innovative solutions to pressing industry demands \u2014 something Auburn does best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The laboratory will be located near Auburn University Facilities Management offices on West Samford Avenue. The construction of the new facility will allow the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering to repurpose the current structural laboratory space in the Harbert Engineering Center for other academic and research programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you combine the strong floor and strong wall with the geotechnical testing capability and all the other materials testing capabilities, we think this will be one of the best laboratories in the country \u2014 if not the best,\u201d said Steve Taylor, associate dean for research in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. \u201cIf I\u2019m a civil engineering student who wants to be a structural engineer, this is going to be one of the best places to go to school in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auburn University is taking another giant step as the Southeast\u2019s leader in structural engineering research and instruction through the construction of a $22 million Advanced Structural Testing Laboratory. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4085,"featured_media":2027263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6704,2839,1853],"tags":[9535,1510,2969,9538,490,9536,9537],"acf":[],"views":19,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Auburn-Lab-interior-750.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}