Description :  The Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) is a center of excellence in the College of Engineering Science (COES), which acts as a catalyst for education and research activities in the area of trenchless technology across the college. The proposed Trenchless Technology Education and Research Laboratory (TTERL) is a critical enhancement of the current teaching and research activities performed in the area of trenchless technology by the 20+ faculty members associated with the TTC. The project has four principal goals: (1) To improve trenchless technology teaching at COES; (2) To support emerging specialty educational areas within the college and to support advanced continuing education courses for practicing professionals from across the country offered by the TTC and COES faculty members; (3) To support the physical testing needs of a variety of faculty in COES through the availability of general purpose testing equipment such as the hydraulic actuator; (4) To create a unique educational and training facility. The TTERL will be the most comprehensive, dedicated TT education and training facility in North America. The TTERL will have an immediate and pronounced effect on the quality of the undergraduate and graduate curricula in COES, proving laboratory space for undergraduate civil engineering and technology courses as well as college-wide graduate courses. Together with existing expertise, the TTERL will become a vehicle for the COES and the TTC to achieve national and international eminence in the areas of trenchless technology education, training, and academic research.

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Principal Investigator:  Allouche, Erez  --  Civil Engineering

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Collaborators:  Ray Sterling, Jay Wang, David Hall, Aziz Saber

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Funding Agencies:  Board of Regents

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Amount Awarded:  $83,616

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Start Period:  06/01/2004

End Period:  06/30/2005