Undergraduate Student Facilities
Obtaining a Lab Key: Keys to laboratories can be obtained in the Civil Engineering Suite on the second floor of Latrobe. A key will be loaned with a $10 dollar deposit, to be returned when the key is returned.
The Facilities: The teaching and research facilities of the Department of Civil Engineering are located primarily in Latrobe Hall. The Department has a computer laboratory, a student library, a conference room, a senior design room, and a lunch room.
Teaching laboratories include the fluid mechanics laboratory, the undergraduate and graduate soil mechanics laboratories, and the structural testing laboratories. The facilities of the Latrobe shop are available for student course and research work.
Computers: Computers with high speed internet and printing are located on the bottom level of Latrobe, in both the Senior Design Room and the adjacent rooms. Keys to these rooms can be obtained on the second floor of Latrobe. In addition, Macs and PCs are available at the Krieger Academic Computing Lab located at 161 Krieger Hall. For faster wireless connections, try using the Hopkins network.
DNS and LES of Turbulent Flows over Wavy Boundaries
Interaction of turbulence with wavy surfaces is important to many applications including drag reduction using fish-like waving motions, sediment transport, and winds over ocean waves. Prof. Shen’s group uses numerical simulations to study the detailed flow structure and the underlying mechanism.
Ying Guan BS ’08
Bloomberg Scholar
“During my time at Hopkins Civ-E, I have had the pleasure of researching with two professors and also working with a team of Hopkins undergraduates to help structurally redesign Gilman Hall.”