Kiewit Center for Infrastructure and Transportation

Facilities

 

  •  Driving & Bicycling Lab
     —  High-fidelity moving-base driving simulator
     — Pitch motion system provides on set cues for acceleration and braking events
  • Geotechnical Testing Lab
     — Testing in support of both practice-oriented investigations and state-of-the-art research
     — Advanced geo-mechanical modeling of soil-structure interaction
     — Full scale, well-instrumented testing of field geo-systems
  •  Green Building Materials Lab
     — Eirich High Intensity Concrete Mixer R09T

     — Scientemp Freeze/Thaw Machine

     — Batch Viscoelastic Thermal Compression Device

 — Pore solution extraction device
 — Automated chemical shrinkage (ASTM C 1608)

 — Drying Shrinkage Chamber (ASTM C 1581, ASTM C 157, AASHTO T334)
  • Kiewit Materials Performance Lab
     — Evaluate the constructability and performance of materials and structural systems used in all types of construction
     — Cementitious and metallic deterioration
  •  O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Lab
     — Physical modeling of tsunami and ocean wave structure interaction studies
     — Analysis of off-shore structures

 

Research Centers