Gangone, M. V. (2022, March), Creating a Hands on Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory Experience at Home  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, Prairie View, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--39168

\bibitem{asee_peer_39168}
  Gangone, M. V. (2022, March), \emph{Creating a Hands on Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory Experience at Home}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, Prairie View, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--39168

Michael V. Gangone.  "Creating a Hands on Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory Experience at Home".  2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, Prairie View, Texas, 2022, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/39168 Internet.  21 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_39168}
  Michael V. Gangone.
  "Creating a Hands on Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory Experience at Home".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, Prairie View, Texas, 2022, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/39168 Internet.  21 Apr, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The academic world turned upside down in March 2020 with the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.  In person classes suddenly transitioned from face-to-face to a virtual environment for the remaining of the spring and into the summer term.  One course in particular, Civil Engineering Materials, Codes and Specifications, had been scheduled to be taught in person during the summer.  This particular course introduces students to materials used in civil engineering design and construction which includes discussions on material properties.  This course contains not only a lecture component but also a very important hands-on-laboratory experience.  Recognizing the importance of maintaining a hand on experience, this paper discusses the process in developing a civil engineering materials laboratory kit that students could complete at home.  Nine at home laboratory experiments related to testing aggregate properties, making concrete, performing a slump test, reinforced concrete beam construction, testing clay masonry brick, timber testing, analysis of metal specimens and implementation of the International Building Code (IBC) were designed for students to complete at home.  Providing students with this experience helped to target different learning styles 

This paper will discuss the process of the transition, which includes developing the laboratory experiments, testing them, building the laboratory kits and the deliverables required by the students.  At the end of the course, students were ask to complete a course assessment where they analyzed the instructor performance as well as the course learning outcomes.  This data, combined with student comments that will also be provided, suggest that the course was effective in delivering the content in a meaningful and impactful way.  While there is no recommendation to move this class fully online, it was good to know that if necessary this face-to-face laboratory experience could be transitioned to an effective at home experience.  

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