Xiao, S., & Schneider, R. J., & Backus, E. (2022, March), Integration of a Local Riverbank Failure Problem in Civil Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference, Syracuse University, New York. 10.18260/1-2--45415

\bibitem{asee_peer_45415}
  Xiao, S., \& Schneider, R. J., \& Backus, E. (2022, March), \emph{Integration of a Local Riverbank Failure Problem in Civil Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference, Syracuse University, New York.
  10.18260/1-2--45415

Suguang Xiao, Robert J Schneider, and Erik Backus.  "Integration of a Local Riverbank Failure Problem in Civil Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum".  2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference, Syracuse University, New York, 2022, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/45415 Internet.  04 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45415}
  Suguang Xiao, Robert J Schneider, and Erik Backus.
  "Integration of a Local Riverbank Failure Problem in Civil Engineering Undergraduate Curriculum".
  \emph{2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference, Syracuse University, New York, 2022, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/45415 Internet.  04 May, 2024

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AB  - One of the primary goals of undergraduate educators is to provide engineering students with engaging problems to build skills needed for their careers. Project based coursework puts responsibility on the student to initiate self-directed learning and opportunity to apply fundamentals. Recently, with the solicitation of the local municipality, Dr. Xiao volunteered in assisting a homeowner to rectify a slope failure along the St. Regis River in Brasher Falls, NY through the development of a course project. Clarkson University students enrolled in CE 415 Foundations, Stability, and Retaining Structures (Fall 2019), and CE310 Geotech Engineering I: Soil Mechanics (Spring 2019), two fundamental geotechnical engineering courses, were tasked with the following engineering problem: two major riverbank failures occurred near the house in 2016 and 2019, respectively, which threatened the nearby resident’s home. Fluvial erosion undercuts bank toe and steepens the slope which is the main reason for bank failures. In the project, students were given the site layout and additionally performed in-situ dynamic cone penetration tests to determine the soil parameters such as soil strength and friction angle. Students classified the soil as silty sand through sieve analysis and Atterberg limit tests. Based on these results, students self-learned the slices and circle method to perform a slope stability analysis. After determining the possibility of another failure, the students of CE 415 provided reinforcement solutions. The importance of project-based coursework is essential to the department’s curriculum and the development of industry ready professionals. In addition, the project assisted the owner in performing a slope stability analysis and designing retaining structures for the bank slope. With the efforts of the local municipality and other parties, the threat to the house has been removed. Exposing students to local community engineering problems enhances their interest throughout the course and better prepare themselves for their future careers.
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