Abstract
Currently civil engineering undergraduates have limited opportunities to gain an understanding of the principles of structural dynamics or exposure to the innovative new structural control methods. “Hands-on” experiments seem to be particularly effective for teaching basic concepts in dynamics and control. The objective of the educational program described in this paper is to systematically integrate these topics into the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum. Three bench-scale seismic simulator tables are being used to integrate a series of “hands-on” experiments in structural dynamics and control throughout the civil engineering curriculum at Washington University. This paper discusses how structural dynamics and earthquake engineering are being integrated into the undergraduate program at Washington University. Additionally, outreach activities and undergraduate research experiences influenced by the equipment are discussed. Furthermore, an outgrowth of this program, the multi-institutional University Consortium on Instructional Shake Tables, is introduced.
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