Laboratory of Geosynthetics (LGE)

The Laboratory of Geosynthetics aims to meet the demands of classes in the Transport area of the Department of Civil Engineering and the demands of undergraduate and postgraduate research. The laboratory has 12 computers and space for a further 12 notebooks to carry out practical classes and projects in various disciplines. In this laboratory, modeling research has been carried out in a BIM environment, focusing on the geometric design of roads, paving and signage of highways and other transportation infrastructures. The laboratory also has a Wagner-type sample shaker and a field penetrometer, which is used to perform the in situ CBR index test.