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Civil Engineering

Creating a Reinforced Concrete Beam

Testing Reinforced Concrete Beam to Failure

The Civil Engineering Curriculum recognizes the importance of laboratory experience that combines elements of theory and practice as an integral part of the student’s professional education. To accomplish this objective, the Department maintains a separate, well-equipped laboratory.

Laboratories:

Materials & Structures - Room LL220
Geotechnical - Room LL222
Hydraulics - Room LL223
Environmental Laboratory - Room LL201
Concrete - Rooms LL221 & LL225

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.