Undergraduate starting his first geotechnical internship
Undergraduate starting his first geotechnical internship
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Hey all,
I'm an undergrad starting an internship in the geotechnical unit of my state's DOT this summer. My previous experience has been as a research assistant (I basically made and tested concrete all summer).
My job duties are: intern will assist our unit with field inspections and investigations, core-box delivery and storage, drilling inspection, performing elementary geotechnical design review and analysis, research, plans review and providing general support to our overextended staff."
I've taken courses in Soil Mechanics and just completed Foundation Engineering. Based on the description above, what should I review/be ready for when I begin work? The main duty is "assist with field inspections and investigations". I've been taught the theory and basic procedures, but could anyone give me explicit examples of what I'd most likely be doing?
Thank you!
I'm an undergrad starting an internship in the geotechnical unit of my state's DOT this summer. My previous experience has been as a research assistant (I basically made and tested concrete all summer).
My job duties are: intern will assist our unit with field inspections and investigations, core-box delivery and storage, drilling inspection, performing elementary geotechnical design review and analysis, research, plans review and providing general support to our overextended staff."
I've taken courses in Soil Mechanics and just completed Foundation Engineering. Based on the description above, what should I review/be ready for when I begin work? The main duty is "assist with field inspections and investigations". I've been taught the theory and basic procedures, but could anyone give me explicit examples of what I'd most likely be doing?
Thank you!





RE: Undergraduate starting his first geotechnical internship
RE: Undergraduate starting his first geotechnical internship
RE: Undergraduate starting his first geotechnical internship
Take advantage of this internship. Read the standards that you'll be using. Notice that sometimes conditions will require that you modify those standards a bit to accomplish the task for the conditions your are in, but not so much as to compromise the data. You'll learn some practical application of judgment. Good luck. Soak it all in!
RE: Undergraduate starting his first geotechnical internship
I'd recommend reviewing ASTM D-2488, which is the visual-manual method for classifying soils. I'd also click around the FHWA web page for geotechnical references.
Have fun and get some tick spray!
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RE: Undergraduate starting his first geotechnical internship