SCHOOL OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Session 2 2011 CVEN 2201 Soil Mechanics Subject Coordinator: Professor Nasser Khalili Room: CE512 [email protected]
COURSE DETAILS Lectures: 9:00 to 11:00 Monday Weeks 1-12 Room Mat ThA
15:00 to 16:00 Wednesday Weeks 1-12 Room Mat ThA
Tutorials: Wednesday 16:00 to 18:00 Weeks 2-12 as per your tutorial grouping Lab Classes: Monday 11:00 to 13:00 Weeks 2-12 Lab Block (Groups A1&A2)
Tuesday 09:00 to 11:00 Weeks 2-12 Lab Block (Groups B1&B2)
Tuesday 13:00 to 15:00 Weeks 2-12 Lab Block (Groups C1&C2)
Wednesday 13:00 to 15:00 Weeks 2-12 Lab Block (Groups D1&D2)
Thursday 13:00 to 15:00 Weeks 2-12 Lab Block (Groups E1&E2)
Friday 9:00 to 11:00 Weeks 2-12 Lab Block (Groups F1&F2)
Friday 12:00 to 14:00 Weeks 2-12 Lab Block (Groups G1&G2)
OBJECTIVES To understand the basic principles of soil mechanics. To study the behaviour of soil as an engineering material, both theoretically (through lectures) and practically (through laboratory classes). TEXT BOOK R.D. Holtz, W.D. Kovacs and T.C. Sheahan, "An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering", Second Edition, 2011. REFERENCES B.M. Das, "An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering". J.E. Bowles, "Physical and Geotechnical properties of Soils".
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G.N. Smith, "Elements of Soil Mechanics". Lee, W.White, and O.G. Ingles, "Geotechnical engineering". Lambe and R.V. Whitman, "Soil mechanics".
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ASSESSMENT
Laboratory work: Max 10% Quiz I: " 20 % (Closed Book) Quiz II: 20% (Closed Book) Final exam: " 50 % (Closed Book) Total 100% Note: 1. There are five laboratory classes. Reports on these are due one week after completion of each
class. Each report has ten marks and a penalty of one mark per each day of late submission will be applied.
2. No marks will be awarded for reports over ten days late, but submission will still be required before the final exam to avoid an UF (Unsatisfactory Fail).
3. The reports shall be deposited in the boxes outside Room 210. 4. Laboratory classes are compulsory, failure to attend will result in an UF. 5. The exam scripts will not be returned.
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SCHEDULE OF LECTURES Week-1a: Introduction, phase diagram, soil classification Week-1b: Soil classification. No Laboratory Tutorial 1 Week-2a: Clay mineralogy. Week-2b: Flow of water in soil. Laboratory 1 Groups A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, G1 Tutorial 2 Week-3a: Flow of water in soil. Week-3b: Flow of water in soil.
Laboratory 1 Groups A2, B2, C2, D2, E2, F2, G2 Tutorial 3 Week-4a: Flow of water in soil. Week-4b: Quiz I (weeks 1 to 3) Laboratory 2 Groups A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, G1
Tutorial 4
Week-5a: Soil compaction. Week-5b: Consolidation - Theory Laboratory 2 Groups A2, B2, C2, D2, E2, F2, G2 Tutorial5 Week-6a: Consolidation Theory Week-6b: Rate of consolidation Laboratory 3 Groups A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, G1 Tutorial 6 Week-7a: Rate of consolidation Week-7b: Rate of consolidation Laboratory 3 Groups A2, B2, C2, D2, E2, F2, G2 Tutorial 7 Week-8a: Stress distribution Week-8b: Quiz II (Weeks 4-7) Laboratory 4 Groups A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, G1 Tutorial 8
Week-9a: Stress distribution and settlement analysis Week-9b: Shear strength, the concept of failure, Mohr circle
Laboratory 4 Groups A2, B2, C2, D2, E2, F2, G2 Tutorial 9
Week-10a: Shear strength of soils Week-10b: Shear strength tests
Laboratory 5 Groups A1, B1, C1, D1, E1, F1, G1 Tutorial 10
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SCHEDULE OF LECTURES Cont’d Week-11a: Public Holiday Week-11b: Shear strength of soils No Laboratory Tutorial 11 Week-12a: Stress path technique Week-12b: Stress path technique
Laboratory 5 Groups A2, B2, C2, D2, E2, F2, G2 Tutorial 12
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SCHEDULE OF LABORATORY CLASSES
Week Day Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5
2 Mon 11-1 Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A1 Group B1 Group C1 Group D1 Group E1 Group F1 Group G1
3 Mon 11-1
Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A2 Group B2 Group C2 Group D2 Group E2 Group F2
4 Mon 11-1
Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A1 Group B1 Group C1 Group D1 Group E1 Group F1 Group G1
5 Mon 11-1
Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A2 Group B2 Group C2 Group D2 Group E2 Group F2 Group G2
6 Mon 11-1
Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A1 Group B1 Group C1 Group D1 Group E1 Group F1 Group G1
7 Mon 11-1
Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A2 Group B2 Group C2 Group D2 Group E2 Group F2 Group G2
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SCHEDULE OF LABORATORY CLASSES Cont’d
8 Mon 11-1 Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A1 Group B1 Group C1 Group D1 Group E1 Group F1 Group G1
9 Mon 11-1
Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A2 Group B2 Group C2 Group D2 Group E2 Group F2 Group G2
10 Mon 11-1
Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A1 Group B1 Group C1 Group D1 Group E1 Group F1 Group G1
11 No Laboratory
12 Mon 11-1
Tue 9-11 Tue 1-3 Wed 1-3 Thu 1-3 Fri 9-11 Fri 12-2
Group A2 Group B2 Group C2 Group D2 Group E2 Group F2 Group G2
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LABORATORY GROUP A1 (Monday 11-1)
Fitzgerald,Joshua 3451
Reinhardt,Mika 3451
Abdul Ahed,Gabriel 3620
Adikarta,Joel 3620 Ahmad,Nur Liyana Binte 3620
Ahmad,Zakaria 3620 Alam,Mohammad Sohaib 3620
Back,Jeeeun 3620
Beck,Stephanie Hana 3620
Bedson,Mark 3620
Bleasdale,Thomas 3620
Bouma,Shaun Brandon 3620
Boyd,Charles William 3620
Burg,Matthew 3620
Chan,Rodney Fong-Chi 3620 Chan,Timothy Hay-Choun 3620
Chau,Raymond 3620
Chen,Feilong 3620
Chen,Wing Chun 3620
Chen,Xiaoyu 3620
Chen,Xue 3620
Cheng,Nuo Lizzie 3620
Chi,Lijuan 3620
Chiong,Gabriel Zhen 3620 Hyder,Muhammad Sameel 3705
Conrad,Justin 3620
Dharmawirja,Christian 3620 Downey,Gretel Michelle 3620
Duckhs,Jarrah 3620
Elder,Simon Geoffrey 3620
Enright,Paul 3620
Li,Bin 3620
Hughes,Shelby Lee 3620
Naidu,Devek 3624
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LABORATORY GROUP A2 (Monday11-1)
Rong,Chang 3620
Sutton,Benjamin 3620
Ahn,Peter Juyoung 3715
Amarakoon,Asitha Prabath 3715
Anzar,Mohamed Jafran 3715
Chang,Jason 3715
Chau,Christopher 3715
Chen,Xiao Feng 3715
Tait,Catriona Erin 3624
Cheung,Jeff Tai Kit 3715 Ephraums,Christopher Charles 3624
Conomos,Peter Arthur 3715
Dalton,Jacob Brian 3715
Simpson,Rohin Ambrose 3146
Dongol,Irene 3715
Huang,Qi Yuan 3705
Edmondson,Craig Graham 3715
Finnegan,Joshua 3715
Forward,Bronson Mark 3715
Fowler,Daniel Benjamin 3715
Goddard,Alison Katrina 3715 Haertsch,Matthew Stephen 3715
Harrison,Alice 3715 Heaton,Joshua Mark Alfred 3715
Hu,Yu Xuan Jacky 3715
Hu,Zili 3715
Johnstone,Amelia 3715
Jung,In-Young 3715
Kho,Alvin 3715
Kim,Hyun Soo 3715
Klein,Yaacov 3715 Kumaravel,Arun Prashanthan 3715
Kwan,Brendan 3715
Wong,Alexander 3705
Lai,Cynthia 3715
Lai,Kevin 3715
Ning,Ziwen 3631
Smith,Elliot 3715
Yanran Ma
Cuthill,Christopher 3624
Yazidi,Abed El Monem 3715
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LABORATORY GROUP B1 (Tuesday 9-11)
Lemon,Ryan Sebastian 3715
Lin,Zhenfeng 3715
McGill,William Neil Kevyn 3715
McNevin,David Peter 3715
Minic,Aleksandar 3715
Nadesan,Thuwaarahan 3715
Ngoh,Nicholas 3715
Plain,Richard Courtenay 3715
Quach,Jonathan En-Ning 3715
Rusli,Matthew Christopher 3715
Shen,Eddie 3715
Singh,Maninder 3715
Jimmy Ngo
Son,Edward Joo-Hyun 3715
Song,Hyun Soo Michael 3715
Suwito,Daniel Kristianto 3715
Tan,Julian 3715
Teng,Leonard 3715
Tran,Melanie 3715 Vidanapathirana,Pulith Geesara 3715
Viengkhou,Evelyn 3715
Wagasooriya,Buddhini Udayanga 3715
Wan,Justin 3715
Watts,Murray James 3715
Wong,Rainbow 3715
Wu,Adrien 3715
Wu,Sam Zouming 3715
Mohina,Rami 3620
Yi,William 3715
Amos,Hannah 3705
Wang,Peng 3727
Abdalla,Danny 3730
Cheng,Virginia Gigi 3730
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LABORATORY GROUP B2 (Tuesday 9-11)
Li,Ronald Ka Hung 3620
Lai,Kingsley Kar Kin 3730
Luo,Lucia 3730
Malas,Ahmad 3730
Chua,Yih Dar 3620
Schmidt,Ryan Bernard 3730
Sharma,Shaneel 3730 Wong,Nicholas Ting Long 3730
Zhang,Si Yi 3730
Cheong,Christopher 3715 Huynh,Christopher Kevin 3631
Khan,Bilal 3735
Lee,Siu Man Vincent 3735
Ly,Donna 3735
Wai Hang Chan
Meyers,Tristan 3735
Moll,Anthony 3735
Chan,Chung Yin Nigel 3631
Thein Han Cornwell,Richard Magnus 4776
Gibbins,Caleb James 4776
He,William 4776
So,Brian Gee-Bun 4776
Yuan,Francis 4776 Farrell,Robin Lenardson 6001
Perry,Chase 6001 Robins,Gregory Andrew 6001
Nan Chen
Norrish,Samuel 3705
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LABORATORY GROUP C1 (Tuesday 1-3) Hoang,Vuong Anh 3136
Keaveney,Robert 3620 Bui,Tommy Trung Hieu 3146
Khan,Sharif Manzoor 3620
Kim,Chi Cuong 3620
Kim,John Jung In 3620
Kim,Yeongtag 3620
Kogias,Luke 3620
Lau,Ling 3620
Le,James Hieu Trung 3620
Lei,Fen Ming 3620
Leung,Hoi Kit 3620 Nicotra,Joseph Anthony 3730
Li,Jiahui 3620 Correy,Wallace Abraham 3621
Liang,Junwen 3620
Liang,Raymond 3620
Liao,Bin 3620
Atinder Sanghera
Diep,Benjamin 3624
Lin,Feng 3620
Lin,Jinhui 3620
Lin,Zhiyang 3620 Mackenzie,Beau Alexander 3705
Long,Haocheng 3620
Lu,Shuai 3620
Lu,Zezhou 3620
Mack,Mitchell Leslie 3620
Mahmood,Tamim 3620
Makkar,Rohan 3620
Milojevic,Samantha 3620
Labutis,Lukas Natas 3715
Cohen,Dylain 3715
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LABORATORY GROUP C2 (Tuesday 1-3)
Zhang,Chen Tony 3715
Moore,Matthew Lloyd 3620
Xu, Chenlin Munoz,Esther Kathleen 3620
Murphy,Patrick 3620
Mustafa,Mustafa 3620
Naidu,Aaron Kunal 3620
Nguyen,Anna Hong An 3620
Nguyen,Dinh Lan 3620
Li,Yue 3625
Nguyen,John 3620
Nguyen,Nam Huy Van 3620
Nguyen,Peter 3620 Nguyen,Tho Vinh Truong 3620
Niu,Haochen 3620 Diamond,Daniel Shlomo 3715
Ong,Eugene 3620
Orrock,Vincent Peter 3620
Peng,Kebin 3620
Peng,Yubo 3620
Peng,Yunqing 3620
Pham,Doan Chi Nghia 3620
Pham,Huynh Truc 3620
Pham,Nicolas 3620 Piechowski,John David 3620
Pilli,Sairam Reddy 3620
Haddad,James 3620
Pisupati,Keerthi 3620
Player,Nathan Robert 3620 Pryde,Matthew Douglas 3620
Joel Alexander
Quach,Geoffrey 3620
Ren,Yuan 3620
Rifi,Shaza 3620
Yao,Yuzhou 3625
Chen,Wanling 3620
McGarity,Claire Adrienne 3620
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LABORATORY GROUP D1 (Wednesday 1-3)
Davison,Edwina 3621
Luburic,Ivan Kresimir 3621
Noonan,Patrick 3621
Nguyen,Hoang Vu 3620
Belovai,Thomas 3624
Cao,Wei 3624
Chernyavsky,Michael 3730
Courtney,Anya 3624
Chaturvedi,Aanchal 3640
Hu,Kui 3620
Dewberry,Aaron James 3624
Liao,Jianhong 3620
Liu,Xiangyu 3620
Fiddis,Nicholas McQuistan 3624
Harmey,Georgia 3624
Hiwilla,Dilyar 3624
Ho,Hoang Son 3624
Hoque,Fariza Tajrin 3624
Jeoung,Taehee 3624
Kacopieros,Maritsa 3624
Kastengren,Martin 3624
Ke,Zhihao 3624
Kim,Joseph Hahyung 3624
Kumar,Vishant 3624
Zhu,Liurong 3620
Liang,Yin 3624
Lipman,Julianne Rose 3624
Liu,Yi Lin 3624
Chendong Ji
Nguyen,Howard 3624
Nguyen,Minh Triet 3624
Pan,Fengxin 3624
Morris,Daniel Rabatan 3146
Jones,Brett Thomas 3620 John Robitnytskyj 3620
Qu,Yao 3620
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LABORATORY GROUP D2 (Wednesday 1-3)
Ranjan,Uma 3624 Ratnayake,Chamari Priyagi 3624
Sherman,Michael 3624
Soames,Tasman James 3624
Song,Yiming 3624
Kejun Qing
Thom,Lisa Sterling 3624
Wang,Yi Xin 3624
Fong,Chon Kit 3620
Yu,Sheng 3624
Zhang,Ge Jessica 3624
Zhang,Han 3624
Care,James 3146
Zhao,Xincheng 3624
Zhu,Yi Fei 3624
Ahmed,Razeen Faiz 3625
Holgate,Elisa 3625
Kochhar,Aarushi 3625
Gibb,Lee 3620
Liu,Jiaxi 3625 Nguyen,Ngoc Phuong Dong 3625
Parent,Julien 3625
Phillips,Matthew Sean 3625
Qu,Yi 3625
Stenberg,Damian John 3625
Wen,Yu 3625
Wu,Lun 3625
Walker,Alice 3735
Rowe,Edward Charles 3626
Webb,Harry Allister 3626
Carigliano,Sam 3525
Abid,Sarah 3631
Almir,Mahmoud 3631
Beljic,Natasha 3631
Brendan Cowpe 3631
Simon Elder 3631
Kwan Lung 3631
Maric,Ivona 3735
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LABORATORY GROUP E1 (Thursday 1-3)
Winder,James 3624
Rubiano,Ian 3620
Russell,Jock William 3620
Sabra,Mahmoud 3620
Salim,Vincent 3620
Sandhu,Hari Singh 3620
Sanjaya,Irwan 3620
Sara,Anthony Elias 3620
Sathio,Norman 3620
Savignano,Domenic 3620
Scholes,Christopher 3620
Shekeb,Nilab 3620
Shen,Hao 3620
Shi,Jiaxiang 3620
Siskovski,Viktor 3620
Su,Han 3620
Subramaniam,Hariprasath 3620
Sun,Yage James 3620
Taji,Nicholas 3620
Tan,Marcus 3620
Tang,Jiajun 3620
Tang,Qianqian 3620
Thai,Vincent 3620
Thornton,Bianca Grace 3620
Tju,Alexander 3620
Toma,Mariana 3620 Travers-Jones,Christina Jane 3620
Wan,Mengya 3620
Wang,Sichen 3620
Wang,Tuo Tian 3620
Wang,Xiaotian 3620
Waters,Timothy Patrick 3620
Watts,Jamie 3620
Pindoria,Manish Devshi 3620
Kwan Lung
Mok,Sze Wai 3620
Oh,Ji Su 3620
Dower,Mohammad 3715
Majlessi,Seyed-Farzam 3705
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LABORATORY GROUP E2 (Thursday 1-3)
Wei,Xinyuan 3620
Wei,Yantao 3620
Whelan,Sean Christopher 3620 Wickramasinghe,Sarinda Navin 3620
Willey,Joel Keith 3620
Wong,Adrian Chong Yit 3620
Wu,Binhua 3620
Wu,Ka Yiu 3620
Wyatt,Ryan 3620
Xi,Yangyang 3620
Xu,Lei 3620
Xu,Yanliuying 3620
Xue,Xiafeng 3620
Yan,Junpeng 3620
Yan,Mengzhu 3620
Yang,Fan 3620
Yao,Yichao 3620
Yap,Keat Boon 3620
Ye,Zhi 3620
Yu,Jiatong 3620
Yu,Sibo David 3620
Yu,Zhou 3620
Yuan,Cheng 3620
Zahara,Matthew 3620
Zhang,Dennis Peng 3620
Chen,Qing 3146
Zhang,Ming 3620
Zhang,Shaoxiang 3620
Zhang,Wei 3620
Zhao,Jiajun 3620
Zhong,Weilun 3620
Zhou,Jingwei 3620
Kedi,Vincent 8538
Gao,Bilun 3620
ONG Choon Hoong
Mustafa Semih Asaroglu
He,Chen 3620
Crowe,James 3624
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LABORATORY GROUP F1 (Friday 9-11)
Limwattana,Jay Tian 3620
Choo,Hak Min 3624
Chen,Jennifer Sang 3631
Choudhury,Saptak 3631
Cisneros,Martin Matias 3631
Dinh,Paul Thien Son 3631
Do,Alexander Quang 3631
El-Khouri,Celine 3631 Jia Lun Poon Kaluarachchi,Sachitha Samadini 3631
Kandola,Kiran Kaur 3631
Murray,Angus Lachlan 3631
Nguyen,David Khai 3631
Li,Annie Peini 3624
Rajkumar,Thiviya 3631
Sharma,Nikhil 3631
Singh,Ravneet 3631
Tang,Matthew 3631
Unwin,Jack Dominic 3631
Yaw,Louis Alexander 3631
Yu,Sze Yeung 3631
Zhou,Yi Fei 3631
Alam,Tajveed 3640
Keith Chui
Lam,Jimmy 3640
Lee,Hin Ho Donald 3640
Li,Shengye 3640
Nanthakumar,Nishanth 3640
Lea,Lars 3656
Webber,Daniel William Frank 3656
Mowla,Aniqa Tahseen 3703
Tang,Joy Qiao Yi 3703
Vi,Steven 3703
Jung,Samantha Lea 3620
Chen,Rui 3624
Wesley,Charlotte Jane 3626
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LABORATORY GROUP F2 (Friday 9-11)
Azzi,Pierre 3705
Bronkhorst,Chris Stephan 3705
Calarco,Rocco 3705
Choi,Inkwon 3705
Clifford,Joshua 3705
Docking,Beau 3705
Blumberg,Benjamin Mark 3735
Hammond,Rohan Edward 3705
Zhang,Junyi Zoe 3620
Bray,Monique Elizabeth 3631
Jones,Seamus 3705
Kwon,Dong Hyun Daniel 3705
Lim,Ivan 3705
Lindegren,Klara Linnea 3705
Luke,Bishoy Boshra 3705
Morales,Patrick Luis 3620
Zhe,Ren
Miranda,Mark 3705
Vrcelj,Filip 3715
Pearsall,Simon 3705
Pham,Minh Duy 3705
Poon,Alexander 3705
Wagasooriya,Thilini 3705
Widdowson,Jack 3705 Justin shortis
Wong,Vincent 3705
Yu,George Guangzhi 3705
Zhou,Yichi Star 3705
Duong,Lawrence Warren 3710
Kokkinos,Kosmas 3710
Mavromoustakos,Christopher 3710
Vats,Piyush 3710
Ahmadzai,Sultan Mahmmod 3715
Ahmadzai,Sultan Sanjar 3715
Quek,Serena Xiu-Lin 3621
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LABORATORY GROUP G1 (Friday 12-2)
Farr,Joshua David 3620
Fletcher,Callum Lloyd 3620
Frecker,Jonathan Crichton 3620
Fu,Kok Kit 3620
SIU TszH
Gao,Fengrui 3620
Gao,Junqin 3620
Cornell,Jennifer 3735
Gonlag,Adam 3620
Gould,Edward James 3620
Gregory,Benjamin Eli 3620
Gu,Xiaojun 3620
Gunawan,Edwin 3620
Guo,Jiyang 3620
Dongol,Julian 3705
Haddad,Richard 3620
Hargraves,Aaron James 3620
Hassan,Fariha 3620
Hassan,Rafid 3620
He,Yaorong 3620
He,Ziyan 3620
Ho,Denny 3620
Hu,Jiabin 3620
Huang,Chuangyu 3620
Huang,Tian Yue 3620
Hyland,Trevor Jacob 3620
Islam,Sakeeb 3620
Jia,Gerry 3620
Jiang,Chao 3620
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LABORATORY GROUP G2 (Friday 12-2)
Norman
Alexander,Joel 3140
Valdez,Gary Vincent 3970
Johnson,Toby Samuel 3620
Harry Than Htike Aung
Dinh,Minh 3146
Fang,Thomas 3146
Fredotovic,Ana 3146
Gupta,Ayush 3146
Hefford,Samuel Kain 3146
Huang,Conan 3146
Kurtzer,Kelsea Irene 3146
Lee,Jae Hyuk Jason 3146
Kesby,Cameron 3620
Saymontry,Jovin 3146
Sheng,Yifeng 3146
Chang,Wei-Ling 3621
Singh,Manbir 3146
Ur-Rahman,Ibad 3146 Wiradinata,Davin Edbert 3146
Yoon,Sang Joon 3146
Chow,Jacky 3451
Dilipkumar,Christina 3451
Zhao,Liangxiao 3624