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PERSONAL REFLECTION OF TEACHING ADVANCED FOUNDATION DESIGN COURSE Session: Geotechnical Education Challenges / Défis de la formation en géotechnique Jinyuan Liu, Ryerson University (Canada) This paper presents course development and lessons learned from teaching Advanced Foundation Design at Ryerson University. This graduate level course considers practical design of shallow and deep foundations for various structures. The topics cover subsurface investigation, foundation type and selection, design principles, shallow foundations, pile design for axial and lateral loads, and pile group. This course was developed eight years ago and modified over the years. So far it has been offered four times to graduate students, on an average of 20 students each time. The tasks for students include attending regular lectures and guest talks, conducting personal readings and individual and team projects, critical reviewing of a research paper, making a presentation, and finishing a final exam. The results from the last four offers will be discussed based on statistical analyses of student compositions, student performance, and feedback. In the end, how to improve the quality of teaching and enhance the students' learning experience for future teaching will be discussed.
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