Assistant Professor
Geotechnical Engineering
Research Interests
Main Focus Areas
Energy Geotechnology and Sustainability: Physical and numerical/analytical modeling of ground-coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes associated with energy geotechnology. Typical research thrusts include; (1.) Ground-coupled heat exchangers and energy geostructures (energy piles, thermal tunnels etc.), (2.) Thermal and mechanical energy geostorage (underground thermal energy storage, compressed air energy storage etc.), (3.) Temperature and physicochemical effects on soil behavior, (4.) Carbon footprint of geotechnical construction, (5.) Carbon sequestration and underground storage, (6.) Nuclear waste storage, (7.) Waste recycling and use of by-products in earth structures. Several of these focus areas have yielded research projects while the others remain as ongoing efforts at various stages of development.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Dynamic response of soils and earth structures, mitigation of ground damage during earthquakes. Main focus areas are (1.) Performance of improved ground during earthquakes, (2.) Dynamic soil-foundation-structure interaction, physical and numerical/analytical modeling of earth structures and foundations, (3.) Dynamic response of fine grained soils, (4.) Dynamic behavior of carbonate sands, (5.) Seismic site amplification with specific emphasis on intraplate tectonic and geologic environments, (6.) Induced seismicity related to fluid injection for oil and gas recovery. Most of these focus areas have yielded research projects in addition to the others aligned with ongoing research efforts.
Disaster Resilience: Disaster risk management during natural disasters along interdisciplinary interfaces of engineering, economy and public policy to improve the resilience of physical infrastructure systems and communities. Main focus areas are (1.) Decision frameworks for infrastructure resilience in response to multi-hazards, (2.) Characterization of emerging vulnerabilities as a result of increased urbanization and societal interconnectedness, (3.) Quantitative decision making frameworks for multi-dimensional and multi-scale analysis of hazard impacts on physical infrastructure and communities. This is an emerging interdisciplinary research area with growing collaborative opportunities with researchers from geosciences, systems engineering, urban affairs and planning as well as other disciplines of civil engineering.
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Research Funding: Total $8.8 million
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