GeoSystems Engineering

Researchers

Tianchen Xu

  • Researcher
  • Advisor: Kenichi Soga
  • Research:Gas Well Monitoring

    • Zhenxiang Su

  • Researcher
  • Advisor: Kenichi Soga
  • Research:Three dimensional simulation of hydraulic fracturing in geo-materials using Lattice Element Method

    • Parker Blunts

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Dimitrios Zekkos
  • Research:Multi-scale characterization of weathering zones and slope stability

    • Yuval Keissar

  • Researcher
  • Advisor: Prof. Nicholas Sitar
  • Research:Granular mechanics governing rock avalanche runout

    • Ruonan Ou

  • Researcher
  • Advisor: Prof. Kenichi Soga
  • Research:Fracture monitoring and dynamic traffic tracking using distributed fiber optic sensing technology

    • Yong Liang

  • Researcher
  • Advisor: Kenichi Soga
  • Research:Material Point Method; shear band simulation; large-scale landslide study

    • Yaobin Yang

  • Researcher
  • Advisor: Kenichi Soga
  • Research:Fiber optics gas sensing

    • Bofei Xu

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos
  • Research:Numerical Modeling in Gravel Liquefaction

    • Mirna Kassem

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Dimitrios Zekkos
  • Research:Landslides due to Precipitation

    • Ava Fathian Sabet

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Jonathan Bray
  • Research:Liquefaction Effects on Shallow Bridge Foundations

    • Satuk Sari

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos
  • Research:Gravel liquefaction

    • William Zakka

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Jonathan D. Bray
  • Research:Seismic Performance of Port Facilities Affected by Liquefaction

    • Maksymilian Jasiak

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Kenichi Soga
  • Research:Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) for lifeline underground infrastructure

    • Ashley Woodward

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Professor Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos

    • Youngseok Jo

  • Researcher
  • Advisor: Dimitrios Zekkos
  • Research:Robot-based monitoring of MSW landfills

    • Treves Li

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Dimitrios Zekkos
  • Research:Remote and Scalable Autonomous Sensing for Geotechnical Hazard Detection and Infrastructure Monitoring

    • Kurt Walter Soncco Sinchi

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Mohamad Hallal
  • Research:Surrogate Seismic Earthquake modelling

    • Yitong Yang

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Dimitrios Zekkos
  • Research:Multi-Scale Quantification of Methane Emissions from Landfills

    • Gabriela Paredes

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos
  • Research: Regional flood modeling with simplified seismic vulnerability assessments for levee failure

    • Andreas Kalyvas

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos & Dimitrios Zekkos
  • Research:Mechanical and dynamic behavior of gravels using large-scale experimental, in-situ and numerical methods

    • John Sadek

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Dimitrios Zekkos
  • Research:Regional Landslide Coupled Modeling of Seismic and Precipitation Induced Landslides

    • Joan Deitsch

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Jonathan Bray
  • Research:Seismic Performance of Tailings Dams

    • Ningyi Wang

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Kenichi Soga
  • Research:Cracks and Post-Failure Simulation by Material Point Method

    • Temitope Adebanjo

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Professor Kenichi Soga

    • Aaron Agudelo

  • PhD Candidate
  • Advisor: Kenichi Soga

    • Gyubeom Shin

  • Researcher
  • Advisor: Kenichi Soga
  • Research:Evaluation of Soil-Structure Interaction based on DFOS measurement

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