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Research
Research Interests:
- Geomechanics and Advanced Experimental Methods
- Beneficial Use of Waste Materials
- Mechanics of Tailings and Mine Waste
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Foundation Engineering
Research Responsibilities/Activities:
- Director of CSU Geotechnical Research Laboratory (A9 Engineering)
- Executive Committee Member - Tailings and Mine Waste Conference
- Member - ASCE Soil Properties and Modeling Committee
Research Projects:
| 2010-2011 |
MEPDG analysis of ESR subgrade stabilized with off-specification fly ash, United States Department of Transportation, $52,000 |
| 2010-2011 |
Interface friction of expansive soil-PVC, Engineering Analytics, $9,798 |
| 2009-2011 |
Sustainable stabilization of sulfate-bearing subgrade soils with ESR technology, Colorado Department of Transportation, $29,734 |
| 2009-2011 |
Degradation of mine waste strength, Tetra Tech, Engineering Analytics, URS Corporation, MWH, SRK Consulting, Knight Piesold, and Golder Associates, $43,000 |
| 2008-2010 |
Beneficial use of off-specification CCPs to increase the stiffness of ESR mixtures, United States Department of Transportation & American Coal Ash Association, $49,770 |
| 2008-2010 |
Field construction of Expansive Soil-Rubber (ESR) mixtures for Civil Engineering applications, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, $149,320 |
| 2008-present |
CSU/CTL|Thompson helical pier foundation testing site, CTL|Thompson, Inc., $N/A |
| 2007-2009 |
Expansive foundation soils stabilized with waste tire rubber, Colorado Commission on Higher Education, $128,913 |
| 2006-2009 |
Beneficial use of waste tire rubber in low-volume road and bridge construction, United States Department of Transportation, $78,799 |
| 2006-2008 |
Application of fly ash as a light-frame wood house insulator, Prof. John van de Lindt (PI), American Public Power Association, $30,000 |
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