Christopher Temple – Subsurface Processes Laboratory

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Join SPL as a graduate, an undergraduate, a postdoc, or a visiting scholar. We always welcome researchers with enthusiasm in studying energy geotechnics and biogeotechnics with us!

With strong interests in our research, you are invited to contact us and share your CV and (research) plans!

Geosystems Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

790 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA

Phone: (404) 385-4757

Email: sheng.dai@ce.gatech.edu

Graduate Program Application:

http://www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu/apply

http://www.grad.gatech.edu/ce

Abdallah Ikbarieh

Ph.D. Student (CEE)

Graduate Research Assistant, Geosystems
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Ph.D. Student (CEE)

Graduate Research Assistant, Geosystems
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Office: Mason building, 2140
Email: aikbarieh3@gatech.edu

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Geosystems Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Present
M.S., Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering), Louisiana State University, USA, 2021
B.S., Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2018

Research Interests

Characterization and simulation of granular flow
Numerical simulation and constitutive models of granular flow
Non-recyclable Municipal Solid Waste (NMSW) materials testing
Geosynthetic-reinforced pile-supported embankments

Aryong Yun

Ph.D Student (CEE)

Graduate Research Assistant, Geosystems
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Ph.D Student (CEE)

Graduate Research Assistant, Geosystems
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Office: Mason Building, 2140
Email: aryong.yun@gatech.edu

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Present
M.S., Petroleum Resources Technology, University of Science and Technology (KIGAM Campus), Republic of Korea, 2021
B.S., Geological Sciences, Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea, 2018

Research Interests

Geological carbon storage
Multiphase fluid in porous media

Publications

Yun, A., & Song, I. (2022). Pore fluid substitution effects on elastic wave propagation in Berea sandstone: Implication to seismic monitoring of CO2 geologic storage. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 115, 103609.

Imgenur Tepecik

Ph.D. Student (CEE)

Graduate Research Assistant, Geosystems
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Ph.D. Student (CEE)

Graduate Research Assistant, Geosystems
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Office: Mason Building, 2140
Email: itepecik3@gatech.edu

Education

B.S., Civil Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA, 2019

Savannah Howard

Ph.D. Student (OSE)

Graduate Research Assistant
Ocean Science and Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Ph.D. Student (OSE)

Graduate Research Assistant
Ocean Science and Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Office: Mason Building, 2140
Email: savannah.howard@gatech.edu

Education

B.S., Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2018

Sheng Dai (PI)

Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor

Geosystems Engineering,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
& Ocean Science and Engineering
& Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (courtesy)

Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor

Geosystems Engineering,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
& Ocean Science and Engineering
& Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (courtesy)

Office: Mason Building, 2251
Email: sheng.dai@ce.gatech.edu

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Education

PhD, MSCE, Civil Engineering (Geosystems), Georgia Tech
MS, BS, Civil Engineering, Tongji University

Research Interests

Geomaterials characterization
Flow in porous media
Subsurface geomechanics

Advanced testing and modeling
Bio-inspired geotechnics
Energy geotechnics

Google Scholar

Honors and Awards

2020, NSF CAREER Award
2017, Bill Schutz Junior Faculty Teaching Award, CEE/Georgia Tech
2016, Class of 1969 Teaching Fellows, Georgia Tech
2013; 2014, ORISE Fellowship, NETL/DOE
2013, George F. Sowers Distinguished Graduate Student Award, Geosystems/Georgia Tech

Service

Associate editor, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Editorial advisor, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
Task force leader, ISSMGE TC308 – Energy Geotechnics
Advisory: Pressure Core Advisory Board, USGS, DOI; GOM2 Marine Test Advisory Committee, UT/DOE.
Member: AGU; InterPore; ISSMGE; SEG; ASCE; Geo-Institute.
Reviewer: Geophysical Research Letters; Journal of Geophysical Research; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems; Environmental Science and Technology; Advances in Water Resources; etc.