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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 Control115, 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

Katharine Drurey

M.S. Student (CEE)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

M.S. Student (CEE)

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Office: Mason building, 2140
Email: kdrurey3@gatech.edu

Education

M.S., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Present
B.S.,  Civil Engineering, University of Rhode Island, USA, 2023

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

My Calendar

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

Xiaoru Liu

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: xliu938@gatech.edu

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Geosystems Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Present
M.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa, USA, 2023
B.S.,  Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa, USA, 2021


Research Interests

  • Multiphase flow in porous media at the core scale
  • Mineral scale control in porous media at the core scale
  • Shale wettability characterization

Yumeng Zhao

Ph.D. Student (CEE)

Geosystems Engineering
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

Ph.D. Student (CEE)

Geosystems Engineering
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Processes Laboratory

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

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Present
M.S., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2018
B.S.,  Civil Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2017


Research

  • Simulation of granular flow – Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
  • Angel wing shells (Cyrtopleura costata) inspired rock drilling