Geomaterials and Geomechanics
Soils, rocks, deep-sea sediments, fly ash, particulated biomass/MSW
Energy geotechnics
Geothermal energy, hydrate-bearing sediments, geological carbon sequestration
Fluid flow and heat transfer in porous media
Multiphase, interfacial phenomema, permeability anisotropy, heat transfer, microbial effects, active fluids
Bioinspired geotechnics
Biological boring mechanisms, biological subsurface sensing
Current Projects
- Bio-inspired geotechnics (heat exchange, drilling), NSF-CBBG
- Microbial effects on multiphase flow, NSF
- Hydrate-bearing sediments, DOE/NETL
- CPT field testing, IDOT
- Extraterrestial micobiology, NASA
- Biomass/NMSW constitutive modeling, DOE/INL
- Machine-learning in subsurface waves, DOE
Undergraduate Research
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