Research
Research activities include contaminant migration in soil, the migration
mechanism of pollutants through clayey soil and into groundwater, and site
characterization for detection and remediation in geo-environmental practice,
including resistivity seismic cone penetration testing and other geophysical
techniques. Please also see the brochure for Environmental Engineering,
which elaborates on the discipline of Geo-environmental Engineering.
Facilities
Excellent research facilities exist for both laboratory and field testing
and for theoretical and analytical work. The department has its own precision
machine shop and electronics support facilities for experimental laboratory
and field research in soil mechanics and geosynthetics, and for the design
and fabrication of advanced testing equipment.
The department has excellent computing facilities, including numerous
networked PC's and UNIX computers, and access to other University computing
resources.
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Civil Engineering environmental Geotechnics Faculty
| Loretta
Y. Li |
Soil-contaminant interaction, contaminant migration, site remediation,
clay liners and clay materials study in geo-environmental practice
and mine tailings waste. |
Faculty in Related Areas
| R. Jonathan
Fannin |
Geosynthetics, reinforced soil, soil filtration and internal erosion,
laboratory testing, field monitoring, landslides, terrain stability
assessment. |
| John A. Howie |
In-situ testing, ground improvement, foundation engineering, geo-environmental
engineering. |
| D. Wijewickreme |
Fundamental property characterization and advanced laboratory testing
of soils, static and dynamic (seismic) stress-strain response of fine
and coarse-grained soils, physical modeling, pipe-soil and soil-structure
interaction, liquefaction, constitutive relations. |
Active Emeritus Faculty
| Peter M.
Byrne |
Numerical methods, computer applications, static and dynamic soil-structure
interaction, constitutive relations, centrifuge modelling, case histories. |
| Richard Campanella |
In-situ testing, onshore and offshore applications, soil properties,
soil stabilization, ground water contamination monitoring. |
| W. D. Liam Finn |
Soil dynamics, seismic response and liquefaction, analytical and
computer methods, offshore structures, centrifuge modelling. |
| Yoginder P. Vaid |
Laboratory testing, static and cyclic behaviour of clay and sand,
liquefaction, constitutive relations, theoretical soil mechanics. |
Adjunct Faculty
| John
M. O. Hughes |
In-situ testing, self-boring pressuremeter, lateral loading of piles. |
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