Current Research Areas

• Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering
• Liquefaction
• Retaining Structures
• Characterization of Expansive Clays
• Chemical Soil Stabilization and Improvement
• Stabilization Lightly Loaded Foundation
• Measurement of Soil Properties
• Foundation Design Analysis
• Relief Wells for Hydraulic Structures
• Geoenvironmental Soil-Structure Interaction

Research Projects

• ASDSO Advanced Technical Seminar on Slope Stability for Embankment Dams
• Optimizing Equipment and Methods to Evaluate the Quality of Pavement Subgrades
• Resilient Moduli of Typical Missouri Soils and Unbound Granular Base Materials
• Focusing on Identifying Proper Pore Fluids in Transparent Soils
• Assessment of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Based on Seismic Instrumentation Data
• Camera Calibration Using Neural Network for Image-Based Soil Deformation Measurement Systems Landfill
• A Study to Determine the Effects of Organics on the Results of Quicklime Slurry Treatment of Clay Soil
• Evaluation and Utilization of the WP4 Dewpoint Potentiameter
• A Study of the Effects of Injected Chemical Soil Stabilizers on Expansive Clays and Clayston
• Earthquake Mitigation Research Program of Highway Systems
• GAANN Fellowship Program on Doctoral Training in Civil Infrastructure Engineering
• Liquefaction Demonstration - Research and Design
• Investigation of Agents of Practical Use to Stabilize Slopes and Erosion Along the I-55 Corridor South of Sikeston, Missouri
• Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Surface Soils
• Earthquake Hazard Assessment Along Designated Emergency Access Routes
• Ground Mobility Key Indicators for Spectral Data Analysis and Imaging, Phase I and Phase II
• Natural Disasters and Industrial Activities in Urban Environments
• Imaging Spectroscopy for Geomaterials Characaterization
• Determination and Prioritization of MoDOT Geotechnical Related Problems with Emphasis on Effectiveness of Designs for Bridge Approach Slabs and Pavement Edge Drains
• Comprehensive Shear Wave Velocity Study: Poplar Bluff, Missouri
• Learning System to Integrate GIS into Civil Engineering Curricula
• Static, Dynamic and Liquefaction Behavior of Silts
• Evaluation of Bridge Approach Slabs Performance and Design
• Upgrade of Geodynamics Laboratory
• Lower Osage River Erosion Studies
• Displacement Based Analysis and Design of Rigid Retaining Walls During Earthquakes
• Seismic Analysis of Pile Surpported Rigid Bridge Abutments
• Liquifaction of Sands and Silts
• Prediction and Performance of Dynamic Lateral Response of Single Piles
• Test on Abutment of Bridge J857
• Use of Porous Steel Soil Nails for Enhancing Dynamic Stability of Earth Dams
• Effects of Relief Well Efficiency on Slope and Piping Stability of Mississippi River Levees
• Evaluation of Auger-Cast Piles: Theoretical vs. Pile Load Test Axial Capacity