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Geotechnical Engineering

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering are applied to all of the other disciplines of Civil Engineering. Knowledge of buildings, bridges and highways' ability to reliably transmit their loads to the soil or rock beneath them is crucial. Environmental Engineers must consider the flow of groundwater and its potential contamination as well as design of waste containment facilities. Transportation Engineers dealing with highway design confront problems of assessing stability of highway cut slopes and embankment fills. Many advanced topics (e.g., Stress Distribution, Seepage, Compressibility, Shear Strength, Bearing Capacity, and Slope Stability) in geotechnical engineering area can be offered on an independent basis.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at WPI offers a M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with specialization in Geotechnical engineering. Students have a great deal of flexibility in defining their own education and training programs.

Classes

• CE 590 – GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING–Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management

Research

Professors at WPI actively practice a lifelong pursuit of knowledge. Below is a listing of the research interests of the Geotechnical/Pavement engineering professors. Click on their name to see their research home page. If you would like any additional information or are interested in developing a project, send them an e-mail!

Faculty

Mallick, Rajib - Pavement design and construction, specifically, design and construction of hot mix asphalt, Superpave, Stone Matrix Asphalt, and pavement recycling. rajib@wpi.edu;  1-508-831-5289.

Tao, Mingjiang- Characterization of geo-materials through advanced testing and modeling techniques; Utilization of recycled materials in pavements based on a mechanistic approach; Development of sustainable geotechnical/pavement engineering materials; taomj@wpi.edu; 1-508-831-6487.

List of current research projects:

• Update LADOTD Policy on Pile Driving Vibration Management, sponsored by Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
• Investigation of microscopic origins of macroscopic properties of granular materials through integrative numerical simulations and granular-drag experimental tests

 

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