Development and implementation of a seismic shake table

Testing of scaled models for buildings under earthquake loading and development of new methods to control seismic vibrations

Wind tunnel tests of emergency vehicles

Simulation of contaminant transport in subsurface media using numerical and physical models, saltwater intrusion, hydrologic modeling and stormwater management

Developing computer methods to improve the laboratory instruction in soil mechanics for the undergraduate engineering curriculum and application of expert systems to soil mechanics laboratory

Stabilization of waste materials for beneficial uses. Current funded research projects are developing specifications for the use of waste glass, waste tires and municipal waste combustor ash as a material source for highway construction.

Composition, energy content, disposal rates, recycling rates, anaerobic degradation and composting of solid waste; contamination of underground storage-tank facilities; sources of lead, mercury and cadmium in the municipal solid-waste stream; composition of residential commercial, governmental and institutional waste; and sediment mapping and analysis in lakes.

Developing fiber-optic sensors to measure pore water pressures; determining the leachate dispersion rate in soil using fiber optics.; developing and implementing a fiber-optic vehicle detection and counter system; and use of fiber-optics to structural engineering applications.

Application of soil pressuremeter to determine elastic soil moduli.

Behavior of steel anchors in high-strength concrete.

Development of new connections for highway signs.

Study of wind actions on structures.

Development of instrumentation to measure wind forces.

Developing specifications for using Recycled Pavement as Base, Subbase or General Highway Fill.

Study of rainfall/runoff relationships on impervious surfaces.