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- Soil-structure interaction
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- Computational neural networks
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- Transportation geotechniques
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- Civil engineering information /infrastructure systems
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- Computational geomechanics
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- Site characterization
and visualization
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Graduate Students
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@ Kansas
State University:
Current:
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Ali,
Hossam, PhD candidate
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Zhang,
Xiaobin "Carol" , MS
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Itani,
Omar, MS
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Anderson,
Scott, MS
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McLain,
Kevin, MS
Graduated:
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Imad
Basheer, PhD, May 1998
Dissertation Title: "Neuromechanistic-based
modeling and simulation of constitutive behavior of
fine-grained soils"
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Wissam
Naouss, MS, May 1995
Thesis Title: "Design charts for seepage estimates
under hydraulic structures"
@ George Washington
University:
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Amini,
Ali, PhD, June 1993.
Dissertation Title: "Interface phenomena under high
intensity stress waves"
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Guerricagoitia,
Xabier, MS, June 1993.
Thesis Title: "Analytical studies for the base
isolation of bridges"
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KSU-President's Faculty Development Award
($2,800), September 1999.
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KSU-President's Faculty Development Award
($1,750), July 1997
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KSU-President's Faculty Development Award
($2,500), September 1995.
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Recipient of a Research Merit Fellowship
from the Oklahoma Mining and Mineral Resources Research
Institute ($3,600), 1987/1988.
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Grants and
Contracts Received |
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| TITLE |
SOURCE |
AMOUNT |
ROLE |
| Performance
of major highway modification/rehabilitation
strategies |
KDOT |
$82,000 |
PI |
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with Dr. M. Hossain |
| A
retrainable class of constitutive models for sands: a
neuro - mechanistic approach |
NSF |
$159,994 |
PI |
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| Effectiveness
of 2-way STOP signs at low volume intersections |
KDOT
& MATC |
$43,000 |
Co-PI |
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with Dr. R. W.
Stokes |
| Dynamic
auto-associative neural network (DAN2) development and
validation on transportation applications |
KDOT |
$25,000 |
PI |
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| Assessing
the impact of raising the speed limit on Kansas highways |
KDOT |
$40,000 |
PI |
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with Drs. R. W.
Stokes and E. R. Russell |
| Assessing
the impact of raising the speed limit on Kansas highways
(phase I). |
MATC |
$20,000 |
PI |
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with Drs. R. W. Stokes and E. R.
Russell. |
| Modeling
the 85th percentile speed on Oklahoma two-lane rural
highways: a neural net approach |
Oklahoma
DOT |
$39,787 |
Consultant |
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PI: Dr. M. M. Zaman,
University of Oklahoma, OK |
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pavement performance models: an artificial neural
network approach |
KDOT |
$80,000
total ( $40,000 KSU & $40,000 KU) |
PI |
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with Dr. Raymond
Moore, formerly with the University of Kansas |
| Speed
zone guidelines using roadway characteristics and area
development |
KDOT |
$40,000 |
Co-PI |
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with Drs. E. R.
Russell, R. W. Stokes and M. J. Rys |
| Use
of artificial neural networks in selected geotechnical /
transportation applications |
KDOT |
$30,000 |
PI |
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| Improved
consolidation of Portland cement concrete pavement
longitudinal joints |
KDOT |
$30,000 |
PI |
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| Analytical
study of bridge base isolators |
FHWA |
$22,508 |
PI |
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| Peace
fellow graduate research grant |
Embassy
of Egypt |
$9,650 |
PI |
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| FHWA: Federal Highway Administration |
MATC: Mid-America Transportation
Center |
| KDOT: Kansas Department
of Transportation |
NSF: National Science
Foundation |
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