Areas Of Research Specialization

• Computational Methods : Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods
• Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction and Poroelasticity and Thermoelasticity
• Pervious Concrete Pavements
• Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
• Nonlinear Soil Consolidation and Stress Analysis
• Vibrations of Bridges subjected to Moving Loads
• Permeable Treatment Walls for In Situ Groundwater Remediation
• Stability of Sinkholes
• Soil Properties and Light Weight Fills

Sponsored Research

• Title: “Waste Tires for Pollution Control”, Co-PI (with Dr. Martin Wanielista), Seminole County, October 2005, $200,000. (16-60-8003).
• Title:” Stormwater Management Academy Research and Testing Laboratory”, Co-PI (with Dr. Martin Wanielista), Florida Department of Transportation, August 2004, $643,000. (16-60-7008)
• Title:” Performance Assessment of Portland Cement Pervious Pavements”, Co-PI (with Dr. Martin Wanielista), Florida Department of Transportation, August 2004, $92,432. (16-60-7006)
• Title:” Performance Assessment of Portland Cement Pervious Pavements”, Co-PI (with Dr. Martin Wanielista), Rinker Materials Corporation, February 2004, $50,000. (16-60-8001)
• Title: “Design and Operational Issues Related to the Co-disposal of Sludges and Biosolids in Class I Landfills – Phase II,” Co-Principal Investigator (with D.R. Reinhart and T. Townsend), Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, September 2003 – July 2004, $70,000. (16-20-7025)
• Title: “Design and Evaluation of Tall and Absorptive Noise Barrier Walls”, Duratek Corporation, April – July 2003, $ 6358 (TBD).Title: “Site Preparation for a Deep Foundation Test Site at the University of Central Florida”, Principal Investigator, Florida Department of Transportation, September 2001 – September 2002, $71,174. (16-21-735)
• Title: “Vehicle Collision with Bridge Piers”, Principal Investigator (with Sherif El-Tawil), Florida Department of Transportation, September 2002 – September 2003, $67,462. (16-50-709)
• Title: “US-Jordan Hazardous Waste Management Collaborative Research-Phase II” Co-Principal Investigator (with D.R. Reinhart), National Science Foundation, April 2002 – December 2003, $25,900. (16-20-409)
• Title: “Design and Operational Issues Related to the Co-disposal of Sludges and Biosolids in Class I Landfills,” Co-Principal Investigator (with D.R. Reinhart and T. Townsend), Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, September 2001 – May 2003, $73,530. (16-21-736)
• Title: "US-Jordan Municipal Solid Waste Management Collaborative Research" Principal Investigator (with D.R. Reinhart), National Science Foundation, September 2000 – December 2001, $36,400. (16-20-406)
• Title: "Research Study into Material Performance Testing of Soil Surface Properties using Cyanobacteria Inoculant" Principal Investigator, Engineering Technology Incorporated, August 2000 – August 2001, $13,000. (16-21-844)
• Title: "Leachate Collection Systems for the New Millenium," Co-Principal Investigator (with D.R. Reinhart), Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, April 1999 – May 2000, $14,000. (16-10-740)
• Title: "The Interaction of Microbial Activity and Zero Valent Iron Permeable Barrier Technology – Year III", Co-Principal Investigator (with A.A. Randall, D.R. Reinhart), Agency: Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, 09/01/98 to 08/31/99, $69,729. (16-20-)
• Title: "Development of a Graduate Transportation Simulation Curriculum through CATSS", Co-Principal Investigator (with C. Bauer and H. Al-Deek), Agency: CATSS, 03/99-02/2001, $20,000. (16-20-).
• Title: "Effect of Asphalt Cement Deficiency on Open Graded Friction Course" Principal Investigator, Agency: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), November 1998-April 2000, $100,000. (16-20-799)
• Title: "The Interaction of Microbial Activity and Zero Valent Iron Permeable Barrier Technology – Year II", Co-Principal Investigator (with A.A. Randall, D.R. Reinhart), Agency: Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, 09/01/98 to 08/31/99, $69,729. (16-21-831)
• Title: "Investigation of Shrink and Swell Factors for Soils used in FDOT Construction - Phase II", Principal Investigator, Agency: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), November 1997 to February 1999, $70,000. (16-20-782)
• Title: "Permeable Reactive Walls: Field Scale Studies", Co-Principal Investigator (with D.R. Reinhart and C. Clausen), Agency: NASA, Kennedy Space Center, 1996-99, $550,000. (16-20-205)
• Title: "The Interaction of Microbial Activity and Zero Valent Iron Permeable Barrier Technology – Year I", Co-Principal Investigator (with A.A. Randall, D.R. Reinhart), Agency: Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, 09/01/97 to 08/31/98, $66,659. (16-21-828)
• Title: "Investigation of Shrink and Swell Factors for Soils used in FDOT Construction – Phase I", Principal Investigator, Agency: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), 1996-97, $66,223. (16-20-782)
• Title: "Influence of Modeling Parameters on the Dynamic Response of Concrete Bridges", Co-Principal Investigator (with S.K. Kunnath), Agency: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), 1996-97, $39,000.
• Title: "Detection and Stability Analysis of Sinkholes using a Combined NDE and Analytical Approach, Principal Investigator, Agency: UCF - Department of Sponsored Research (In-House Grants Program), 1996-97, $7,500.
• Title: "Effect of Increased Superstructure Flexibility on the Dynamic Response of Concrete Bridges", Co-Principal Investigator (with S.K. Kunnath), Agency: Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), $55,000, 1995-96.
• Title: "Hydrodynamic Modeling of Leachate Recirculating Landfills", Co-Principal Investigator (with D.R. Reinhart), Agency: Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, Lamar University, TX, $64,934, 1995-96.
• Title: "Active MSW Landfill: Bio-Chemical Reactor II", Co-Principal Investigator (with D.R. Reinhart), Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Grant # 50194, $90,000, 1994-95.
• Title: "Development of BEM for Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction", Principal Investigator, Research Initiation Grant, University of Central Florida / EIES Seed Grant, $10,000, 1993.