GSI Fellows – Academic Year 2008-‘09

Class 1(a)

Virginia Tech University Michael P. McGuire	Drexel University Wai-Kuen (Connie) Wong
RWTH Aachen University Axel Ruiken	National Technical University of Athens Elena Kapogianni
The University of Kansas Xiaoming Yang

University	Advisor	Student	Topic
Virginia Tech Univ.	George Filz	Michael McGuire	Geosynthetically reinforced pile supported embankments
Drexel Univ.	Grace Hsuan	Connie Wong	Durability specification development for corrugated HDPE pipe
RWTH Aachen	Martin Ziegler	Axel Ruiken	Geogrid behavior when used in wall and slope applications
Univ. of Athens	Michael Sakellariou	Elena Kapogianni	Geosynthetic reinforced soil slope stability under seismic conditions
Univ. of Kansas	Jie Han	Xiaoming Yang	Geocell behavior when used to reinforce aggregate bases