GSI Fellowship Status for 2017-’18 Academic Year

Class 10

No.	Name	University	Advisor	Topic
1-17	Cengiz, Cihan	TC Bogazici U Turkey	Erol Guler	Seismic behavior of soft clay foundations under embankments using geosynthetic encased columns
2-17	Dutta, Susom	U of Massachusetts - Lowell USA	Pradeep Kurup	Novel geotextiles for energy harvesting
3-17	Kermani, Behnoud	Penn State USA	Ming Xiao	Numerical investigation on the effectiveness and durability of geotextiles against migration of subgrade soil to overlying granular layer in pavement systems
4-17	Lieske, Wolfgang	Ruhr-Universitat Bochum Germany	Tom Schanz	Polymer-modified bentonite for the application in geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCL)
5-17	Lin, Chuang	Missouri U of Science and Tech USA	Xiong Zhang	Analyzation of wicking fabrics used to remove capillary water in road embankments
6-17	Morsy, Mohamed	Queen’s University Canada	Kerry Rowe	Selection of a realistic and representative stress crack resistance for use in design
7-17	Robey, Nicole	U of Florida USA	Tim Townsend	Landfill EGS wind uplift research: complementary field and wind tunnel assessments
8=17	Vahidi, Siavash	Drexel University USA	Grace Hsuan	Evaluation of wrinkle induced strains in geomembranes using a finite element method (FEM)
9-17	Valente, Rodrigo Borela	Georgia Inst. of Technology USA	David Frost	Numerical modeling of aggregate-geogrid composite behavior for multiaxial geogrids in pavement applications
10-17	Wang, Dongfang	U of Massachusetts Amherst USA	Guoping Zhang	Enhancement of geosynthetics with ultra-hydrophobic and long-lasting organogeopolymers
11-17	Williams, Thomas	U of Virginia USA	Craig Benson	Protecting geosynthetic in liner systems from atmospheric exposure by utilizing a surcharge layer