GSI Fellowship Status for 2019-’20 Academic Year

Class 12

No.-Yr.	Student	University	Advisor	Topic
1-19	Mr. Daniel Adeleke	U. of Cape Town South Africa	Denis Kalumba	Investigation into the effects of asperities on GM – geotextile shear characteristics
2-19	Mr. Conor McCafferty	Drexel U.	Grace Hsuan	Using geo-composites to increase filtration of a stacked GT tube system in various configurations
3-19	Ms. Jackeline Gastelo	George Mason U.	Burak Tanyu Kuo Tian	Hydraulic conductivity of GCL overlap areas
4-19	Mr. Hao Liu	U. of Kansas	Jie Han	Internal reinforcement of abutment backfill to mitigate bumps at end of integral bridges
5-19	Mr. Sung Ryoo	U. of Maryland	Ahmet Aydilek	Hydraulic and erosion control performance of conical filter system with DOT backfill materials
6-19	Mr. Javad Galinmoghadam	Missouri U. of Science & tech.	Xiong Zhang	Use of wicking GT to mitigate frost action in cold regions – a numerical study
7-19	Mr. Jin-Cheng Yeh	NPUST Taiwan	Wayne Hsieh	Low impact development of plastic underground storage tanks seismic evaluation procedure
8-19	Mr. Yuan Feng	U. of Nebraska	Jongwan Eun	Effect of gas collection system with LLDPE or EVOH GM covers on landfill gas emission
9-19	Mr. Amin Rafiei	N. Carolina State U.	Mo Gabr	Evaluation of residual pore water pressure and deformation of seabed beneath GT sand containers due to nonlinear waves: a coupled hydro mechanical finite element analysis
10-19	Mr. Ridvan Doger	U. of Oklahoma	Kianoosh Hatami	Influence of facing on structural performance and economics of GRS bridge abutments
11-19	Mr. Sudheer Prabhu	Penn State U.	Tong Qiu	Laboratory investigation on the benefits of GS in flexible pavement retrofit
12-19	Ms. Janelle Skaden	U. of Rhode Island	Christopher Baxter	Long term monitoring of a GSC-reinforced dunes in Montauk, NY
13-19	Mr. Wolfgang Lieske	RUB University Germany	Habil Wichtmann	A systematic approach to apply theoretical models for composition of anionic modified GCLs with focus on formulation and long term stability
14-19	Mr. Jan Derksen	RWTH Aachen Germany	Martin Ziegler	Investigations on indirect GG activation in transparent soil on a micro scale
15-19	Mr. Kazi Moimul Islam	U. of South Carolina	Juan Caicedo	Evaluations of GS reinforcement over flexible pavements using finite element modeling
16-19	Ms. Nuzhath Fatema	Syracuse U.	Shobha Bhatia	Addition of synthetic fibers in minimizing the flow behavior of dewatered fly ash slurries
17-19	Ms. Shihui Liu	Tennessee State U.	Lin Li	Investigation of nonwoven GTs for molds used in preparation of MICP-treated geomaterials
18-19	Ms. Fengjuan Tao	Tongji U. China	Zhen Zhang	Subgrade settlement of GS reinforced column (GRCS) embankments subjected to surface wheel loading