GSI Fellowship Status for 2024-’25 Academic Year

Class 17

No.	Name	University	Advisor	Research Topics
1-24	Abdalla Abouyoussef	Queen's University	Abdelaal	Effect of homogenization and dissection approaches on the standard OIT of multilayered geomembrane
2-24	Asad Ahmad	Purdue University	Bobet	Geogrid-reinforced MSE wall with horizontal obstructions
3-24	Sufal Biswas	University of South Carolina	Sasanakul	Numerical evaluation of geogrid-reinforced soil at bridgeabutment with pile foundation under liquefaction spreading
4-24	Leonardo V. Paixao Daciolo	Queen's University	Rowe	Effect of PFAS solutions on geomembrane service-life
5-24	Emre Duman	Georgia Inst. of Technology	Frost	A novel multi-functional xxperimental setup to assess geogrid aggreagate interaction and in-air multi-axial tensile properties
6-24	S.S. Avinash Gonnabathula	Texas A&M University	Puppala	Performance eval. of wicking geotextile in enhancing unpaved pavements on weaker subgrade by moisture drainage
7-24	Mozaher Ul Kabir	University of Kansas	Han	Improving effectiveness of moisture reduction in unsaturated soils with high fIne content using coated wicking geotextiles
8-24	Kasra Salemi Kouchesfahani	Queen's University	Brachman	Physical modelling of geosynthetic waste covers under differential settlement
9-24	G. Tavakoli Mehrjardi	Ruhr University Bochum	Wichtmann	Probability and rate of microplastics emission due to degradation of geotextile in soil
10-24	Candas Oner	Georgia Inst. of Technology	Frost	Modeling  based design and optimization of spider-web inspired geogrid in composite geomaterials systems
11-24	Fatih Polat	Villanova University	Sample-Lord	Influence of anion type, cation exchange , and temperature on membrane behavior and diffusion in GCLs
12-24	Karolina Maria dos Santos	Federal U of Sao Carlos	Correia	Milling aspects of geosynthetic reinforced pavements and the influence of G-RAP on recycled asphalt mixtures
13-24	Ashray Saxena	University of Texas at Austin	Zornberg	Investigating the structural benefits of GS reinforcement reducing asphalt overlay thickness - A full-scale field study
14-24	Jose Wilson Batista da Silva	Queen's University	Rowe	Effect of the welding quality and geomembrane thickness on the long-term performance of HDPE fusion seams
15-24	Wei Sun	U of Massachusetts Amherst	Zhang	Enhancement of smart geotextile for real time soil monitoring and performance optimization using self-adaptive AI
16-24	Andrea Maria Pereira Vieira	Federal U of Sao Carlos	Portelinha	Mechanism evaluation of geosynthetic encased column-supported embankents with basal reinforcement using soil models
17-24	Hanrui Zhao	George Mason University	Tian	Effect of hydration conditions on shear strength of HDPE geomembranes and bentonite-polymer GCLs