GSI Fellows – Academic Year 2010-‘11

Class 1 (c)

Number	Student	Advisor	University	Topic
3-08	Axel Ruiken	Martin Ziegler	RWTH Aachen	Geogrid behavior used in walls and slopes
4-08	Eleni Kapogianni	Michael Sakellairou	U. of Athens	GS reinforcement of soil slopes under seismic conditions

Class 2(b)

Number	Student	Advisor	University	Topic
4-09	Majid Khabbazian	Victor Kaliakin	U. of Delaware	GS Reinforced stone columns and embankment stabilization

Class 3(a)

Number	Student	Advisor	University	Topic
1-10	Tanay Karademir	David Frost	Georgia Tech	Experimental and numerical studies of elevated temperature effects on GS interface shear behavior
2-10	Jing Ni	Buddhima Indraratna	U. of Wollongong	Application of GS vertical drain under cyclic loads in stabilizing rail tracks
3-10	Bret Lingwall	Steven Bartlett	U. of Utah	Application of GSs to protect buried pipe at fault crossings
4-10	Carmen Franks	Ahmet Aydilek	U. of Maryland	GS filters for water quality improvement of urban stormwater runoff