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Summary of the Number of Students Supervised

Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised to Completion 12
M.S. Theses Supervised to Completion 44
M.S. Non-Thesis Projects Supervised 5
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member (Completed) 8
Ph.D. Dissertation Supervision in Progress 7
M.S. Thesis Supervision in Progress 4
Number of UROP Students Supervised 4
Number of Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supported 21
Number of Senior Design Projects Supervised 14
Number of Graduate Research Assistants (GRA) Supported 60

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M.S. Theses and Ph.D. Dissertation Supervised

Soon-Lee Kuang (M.S. 1983). Thesis Title – "Evaluation of Interface behavior in Soil-Structure Interaction."
Iqbal Uddin Mahmood (M.S. 1984). Thesis Title – "Finite Element Analysis of Cylindrical Tank Foundations Resting on Isotropic Soil Medium Including Soil-Structure Interaction."
Adnan Issa (M.S. 1985 co-supervision with A.R. Kukreti). Thesis Title – "Analysis of Cylindrical Storage Tanks and Circular Plate Foundations Resting on Isotropic Elastic Halfspace Using an Energy Method."
Asif Iqbal Uppal (M.S. 1985). Thesis Title – "The Ultimate Capacity of Underreamed Drilled Piers by Finite Element Method."
Gopal Chandra Biswas (M.S. 1985). Thesis Title – "Modeling of Soil Liquefaction and Foundation Response Under Cyclic and Earthquake Loading."
Saifuddin M. Mamoon (M.S. 1986). Thesis Title – "Soil Liquefaction and Foundation Response Under Earthquake Loading."
Yacoub Mohammad Najjar (M.S. 1986). Thesis Title – "Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Pile Groups."
Nagesh Koragappa (M.S. 1987). Thesis Title – "Analysis of Cylindrical Tank-Foundation Interaction Using an Energy Approach."
Imad Houssamy (M.S. 1987). Thesis Title – "Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Underreamed Drilled Pies."
Ali Honarmandebrahimi (M.S. 1988). Thesis Title – "Laboratory Testing of a Weathered Shale Using Cubical and Triaxial Devices."
Azhar Mahmood (M.S. 1989). Thesis Title – "Analysis of Circular Plate - Elastic Halfspace Interaction by Using a Variational Method."
Nasim Uddin (M.S. 1989). Thesis Title – "Analysis of Tank-Foundation - Halfspace Interaction Using Variational Approaches."
Arumugum Gopalasingam (M.S. 1989). Thesis Title – "Finite Element Analysis of Consolidation Settlements of Bridge Approach Foundation."
Jasney Abdul Ghani (M.S. 1989). Thesis Title – "Analysis of Drilled Pier and Its Application to a Case Study of a Damaged Building on Expansive Soil."
Riad Tabbaa (M.S. 1990). Thesis Title – "A Comparative Study of Some Selected Plasticity Models for Granular Soil."
Iqbal U. Mahmood (Ph.D. 1990). Dissertation Title – "Evaluation of Causes of Bridge Approach Settlement and Development of Settlement Prediction Models."
Yacoub M. Najjar (Ph.D. 1990). Dissertation Title – "Constitutive Modeling and Finite Element Analysis of Ground Subsidence Due to Mining."
Weng Chuan Low (M.S. 1990). Thesis Title – "Analysis of Free Vibration of Plane Frames Resting on the Vlazov Two-Parameter Elastic Medium."
Dar-Hao Chen (M.S. 1992). Thesis Title – "Three-Dimensional Testing and Constitutive Modeling of Coal for Analysis of Ground Subsidence Due to Mining."
Vivek Khanna (M.S. 1992). Thesis Title – "Dynamic Response of Rigid Airport Pavement Subjected to Temperature-Induced Warping and Multiple Aircraft."
Anuradha Khanna (M.S. 1992). Thesis Title – "Dynamic Response of Cable-Stayed Bridges to Moving Vehicles Using Finite Element and Structural Impedance Methods."
Md. Iftekhar Hossain (M.S. 1992). Thesis Title – "A Preliminary Creep Model for Avery Island Dome Salt for Nuclear Waste Repository Application."
Adedamola Oyesanya (M.S. 1992). Thesis Title – "Laboratory Testing and Constitutive Modeling of Canadian River Sand."
Arumugam Alvappillai (Ph.D. 1992). Dissertation Title – "Dynamic Analysis of Rigid Pavements Considering Pavement-Subgrade-Aircraft Interaction."
Ming-Way Wei (M.S. 1993). Thesis Title – "A Phenomenological Creep Model for Geomaterials."
Ahmad I. Sayah (M.S. 1992). Thesis Title – "Stabilization of a Highly Expansive Clay Using Cement Kiln Dust."
Adhir K. Agarwal (M.S. 1993), Thesis Title – "Free Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Plates Resting on a Two-Parameter Elastic Medium."
Santanu Mowar (M.S. 1993). Thesis Title - "Experimental Study of Pore Collapse in Limestone: Macroscopic and Microscopic Aspects."
Abdulazeez Abdulraheem (Ph.D. 1993). Dissertation Title – "Constitutive Modeling of Rocks and Numerical Simulation of Oil Reservoirs Exhibiting Pore Collapse."
Ratan K. Jha (M.S. 1994). Thesis Title – "Identification of Problematic Sites and Estimation of Bridge Approach Settlements using Statistical Models."
Dinesh Gupta (M.S. 1994). Thesis Title – "Stability of Boreholes in a Transversely Isotropic Geologic Medium."
Rajesh Sehgal (M.S. 1994). Thesis Title – "Numerical Modeling of Rigid Airport Pavements Including Effect of Initial Restraint on Warping and Rotation of Aircraft."
Dar-Hao Chen (Ph.D. 1994). Dissertation Title – "Resilient Moduli of Aggregate Bases and A Mechanistic-Empirical Methodology for Flexible Pavements."
Puneet Suri (M.S. 1995). Thesis Title – "Stress Dependent Permeability of Rocks: The Experimental and Modeling Aspects." (Co-supervision with Professor Kukreti).
Luping Yi (M.S. 1995). Thesis Title – "Resilient Moduli of Fly Ash Stabilized Aggregates."
Hua Chen (M.S. 1995). Thesis Title – "A User-Friendly Software for Prediction of Bridge Approach Settlement."
Geetha Krishnan (M.S. 1995). Thesis Title – "Experimental Evaluation of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Antler Sandstone."
Mazen Kanj (Ph.D. 1995). Dissertation Title – "SITEX: The Sand Inflow Treatment Expert."
Alan Soltani (Ph.D. 1996). Dissertation Title – "Evaluation of Crack Formation and Spacing in Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements Using Small Scale Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Modeling."
Motiar Rahman (M.S. 1996). Thesis Title – "Evaluation of Pavement Drainage Systems Based on Field Performance."
Kundan Pandey (Ph.D. 1996). Dissertation Title – "Evaluation of Resilient Moduli and Layer Coefficients of a Coal Ash Stabilized Aggregate Base for AASHTO Flexible Pavement Design."
Jinggang Cao (M.S. 1997). Thesis Title – "Modeling of Flow and Transport in Anisotropic and Heterogenous Porous Media."
Martin Ray (M.S. 1997). Project (Non-thesis) Title – "Comparison of MODULUS and ILLI-BACK Microcomputer Based Systems for Backcalculation of Pavement Layer Moduli."
Md. Emtazul Haque (M.S. 1997). Thesis Title – "Experimental and Numerical Study of Model Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement Under Tensile Loading."
Jianhua Zhu (Ph.D. 1998). Dissertation Title – "Characterization of Cement-Kiln-Dust Stabilized Base/Subbase Aggregate."
Zahid Hossain (M.S. 1998). Thesis Title – "Behavior of Thin Bonded Overlay on Rigid Pavements: An Experimental Approach."
Ping Tian (Ph.D. 1998). Dissertation Title – "Evaluation of Resilient Moduli and Layer Coefficients of Aggregate Materials for AASHTO Flexible Pavement Design."
Hongbo Zhao (M.S. 1998). Project (Non-thesis) Title – "Construction Methods for Asphalt Pavement Recycling."
Chandrasekhar Parasa (M.S. 1998). Project (Non-thesis) Title – "Backcalculation of Pavement Layer Properties from FWD Data."
Abul Fazal M.N. Alam (M.S. 1999). Thesis Title – "A Neural Network Model for Pavement Drainage Systems: Parametric Study and Design Application." (Co-supervised with Dr. K. Muraleetharan.)
Arvel Williams (M.S. 1999). Project (Non-thesis) Title – "Direct Shear Testing and Metric Suction Evaluation of Sandy Silt with Clay." (Co-supervised with Dr. G.A. Miller.)
Rita Issa (M.S. 1999). Thesis Title – "Laboratory and Field Study of Asphalt Millings for Pavement Rehabilitation."
Emad Alnamasy (M.S. 2001). Thesis Title – "Rutting Evaluation of Selected Mixes Using Asphalt Pavement Analyzer (APA)."
Naji Najib Khoury (M.S. 2001). Thesis Title – "Effect of Freeze-Thaw and Wet-Dry Cycles on Resilient Modulus of Class C Fly Ash Stabilized Aggregate."
Michelle Chin (M.S. 2001). Thesis Title – "Laboratory Testing and Constitutive Modeling of Normal Strength and High Performance Concrete."
Yanhui Han (M.S. 2002). Thesis Title – "Poroelastic Response of a Hollow Cylinder in Non-Hydrostatic Stress Field." (Co-supervision with Dr. Y. Abousleiman).
Arasan Singanayham (M.S. 2002). Thesis Title – "Poromechanics Applications in Multilateral Wellbore Simulation." (Co-supervision with Dr. Y. Abousleiman).
Shanmugam Pirabarooban (M.S. 2002). Thesis Title – "Modeling of Rutting in Asphalt Mixes using ABAQUS."
Jinggang Cao (Ph.D. 2002). Dissertation Title – "Neural Network and Analytical Modeling of Slope Stability."
Shailesh M. Ekbote (Ph.D. 2002). Dissertation Title – "Anisotropic Poromechanics of the Wellbore Coupled with Thermal and Chemical Gradients." (Co-supervision with Dr. Y. Abousleiman).
Shane J.K. King (M.S. 2002). Non-Thesis Project Title: "Dynamic Analysis of a Steel Building Under Blast Loading."
Rajesh Nair (Ph.D. 2003), "The Poromechanics of Naturally Fractured Rock Formations: A FEM Approach." (Co-Adv.: Y. Abousleiman). (remove from phd dissertation in progress)
Rafiqul Tarefder (Ph.D. 2003), "Laboratory and Model Prediction of Rutting in Asphalt Concrete." (remove from phd dissertation in progress)
Cheong Fung Ting (M.S. 2003), "Lab & Field Investigation of Asphalt Millings in Cold-Mixed, Cold-Laid Pavement Rehabilitation." (remove from ms thesis in progress)
Tobia Elias Kmeid, "Experimental Study of Unconsolidated Sand Under High Confining Pressures." (Supported by PMI). (remove from ms thesis in progress)

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Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member

Saleh Keshwarz (Ph.D. 1985). Dissertation Title – "Field Stabilization of Ponca City Shale." (Supervisor: Dr. Joakim Laguros)
Reza Shadizadeh (Ph.D. 1991). Dissertation Title – "Development of a Non-Fickian Solute Transport Model." (Supervisor: Dr. R.C. Knox)
Ahmad Ghassemi (Ph.D. 1996). Dissertation Title – "A Three-Dimensional Poroelastic Displacement Discontinuity Method for Hydraulic Fracture Simulation." (Supervisor: Dr. J.-C. Roegiers)
Hong Li (Ph.D. 1997). Dissertation Title - "Mathematical Model for Pavement Drainage." (Supervisor: Dr. Luther White)
Lei Zeng (June 2000). Dissertation Title - "Existence and Stability of Solitary-Wave Solutions of Equations of Benjamin-Mahony Type." (Supervisor: Dr. John Albert).
Leslie K. Davidson-Rossier (March 2001). Dissertation Title – "Formulation of Static and Dynamic Layered Beam Systems with an Inverse Problem." (Supervisor: Dr. Luther White).
Changfu Wei (Nov. 2001). Dissertation Title – "Static and Dynamic Behavior of Multiphase Porous Media : Governing Equations and Finite Element Implementations." (Supervisor: Dr. K. Muraleetharan).
Sarfraz A. Jokhio (Dec. 2001). Dissertation Title – "Production Performance of Horizontal Wells in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs." (Supervisor: Dr. D. Tiab).
Jincai Zhang (April 2002). Dissertation Title – "Dual-Porosity Approach of Wellbore Stability in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs." (Supervisor: Dr. J.-C. Roegiers).

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M.S. Thesis Supervision in Progress

Tobia Kmeid (expected to graduate Jan. 2003). Thesis Title – "Behavior of Soft Sediments Under Undrained Loading." (Co-supervisor: Dr. Y. Abousleiman).
Roland Sisson (expected to graduate May 2003). Thesis Title – "Laboratory Properties of Recycled Pavement Materials."
Cheong Ting (expected to graduate May 2003). Thesis title – "Laboratory Testing and Field Performance of Asphalt Millings for Roadway Pavement Application."
Wamiq B. Hamid (will graduate 2/04). Title - "Use of Raw Chat in Hot Mix Asphalt Employing Superpave Design Methodology."
Roland Sisson (expected to graduate 5/04). Title - "Laboratory Properties of Recycled Asphalt Materials for Pavement Rehabilitation."

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Ph.D. Dissertation Supervision in Progress

Ali Honarmandebrahimi (expected to graduate May. 2003). Dissertation Title - "Resilient Moduli of Subgrade Soils and Their Correlations with Index Properties."
Abu-Noman Ahsanuzzaman (expected to graduate May 2004). Dissertation title - "Expert System for Evaluation of Nutrient Pollution Potential in Groundwater from Land Application of Manure." (Co-Supervision with Dr. Strevett).
Rajesh Nair (expected to graduate September 2003). Dissertation title – "Finite Element Method Applied to Dual-Porosity Poromechanics." (Co-Supervision with Dr.. Y. Abousleiman).
Naji Khoury (expected to graduate December 2005). Dissertation title - "Durability of Stabilized Materials for Pavement Application."
N.M. Wasiuddin (expected to graduate May 2006). Dissertation title - "Surface Free Energy Characteristics of Aggregates and Binders and Their Importance in Stripping Potential of Hot Mix Asphalt."

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