Geotechnical Engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of foundations, slopes, retaining walls, embankments, tunnels, levees, wharves, landfills and similar facilities; and with the engineering characterization and behavior of the ground and its constituent materials
The Coastal & Marine Geotechnics group volunteered to host a field trip of CEE2804 “Introduction to Civil & Environmental Engineering” at the Pandapas Pond, VA. The group introduced the students to geotechnical and coastal engineering, discussing various methods used to measure geotechnical soil properties in offshore areas, as well as the variety of ongoing projects. Read more…
Dr. Nina Stark and Graduate Students, Sam Consolvo and Julie Paprocki of Virginia Tech, traveled to Gloucester Point, Virginia area to work on a new National Science Foundation-funded project “Geotechnical Investigation of Bivalve-Sediment Interaction with regard to Bivalve Farms as a Self-sustained Scour Mitigation Method.”
The Leifur Eiríksson Foundation funds graduate students from the U.S. and Iceland who propose a research project pertinent to the country abroad. The Foundation covers expenses related to the project, travel, and housing. Thomas is a Geotechnical MS student in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research is aimed Read more…
In August 2018, one PhD student, two MS students and five undegraduate students joined Dr. Nina Stark during field work in Yakutat, Alaska. The team collected essential data for different projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. An addition to the collection of field data for ongoing research projects, Read more…