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
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…
Hurricane Harvey led to significant flooding and elevated water levels and flow speeds in Texas’ rivers. In a NSF funded project “RAPID: Integrated Geotechnical and Geophysical Investigation of Subaqueous Foundations, Levees and River Banks Impacted by Hurricane Harvey”, Dr. Nina Stark’s team and collaborators from LSU, Clemson and Texas A&M are investigating submerged and water-fringing infrastructure Read more…