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Jose Maria Ferdinand Calaunan
Ph. D. Student
• Hydromechanical properties of clay tactoids through thin films for sealing applications in energy storage systems
• Radiation-induced effects on bentonite using electrokinetics and surface morphology for nuclear waste disposal
• Extraction and recovery of rare earth elements from fine-grained materials
• Advanced laboratory characterization techniques of geomaterials
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