Alumni

Number of Graduated Ph. D.

World wide group.

Ph. D. Students

  • Mengwei Liu (2024). From clays to shales. PostDoc, DOE.
  • Camilo Guerrero-Castro (2024). Shales: adsorption and transport. GeoSyntec
  • Zhao Xia (2024). CO2 Geological Storage: Dissolution-Precipitation. PostDoc, UT Austin.
  • Marcelo, Benitez (2023). Complex fluids in energy geo-engineering.
  • Gloria Castro (2021). Soil Corrosivity – Saturation and Fines effects.
  • Clara I. Modenesi (2021). Hot and Cold Seeps in the Red Sea.
  • Wonjun Cha (2021). Repetitive mechanical and environmental loads.
  • Andika Perbawa (2021). Rock properties at seismic frequencies.
  • Farizal Hakiki (2020). Carbonates: NMR and broad-frequency permittivity. Post Doc – KAUST: Multiphysics fluid fingerprinting.
  • Ahmed Abdelaziz (2020). Fines migration – circulation loss.
  • Eduardo Gramajo Silva (2020). Shales – Unconventionals.
  • Adrian Garcia (2020). Fractured rocks – Geophysical properties.
  • Rached Rached (2020). Fractured rocks – Dissolution & precipitation.
  • Alejandro Cardona (2020). Fractured rocks: Fluid flow.
  • Marisol Salva (2020). Advanced sediment characterization – IT.
  • Yuanjie Shen (2018). Repetitive environmental loading.
  • Zhonghao Sun (2018). Capillary Phenomena: Pore and Grain Scale.
  • Qi Liu (2018). Particle-Laden Fluids: Fundamentals & Engineering Applications.
  • Jung-Hee Park (2017). Repetitive mechanical loading.
  • Liang Lei (2016). Hydrate-Bearing Fine-Grained Sediments.
  • Shahrzad Roshankhah (2015). Geomaterials at HP/HT.
  • Marco Terzariol (2014). Hydrate Bearing Sediments.
  • Xingwei Ren (2014). Sediment permeability. (Lead Advisor: Dr. Y. Tang, Tongi U.).
  • Lucio G. Cruz Velasco (2014). Coupled HCTM in resource recovery.
  • Song Hun Chong (2014). Subsurface Mass Loss.
  • Junbong Jang (2014). Gas Charged Sediments.
  • Efthymios Papadopoulos (2014). Inverted Base Pavements.
  • Sheng Dai (2013). Hydrate Bearing Sediments – Characterization.
  • Cesar Pasten (2012). Energy Geotechnology: Repetitive loading. Faculty.
  • Seunghee Kim (2012). Carbon Geological Storage.
  • Minsu Cha (2012). Mineral Dissolution.
  • Nicolas Espinoza (2011). CO2 sequestration.
  • Jaewon Jang (2011). Gas Production from Methane Hydrates.
  • Douglas Cortes (2011). Inverted Base Pavements. Faculty.
  • Jong Won Jung (2010). Gas Production from Methane Hydrates.
  • Hosung Shin (2009). Discontinuities.
  • Mario Camilo Torres (2009), Shale stability (Lead Advisor: A. Alarcon).
  • Claudia Festa (2008). High Resolution Geophysical Testing (Lead Advisor: S. Foti, Politecnico de Torino, Italy).
  • Tae-Hyuk Kwon (2008). Methane Hydrates (Lead Advisor: Gye Chun Cho).
  • Armando Imhof (2007). Based at U. Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina).
  • Veronica Rebata Landa (2007). Bio-Mediated Geochemical Effects.
  • Joo-Yong Lee (2007). Hydrate Bearing Sediments.
  • Maria Cristina Herrera-Ardila (2007). Volcanic Ash Soils (Lead Advisor: Dr. A. Liscano – U. Andes).
  • Ahmed Bayoumi Mousa (2006). Sediment Character. (Inversion).
  • Guillermo A. Narsilio (2006). Spatial Variability – Conduction.
  • Hyunki Kim (2005). Spatially Varying Soils – Mechanics.
  • Tae Sup Yun (2005). Hydrate-Bearing Sediments.
  • Hong Chang (2004. Lead Advisor: L. Germanovich). Hydraulic Fractures.
  • Angel Palomino (2004). Fabric in Fine Grained Materials.
  • Jong-Sub Lee (2003). High-resolution Geophysics in Small Scale Model Studies.
  • Jose Alvarellos (2003). Capillary Phenomena.
  • Julio R. Valdes (2002). Fines Migration and Formation Damage.
  • Maria S. Guimaraes (2002). Mining.
  • Gye Chun Cho (2001). Partially Saturated Particulate Materials.
  • Yu-Hsing Wang (2001). Energy Loss Granular Materials.
  • Americo Fernandez (2000). Tomographic Imaging Stress Fields.
  • Andre Zerwer (1999. Co-supervisor: M.A. Polak). Surface Wave Testing.
  • Katherine Klein (1999 – Deceased 2010). Clay Behavior.
  • Dante Fratta (1999). Energy Coupling in Geomaterials.
  • Farshad Gheshlaghi (1997). Tomographic Inversion.
  • Victor Rinaldi (1996). Soils Permittivity (Lead Advisor: E. Redolfi).
  • Giovanni Cascante (1996). Micromechanics Experimental Research.
  • Moheb Fam (1995. Deceased: 2001). Monitoring Geo-processes.
  • Mahmoud Aloufi (1995). Wave Propagation in Particulate Media.
  • Faouzi Ahtchi Ali (1991). Settlement of Footings on Sands.
  • Kambiz Akhoundi (1991). Creativity in Civil Engineering.
  • Mark Cesare (1991. Co-supervisor: C. Turkstra). Risk Based Bridge Management.

Master Students

  • Cristhian F. Andrade (2020). Mixed fluids: contact angle hysteresis – Contact line pinning.
  • Chuangxin Lyu (2018). Enhanced Bathymetry.
  • Ainur Sabirova (2017). Diffusiophoresis and Liesegang Bands.
  • Mahruri Mahruri (2017). Hydro-mechanical coupling (Co-Supervision: T. Finkbeiner).
  • Nicolas Augsburger (2017). Bio-chemo processes – Red Sea sediments.
  • Seth Mallett (2015). Hydrate Bearing Clays. (PhD under J.D. Frost). Faculty, Denver Technical College
  • Aswathy Sivaram (2012). CO2 Leakage. Golders.
  • Harshad Phadnis (2009). Biological processes in energy geotechnology.
  • Chen-Shen Chang (2007). Geotechnical Issues in Renewable Energy.
  • Ana Isabel Martin (2004). Thermal Properties of Hydrate Bearing Sediments.
  • Jake Dodds (2004). Particle Shape, Origin and Implications.
  • Vinay Uchil (2001). Crushed Stone Related research.
  • Vasilis Vandolas (1998). Stress redistribution in aging granular media.
  • Katherine Klein (1995). Broadband Permittivity Measurements (listed under PhD).
  • Dante Fratta (1995). Waveguide Multimode, Wide-band Testing of Soils (listed under PhD).
  • Ashraf M. Shubair (1994). Resolvability: Ray-Based Inversion of Refection Data.
  • Victor Rinaldi (1992). Complex Permittivity of Soils and Contaminants (listed under PhD).
  • Demitrios Tsolkas (1991). Wave Propagation in Granular Materials: Pulse – vs- Resonant Testing.
  • Peter Tani (1991). Monitoring Shafts and Tunnels – The Baltimore Metro.
  • Wakim Yasmine (1991). Ground Modification with Electromagnetic Waves.
  • Toufic Wakim (1990). Geotechnical Tomography.
  • Victor Sanches (1988). The Geology of New York City and Metropolitan Area.

Post Doctoral Fellows

  • Evgeniya Volkova (2022-present). Molecular dynamics – Clays and Shales.
  • Andrea Muñoz Ibáñez (2022-present). Fractured Rocks. Marie Curie Fellow.
  • Ahmed Abdelaziz (2020). Complex fluids: Repetitive fluid flow.
  • Joshua Smith (2017-2022). Deep sea (deeps, seeps, brine pools, salt glaciers).
  • Jooyoung Im (2021-present). Engineered geomaterials: Nuclear waste disposal.
  • Wonjun Cha (2022). Fractured rocks.
  • Ahmad Kahiel (2020 – 2021). Energy Geo-Storage.
  • Viacheslav Sviridov (2019 – 2020). Shales.
  • Budi Zhao (2017-2019). Mixed fluid phenomena.
  • Xunchang Fei (2016–2018). Sediments: Coupled HCM.
  • Anant Ghumare (2016-2018). Engineered fluids.
  • Hyung-Koo Yoon (2011-2012). Methane hydrates.
  • Changho Lee (2008-2010). Methane hydrates.
  • Rafael Monroy (2009). Mixed fluid conditions
  • Juan J. Claria (1/2004-8/2004). Advanced laboratory testing.
  • Franco Francisca (1999 and 9/2002-1/2004). Methane Hydrates.

Visiting Students

  • Adnan Aftab (2021-2022). Hydrogen and Ammonia Geo-Storage, Curtin University, Australia.
  • Qudsia Kanwal (2022). Energy Waste, Tsinghua University, China.
  • Breno Nobrega (2020). Fractured Rocks, Brazil.
  • Dimitra Mitilinaiou (2020). Creeping salt glaciers in the Red Sea. U. Grenoble, France.
  • Carlos Hernandez (2020). Proppants and crushing. U. Central, Venezuela.
  • Woojin Han (2020). Foamed cements. Korea U., South Korea.
  • Felwa Mugayel (2019). Nanoparticles (bentonites). Alfaisal U, Saudi Arabia
  • Dong Hwa-Noh (2018). Polymers and sands. PhD at KAIST, South Korea
  • Ahmad Kahiel (2017-2018). Sand-fines interpenetration. PhD at AUB Beirut, Lebanon
  • Christian Wimmer (2018 – Co-supervised with T. Finkbeiner). Shales. University of Leoben, Austria
  • Sang Yeob Kim (2018). Repetitive freezing cycles. Korea U, South Korea
  • Salma AlKaff (2018). Geo-physics. Alfaisal U, Saudi Arabia
  • Aseel Alsantely (2018). NMR testing. Alfaisal U, Saudia Arabia
  • Nicolò Serafino (2017). Anhydrite: Implications. U. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
  • Marco Gioiello (2017). Layer-bound fractures in anticlines. U. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
  • Murtadha Y. Al Malallah (2017). Red Sea sediments.
  • Josebel Cordero (2016). Desiccation cracks. PhD at UPC Barcelona, Spain.
  • Gloria Castro Quintero (2016). IT tool and database for rock properties. U Cauca, Colombia
  • Gerald Useche (2016). Research planning and management. UPC-Barcelona, Spain
  • Mohamed Bourizk (2016). Repetitive fluid pressure variations. U. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
  • Carlo Butera (2016). Well completion and decommissioning. U. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
  • Stefanos Athanasopoulos (2013). Grouting and leakage. U. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
  • Alessio Savioli (2011). Open Mode Discontinuities. U. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
  • Sylvain Cardon (2010). CO2 Storage: Dissolution and Ko. U. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.