Focus on improving the performance and longevity of coastal protection systems—including rock dikes, levees, and embankments—under the challenges of sea-level rise, hurricanes, and storm surges, to support climate-resilient infrastructure development.
Investigation of foundation behavior, slope stability, and embankment performance under varying subsurface and loading conditions, emphasizing data-informed evaluation and predictive design for transportation and coastal infrastructure.
Exploration of environmentally sustainable soil stabilization approaches such as Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) and other bio-mediated or low-carbon methods for enhancing soil strength and erosion resistance.
Application of machine learning, data analytics, and computational modeling to improve the prediction of soil and foundation behavior, integrate uncertainty into design, and advance performance-based geotechnical engineering.
Investigating how field sensors, remote sensing, and computer vision can be applied to monitor deformation, erosion, and failure mechanisms in geotechnical structures. This includes developing data-informed frameworks for early warning and adaptive maintenance of coastal and infrastructure systems.
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