Dr. T. A. Newson - Research Group

 

 

IN PROGRESS - Ph.D. STUDENTS

 

Abuhajah Osama (2008-present) - Arching around buried box culverts.

Sagi Padmavarthi (2007-present) - Foundation effects of trees under wind loads.

Mohamed El-Marassi (2006-present) - Cyclic liquefaction of soils with partial drainage.

Dong Hyun Kim (2006-present) - The behaviour of tunnel headings in clay soils.

Porang Deljoui (2005-present) - Uplift behaviour of offshore buried pipelines.

 

SUPERVISED - Ph.D. STUDENTS

 

Saeed Sasanian (2005-2011) - Destructuration of natural clay soil.

George Liang (2006-2010) - The performance of a novel inflatible anchor systems.

Kevin Anderson (2001-2005) - Numerical & experimental modeling of the biomechanics of the eye.

Defu Wang (2003-2007) - Three-dimensional tissue engineering of the human cornea

Colin Fyfe (2000-2005) - Multi-species contaminant flow through the Vadose zone.

 

IN PROGRESS - M.E.Sc. STUDENTS

 

Alireza Varshoi (2010-present) - Response of pile foundations to wind loads.

Michelle Tyldesley (2010-present) - Performance of wind turbine foundations.

Maha El Masri (2009-present) - Ring foundations on clay soils.

Martin Blazejowski (2009-present) - Behavior of fibre reinforced tunnel linings.

Corey Smith (2009-present) - Drug transfer through the human eye.

Yara El-Sarafy (2008-present) - Thermal conductivity of pipeline trench backfills.

Katie Reipas (2008-present) - Cyclic behaviour of wind turbine foundations.

Jennifer McDonald (2008-present) - Drug transport through the human eye.

 

SUPERVISED M.E.Sc. STUDENTS

 

Ahmed Fahmy (2008-2011) - Deep penetrating anchors for offshore applications.

Geremy Camps-Roach (2006-2008) - Dynamic effects in multi-phase soil flow.

Mrinmoy Kanungo (2006-2008) - Arching around buried structures in soils.

Jason Weck (2005-2007) - The behaviour of plastic concrete cutoff walls in dams.

Georgia Kainourgiaki (2002-2004) - Development of artificial structure in clays.

SC Lai (1998-1999) - Rapid in situ stiffness measurement of soil.

 

 

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Civil and Environmental Engineering
Geotechnical Research Centre

Spencer Engineering Building (SEB)
Rm. 3084
Tel: (519) 850-2973
Fax: (519) 661-3942
tnewson@eng.uwo.ca