Inventions
— Inventing FRP piezometer for measuring pore-water pressure in partially frozen soils- Awarded Patent: US 9,140,615 B2
— Inventing instrument for characterizing frost properties of soils for road and other construction purposes
Research
— Developing project-specific load and resistance factors for Limit States Design (LRFD- LSD)
— Developing practice procedures based on the state-of-the-art, best practices, and special practices for special projects
— Enhancing and exploring applications of tire crumbs and other industrial wastes in civil engineering projects
— Developing and testing new construction materials and equipment
— Researching containment and remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination (PHC) in permafrost and cold regions
— Researching geo-material properties at extreme environmental conditions
— Deep excavations
— Permafrost and frozen ground engineering; engineering of frozen, freezing, thawing ground, and artificial ground freezing
