List of UNC Charlotte Research Projects

  •   Evaluation of MEMS Technology for the Measurement of Lateral Deformations in Geotechnical Applications, Engineering & Software Consultants, Inc. (in cooperation with the FHWA), Principal Investigator (Awarded August 2012)

  •   Phase 3 Project Extension: Data Collection and Analysis of a GRS Bridge Over Tiffin River in Defiance County, Ohio, Engineering & Software Consultants, Inc. (in cooperation with the FHWA), Principal Investigator (Awarded October 2011)

  •   Phase 3: Data Collection and Analysis of a GRS Bridge Over Tiffin River in Defiance County, Ohio, Engineering & Software Consultants, Inc. (in cooperation with the FHWA), Principal Investigator (Awarded August 2010)

  •   Phase 2: Data Collection and Analysis of a GRS Bridge Over Tiffin River in Defiance County, Ohio, Professional Service Industries, Inc. (in cooperation with the FHWA), Principal Investigator (Awarded December 2009)

  •   Increasing Enrollment and Retention in the College of Engineering Using a Multi-Disciplinary Motorsports Theme, National Science Foundation (Proposal 0856716), Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP), Co-Principal Investigator (Awarded June 2009)

  •   Collaborative Research: Determining the Role of Insolation in the Mechanical Breakdown of Rock, National Science Foundation (Proposal 0844335), Geomorphology (Unsolicited), Co-Principal Investigator (Awarded March 2009)

  •   Development, Implementation, and Assessment of Geotechnical Concept Tools (GCT), National Science Foundation (Proposal 0837647), Course Curriculum & Laboratory Improvement: Phase 1, Principal Investigator (Awarded March 2009)

  •   Phase 1: Data Collection and Analysis of a GRS Bridge Over Tiffin River in Defiance County, Ohio, Professional Service Industries, Inc. (in cooperation with the FHWA), Principal Investigator (Awarded February 2009)

  •   Graduate Student Funding for the Advancement and Retention of a Female Faculty Member in the College of Engineering, UNC Charlotte ADVANCE Program, Principal Investigator (Awarded Spring 2009)

  •   Impact of Heavy Vehicle Loads on Asphalt Pavements in the City of Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte Department of Transportation, Co-Principal Investigator (Awarded September 2008)

  •   SGER: Preliminary Instrumentation Study of Rates and Mechanisms of Crack Initiation and Mechanical Weathering,National Science Foundation (Proposal 0705277), Medium Grant for Exploratory Research, Co-Principal Investigator (Awarded June 2007)

  •   Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering through Laboratory, Field and Computational Investigation, National Science Foundation REU Award No. EEC-0552629, Senior Personnel (Awarded Summer 2006 – Summer 2008)

  •   Flexible Pavement for Low Volume Roads Reinforced with Geosynthetics, University of Arkansas Sub Award SA0609177, Principal Investigator, $16,612 (Awarded October 2005)

  •   MIRAFI Geosynthetics in an Arkansas Flexible Pavement Field Test, MIRAFI Construction Products, Principal Investigator (Awarded August 2005)