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Craig H. Benson |
computer modeling of groundwater systems -- geological characterization of heterogeneity -- groundwater-lake systems
Field and modeling studies of fluid flow and mass transport in groundwater systems with applications to environmental problems, water resource management and energy and mineral resource development
Water Resources Management Program
behavior of soils and wastes -- behavior of peats and organic soils -- geotechnics of soft ground and wastes -- geotechnics of industrial by-products -- filtration and interface friction of geosynthetics -- friction piles and anchors -- soil-structure interface friction -- coastal erosion and slope stability
Consortium for Fly Ash Use in Geotechnical Applications, Engineering Mechanics
Assessment of the near-surface underground using non-invasive tomographic studies (geotomography). -- Non-destructive detection of anomalies in civil engineering infrastructure. -- Study of low strain stiffness in rock masses with P- and S-waves. -- Geomaterial process evaluation using elastic and and electromagnetic waves.
Reliability-Based Exploration -- Quantitative Site Characterization -- Geographic Information Systems in Civil Engineering -- Lightweight Geotechnical Fills made from Recycled Material -- Miniaturized Waterjet Drilling for Direct Inspection and Retrofitting
Geoengineering Program
soil physics -- contamination of groundwater
hydroecology -- hydrogeology -- river restoration -- remote sensing -- vegetative water use -- sustainable land-use practices -- vegetation patterning -- stream-aquifer interactions -- ecosystem function / services -- human interaction with aquatic ecosystems
Limnology and Marine Science
finite element analysis -- discrete element analysis -- dynamics of geologic media -- constitutive modeling of geologic discontinuity behavior -- soil structure interaction modeling -- continuum modeling of jointed saturated rock masses
Engineering Mechanics
hydrological modeling and design -- stormwater modeling, management and design -- estimation of hydrologic risk -- estimation of hydrological budgets -- restoration of aquatic systems
Limnology and Marine Science
poroelastic behavior of fracture rock -- numerical modeling of fluid flow, thermal history, and chemical diffusion related to geologic processes
Air-sea interactions and surface wave dynamics -- Coastal-riverine processes and sediment transport -- Environmental fluid mechanics and limnology -- Environmental monitoring and aerial photogrammetry -- Experimental and computational fluid dynamics -- Groundwater and surface water interactions
Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Limnology and Marine Science, Water Resources Engineering Program
