====== Research ======

Every day, state-of-the-art research is done in our impressive [[facilities:home|laboratories]] that allow graduate and undergraduate students to shape the future of civil engineering for years to come. Following are just a few of the  research projects that are being completed by our students and professors.  For a more current description of department research, see each faculty web page.


[[#Structural]] | [[#Environmental]] | [[#Geotechnical Engineering|Geotechnical]] | [[#Engineering Mechanics]]

Below is a list of representitive research projects. Click on the title to learn more.

===== Structural Engineering =====

    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/concrete.htm|Influence of Fracture Surface Roughness Characteristics on the Specific Fracture Energy of Concrete as a Function of Specimen and Aggregate Size]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/emery.html|Emery Material Testing Machine]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/coating.html|Development of Optimal Concrete Sealant Techniques]]

===== Environmental Engineering =====

    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/airflow.html|A Vapor Extraction Teaching Module Based on AIRFLOW/SVE]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/fam-research.html|Design Analysis of Sequential Ex-Situ Remediation of Contaminated Soil]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/brink.html|The Impact of Brinkman's Extension to Darcy's Law in the Neighborhood of a Circular Preferential Flow Pathway]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/envedu.html|Shared Resources Modules to Support Environmental Engineering Education]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/shaker.html|The Evolution of Flood Risk and Erosion Damage in the Shaker Lakes / Doan Brook Urban Watershed]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/colloid.html|Colloid Transport Through Porous Media: Effects of Flow Rate and Aggregation]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/arias/index.htm|Surfactant-Induced Hydraulic Conductivity Changes in Clay Soils]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/urban.html|Drying and Oxidation Properties of Sediments from an Urban Lake]]

===== Geotechnical Engineering =====

    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/geodatabase/Case_database.htm|THE Case Data Base]]
    * [[research:tschebotarioff:home|G. P. Tschebotarioff's Selected Slides]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/odot1.html|Video Analysis of Pavement]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/grain.htm|The Influence Of Grain-Size Characteristics in Determining the Liquefaction Potential of a Soil Deposit by the Energy Method]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/centrif.htm|Validation of the Energy Method to Determine the Liquefaction Potential of a Soil Deposit by the Centrifuge]]

===== Engineering Mechanics =====

    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/fuzzy.htm|Fuzzy Finite Element Methods]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/sma.htm|Measurement and Modeling of Thermomechanical Behavior of Shape Memory Alloys with Emphasis on Thin Films]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/concrete.htm|Influence of Fracture Surface Roughness Characteristics on the Specific Fracture Energy of Concrete as a Function of Specimen and Aggregate Size]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/mems1.htm|Fracture and Fatigue of MicroElectroMechanical Systems]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/chromic.htm|Stress Chromic Polymeric Coatings for Visual Detection of Overstress Condition]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/mems2.htm|Theoretical Modeling of Micro-electro-mechanical Systems]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/pezio1.html|Transient Finite Element Analysis of Non-linear Piezoelectric Material]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/bio1.htm|Biomechanics of the Human Mandible and Mid-Face]]
    * [[http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/coating.html|Development of Optimal Concrete Sealant Techniques]]