Presidential Young Investigator

这是总统青年研究员奖。这项研究将包括继续发展岩土工程领域的仪器和测试装置，以及扩大对危险废物工程的参与。目前的研究将继续进行，以开发一种新的原位应力测量系统的超声波裂纹检测。危险废物区的工作将分为两个区域。首先，开发一种锥体穿透装置（Envirocone），可以对地下水和渗透带进行采样；其次，与几位生物学家合作，开展了几个项目；包括一个用于环境探测器的生物传感器，用于检测微量致癌物，一个用于研究土工布生物污染的实验室模型，以及一种潜在的通过电渗透在土壤中移动细菌的技术。

This is a Presidential Young Investigator award. The research will include continued development of instrumentation and testing devices in the area of geotechnical engineering, as well as expansion of involvement in hazardous waste engineering. Current research dealing with the development of ultrasonic crack detection for a new in situ stress measurement system will continue. Work in the hazardous waste area will diverge into two areas. First, development of a cone penetration device (Envirocone) that allows ground water and vadose zone sampling, and second, a combined program with several biologists yielding several projects; including a biosensor for the Envirocone to detect trace carcinogens, a laboratory model to study biocontamination of geotextiles, and a potential technique to electro-osmotically move bacteria through soil.