Presidential Young Investigator

这是总统颁发的青年调查员奖。这项研究将包括继续开发岩土工程领域的仪器和测试设备，以及扩大对危险废物工程的参与。目前针对一种新的地应力测量系统的超声波裂纹检测的研究将继续进行。危险废物区域的工作将分成两个区域。第一，开发允许地下水和包气带采样的圆锥体渗透设备(Envirocon)，第二，与几位生物学家联合开展的项目；包括用于检测微量致癌物的Envirocon生物传感器，研究土工织物生物污染的实验室模型，以及一种潜在的通过土壤电渗透移动细菌的技术。

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.