International Research Fellow Awards: Effects of Microstructure on Mechanical and Transport Processes in Soils

9802887 Muhunthan国际研究员奖励计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。该计划的奖励为联合研究提供了机会，并利用独特或互补的设施、专业知识和国外的实验条件。该奖项将支持华盛顿州立大学的Balasingam Muhunthan博士进行为期12个月的博士后访问，与剑桥大学的Malcolm Bolton博士一起研究微观结构对土壤力学和运输过程的影响。该奖项的资金来自工程部的减少危害计划。这次合作将开发一个新的框架，使非线性和不稳定的材料行为的表征从微观力学的方法。博尔顿博士在岩土工程应用的土壤本构建模和离心测试方面做出了重大贡献。他是剑桥岩土离心中心主任。＊＊＊

9802887 Muhunthan The International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twentyfour months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad. This award will support a twelve month postdoctoral research visit by Dr. Balasingam Muhunthan of Washington State University to work with Dr. Malcolm Bolton at Cambridge University on the effects of microstructure on mechanical and transport processes in soils. Funding for this award comes from the Hazard Reduction Program in the Division of Engineering. This collaboration will develop a new framework to enable the characterization of nonlinear and unstable materials behavior from the approach of micro-mechanics. Dr. Bolton has made significant contributions in constitutive modeling of soils and centrifuge testing for geotechnical applications. He is director of the Cambridge Geotechnical Centrifuge Center. ***