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

9802887慕尼黑国际研究员奖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。该项目的奖项提供了联合研究的机会，并提供了使用国外独特或互补的设施、专业知识和实验条件的机会。该奖项将资助华盛顿州立大学的Balasingam Muhunthan博士为期12个月的博士后研究访问，与剑桥大学的Malcolm Bolton博士合作，研究微结构对土壤中机械和运输过程的影响。该奖项的资金来自工程部的减少灾害计划。这项合作将开发一个新的框架，能够从微观力学的方法来表征非线性和不稳定的材料行为。博尔顿博士在土体本构模型和土工应用的离心机测试方面做出了重大贡献。他是剑桥土工离心机中心的主任。***

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. ***