Systems Integration projects under the Infrastructure Construction thrust include Development of Indigenous Building Materials and Engineering Applications of EICP. Enabling technology projects under this thrust include Development of Bio-inspired Sensors and Sensor Deployment Methods, Development of Adaptive Self-sensing Foundations, and Vibration-induced Self Healing. Development of Bio-inspired Sensors and Sensor Deployment Methods seeks to understand and mimic the sensing systems and borrowing strategies of lizards, moles, mollusks, and worms. Development of Adaptive Self-sensing Foundations seeks to mimic root growth and adaptation to changing boundary conditions. Inspired by bone growth and ant bridges, Vibration-induced Self Healing will explore energy/mass transfer under alternating excitation.
Infrastructure Construction Faculty
- Lead: P. Bandini, Civil Engineering, NMSU
- L. Caslake, Biological / Life Sciences, Lafayette
- D. Cortes, Civil Engineering, NMSU
- S. Dai, Civil and Environmental Engineering, GT
- J. DeJong, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCD
- J.D. Frost, Civil and Environmental Engineering, GT
- N. Hamdan, Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, ASU
- E. Kavazanjian, Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, ASU
- H. Khodadadi, Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, ASU
- A. Martinez, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCD
- M. McGinnis, Civil Engineering, UT Tyler
- D. Nelson, Biological Sciences, UCD
- C. Newtson, Civil Engineering, NMSU
- R. Parales, Biological Sciences, UCD
- M. Roth, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lafayette
- L. van Paassen, Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, ASU
- E. Vivoni, Earth and Space Exploration, ASU
- B. Weldon, Civil Engineering, NMSU
- D. Wilson, Center for Geotechnical Modeling, UCD
- C. Zapata, Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, ASU
Thrust 3 Projects
| ID Number | Project Title |
|---|---|
| AP6 | Chinese Scholarship Council & Higginbotham Professorship |
| PR9 | Tree Root Inspired Foundations and Retaining Systems |
| PR10 | Root System Evaluation for Multi-function Foundation Bio-inspiration |
| PR11 | Bio-Inspired Deep Foundation Systems |
| PR12 | Bio-Inspired Resilient Earthen Construction |
| PR13 | Engineering Applications of EICP - Fugitive Dust Control |
| PR45 | EICP for Erosion Control in Sloping Ground |
| PR56 | EICP Biocemented Soil Columns for Ground Improvement |
| PR57 | Prototype Testing of Bio-inspired Radially Expansive Pile Systems |
| PR65 | Bio-based Scour Protection for Underwater Foundation Systems |
| PR73 | Fugitive Dust Mitigation via Enzyme Induced Carbonate Precipitation |
