Staff Members

Aiham Adawi

Laboratory Manager

Research Interests / Specializations: Laboratory tests on uniaxial compression tests on rock or concrete/rock contact at dam/foundation interface, strength tests on interface material

Aly Ahmed

Centrifuge Manager

Caitlin Corcoran

Laboratory Supervisor

Research Interests / Specializations: Laboratory tests on mercury intrusion porosimetry testing, areas of chromatography/spectroscopy, environmental chemistry and drinking water quality and treatment, Zeta potential tests

Melodie Richards

Laboratory Supervisor

Research Interests / Specializations: Performs laboratory tests on soil and water. These tests include standard and modified proctor compaction tests, grain size analysis using sieve and hydrometer methods, relative density, Atterberg limits, flexible wall hydraulic conductivity, fixed wall hydraulic conductivity, fixed wall hydraulic conductivity, direct shear consolidation, porewater squeeze, triaxial and soil water characteristic curves