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GEO-INNOVATIONS RESEARCH LAB
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Julio R. Valdes, Ph.D.
Senate Distinguished Professor
Civil, Construction, and Env. Eng.
San Diego State University
jvaldes at sdsu.edu
Current Research Students
Jon Cabrera
Polymer-bonded clays
Amanda Martinez
Polymer-bonded sands
Ranya Zina
Lunar regolith simulants
Former Graduate Students
David Riley
Breakage
(stiffness monitoring)
Kishore K. Shivaram
Cementation
Chris Vonk
Expansive soils
Pouya Golshan
Localization
Nicole Salem
Filtration
Nicole Garcia
Cemented Sands
Colm Kenny
Fines migration
Fabio Fernandes
AE monitoring
Arce Doble
Stress relaxation
Johan Gallay
Localized compaction
Ujwal Patil
Expansive soils
Lilian Rodriguez Breakage
Vicky Karanikola
Filtration
Iko Syahrial
Breakage
(AE and Vp monitoring)
Anh (Vicky) Ngo
Granulated tire rubber
Selene Leleu
Breakage
(mineralogy effects)
Eren Koprulu
Breakage
(internal stability)
Doug Jacobson Conglomerates
Eddie Liang
Smart filtrers
Benito Caban
Breakage
(permeability)
Pambos Lestas
Radial clogging
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