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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

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Ranya Zina
Lunar regolith simulants

Former Graduate Students

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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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