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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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