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        oladoyin.kolawole@njit.edu

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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 

Dr. Oladoyin Kolawole

Assistant Professor
John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology 

Education

2021     Ph.D., Texas Tech University

2018     M.S., University of Miskolc, Hungary

2012     B.S., Rivers State University, Nigeria

 

Academic Positions

07/2022 - Present      Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ

01/2022 - 06/2022      Faculty Fellow (Visiting Faculty), Hope College, MI

06/2021 - 12/2021       Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech University, TX

08/2018 - 05/2021      Graduate Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University, TX

09/2018 - 03/2021      Graduate Student Researcher, Texas Tech University, TX 

Honors & Awards 

2022   Future Leader Award, American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)

2020   Distinguished Service Award, American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)   

Graduate Students

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Mary Ngoma

Grad Student, Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering Concentration), New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2022 - Present

B.S., Civil Engineering, Hope College, Michigan, 2022

Research Interests: biogeomechanics/biogeotechnics; geotechnical-hazard mitigation; underground heat energy with applications to geotechnical engineering and civil infrastructures. 

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Felix Oppong

Grad Student, Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering Concentration), New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2023 - Present

M.S., Mining Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China, 2022

B.S., Geological Engineering, University of Mines and Technology, Ghana, 2016

Research Interests: Slope stability; cemented waste rock backfill (CWRB); cementitious materials for applications in rock grouting and Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) structures; bio-inspired geotechnics.

Undergraduate Students

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Jason Lin

B.S. Student, Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2022 - Present

Class of 2025

Research Topic: sustainable geomaterials.

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Saad Rehmatullah

B.S. Student, Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2022 - Present

Class of 2026

Research Topic: soil thermal conductivity.

  • Larissa Cavalcante: B.S. Civil Engineering [Class of 2026], 2022 - 2023Research Topic: enhanced geothermal energy.

  • Ayushka More: M.S. Civil Engineering, 2022-2023Research Topic: Bentonite clay as an underground seal in geo-engineering.

High school students:

  • Neha Sudarshan: West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, New Jersey; Summer 2023

Alumni

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