Team

oladoyin.kolawole@njit.edu

Faculty Page: NJIT Profile

Google Scholar:

ResearchGate:

LinkedIn:

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

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.

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

Jason Lin

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

Class of 2025

Research Topic: sustainable geomaterials.

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 - 2023; Research Topic: enhanced geothermal energy.
Ayushka More: M.S. Civil Engineering, 2022-2023; Research 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