Geomechanics for Geo-Engineering & Sustainability (GGES) Lab Group
Team
DIRECTOR & 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)
About
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Dr. Oladoyin Kolawole is a geomechanics and geotechnical engineering researcher.
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He pioneered the “biogeomechanics” concept, which studies the mechanical responses of rocks due to biological-induced processes.
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Dr. Kolawole is a recipient of the Future Leader Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA).
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He currently serves on the Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering (COGGE) at the U.S. National Academies.
Graduate Students
Mary Ngoma
PhD 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; underground energy resources.
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Prabhakar Khadka
PhD Student, Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering Concentration), New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2024 - Present
B.S., Civil Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk Campus - Institute of Engineering, Nepal, 2022
Research Interests: Slope stability; mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) structures.
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Felix Oppong
MS 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: Rock grouting; cemented waste rock backfill (CWRB); slope stabilization.
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Alumni
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Saad Rehmatullah: B.S. Civil Engineering [Class of 2026], New Jersey Institute of Technology, 10/2022 - 12/2023; Research Topic: soil thermal conductivity for buried infrastructure.
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Jason Lin: B.S. Civil Engineering [Class of 2025], New Jersey Institute of Technology, 10/2022 - 12/2023; Research Topic: improvement of geomaterials with geopolymers; underground waste disposal.
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Larissa Cavalcante: B.S. Civil Engineering [Class of 2026], New Jersey Institute of Technology, 10/2022 - 09/2023; Research Topic: enhanced geothermal energy.
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Ayushka More: M.S. Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2022-2023; Research Topic: Bentonite clay as an underground seal in geo-engineering.
High school students:
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Neha Sudarshan: West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, New Jersey; Summer 2023