Soil Mechanics Lab
JOHN C. STORMONT
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
University of New Mexico· Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1990
· M.S., University of Arizona, 1983
· B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1980Registered Professional Engineer, New Mexico
Areas of specializationGeo-environmental engineering
Containment and stabilization systems for landfills and mine wastes
Applications of geosynthetics
Stability of landfill liner and cover systemsDrainage and vadose zone hydrology
Vadose zone properties
Pavement drainage
Unsaturated drainageGeomechanics
Nuclear waste repository sealing
Coupled mechanical-hydrologic behavior
Permeability measurements
Constitutive models for geologic materialsCourses taught
CE551 Waste containment technologies
CE598 Vadose zone hydrology
CE552 Geosynthetic design problems
CE561L Advanced soil mechanics lab
CE499 Design of civil engineering systems
CE464 Rock mechanics
CE360L Soil mechanics
CE302 Mechanics of materials
CE202 Engineering staticsResearch
Developer and Technical Lead for Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between UNM and US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, initiated in 1997 and active through 2002.
Program Co-Director for Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, funded by the National Science Foundation beginning in 1998 and active through 2002.
Research areas:
Waste site containment: design of full-size barrier systems; field tests of storage capacity and lateral diversion capacity; theoretical treatment of drainage within a capillary barrier; theoretical analysis of storage capacity of capillary barriers; numerical simulations and design of cover systems including soil covers and capillary barriers; erosion and surface treatments for surface cover systems; laboratory tests of storage capacity of capillary barriers; laboratory testing of stability of capillary barrier interfaces; numerical simulations of capillary barriers utilizing daily varying climatic input.
Unsaturated drainage: patented concept; theoretical analysis of unsaturated drainage; numerical investigation of drainage potential; material characterization and selection; laboratory testing of drainage systems.
Pavement drainage: numerical and lab tests of drainage materials and configurations, design evaluations.
Water balance hydrology: measurement of surface infiltration; measurement of evaporation from soils; soil properties related to infiltration, redistribution and evaporation, soil-water energy measurements.
Unsaturated transport behavior of geosynthetics: complete wetting-drying characterization of geotextiles; capillary rise/depression testing; unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; specialty uses of geocomposites.
Rock mechanics: coupled deformation-permeability change laboratory measurements;
theoretical analyses of rock mass permeability changes; measurements of the disturbed rock zone surrounding excavations in salt; numerical simulations of damage and healing in rock salt.Other topics: landfill subsidence; tailings cover design; stress-strain behavior of geomembranes; transformations of waste water in vadose zone; effect of density on unsaturated transport properties of soils; stress-dependent moisture characteristic functions.
JOHN C. STORMONT
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
University of New Mexico· Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1990
· M.S., University of Arizona, 1983
· B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1980Registered Professional Engineer, New Mexico
Areas of specializationGeo-environmental engineering
Containment and stabilization systems for landfills and mine wastes
Applications of geosynthetics
Stability of landfill liner and cover systemsDrainage and vadose zone hydrology
Vadose zone properties
Pavement drainage
Unsaturated drainageGeomechanics
Nuclear waste repository sealing
Coupled mechanical-hydrologic behavior
Permeability measurements
Constitutive models for geologic materialsCourses taught
CE551 Waste containment technologies
CE598 Vadose zone hydrology
CE552 Geosynthetic design problems
CE561L Advanced soil mechanics lab
CE499 Design of civil engineering systems
CE464 Rock mechanics
CE360L Soil mechanics
CE302 Mechanics of materials
CE202 Engineering staticsResearch
Developer and Technical Lead for Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between UNM and US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, initiated in 1997 and active through 2002.
Program Co-Director for Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, funded by the National Science Foundation beginning in 1998 and active through 2002.
Research areas:
Waste site containment: design of full-size barrier systems; field tests of storage capacity and lateral diversion capacity; theoretical treatment of drainage within a capillary barrier; theoretical analysis of storage capacity of capillary barriers; numerical simulations and design of cover systems including soil covers and capillary barriers; erosion and surface treatments for surface cover systems; laboratory tests of storage capacity of capillary barriers; laboratory testing of stability of capillary barrier interfaces; numerical simulations of capillary barriers utilizing daily varying climatic input.
Unsaturated drainage: patented concept; theoretical analysis of unsaturated drainage; numerical investigation of drainage potential; material characterization and selection; laboratory testing of drainage systems.
Pavement drainage: numerical and lab tests of drainage materials and configurations, design evaluations.
Water balance hydrology: measurement of surface infiltration; measurement of evaporation from soils; soil properties related to infiltration, redistribution and evaporation, soil-water energy measurements.
Unsaturated transport behavior of geosynthetics: complete wetting-drying characterization of geotextiles; capillary rise/depression testing; unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; specialty uses of geocomposites.
Rock mechanics: coupled deformation-permeability change laboratory measurements;
theoretical analyses of rock mass permeability changes; measurements of the disturbed rock zone surrounding excavations in salt; numerical simulations of damage and healing in rock salt.Other topics: landfill subsidence; tailings cover design; stress-strain behavior of geomembranes; transformations of waste water in vadose zone; effect of density on unsaturated transport properties of soils; stress-dependent moisture characteristic functions.
JOHN C. STORMONT
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
University of New Mexico· Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1990
· M.S., University of Arizona, 1983
· B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1980Registered Professional Engineer, New Mexico
Areas of specializationGeo-environmental engineering
Containment and stabilization systems for landfills and mine wastes
Applications of geosynthetics
Stability of landfill liner and cover systemsDrainage and vadose zone hydrology
Vadose zone properties
Pavement drainage
Unsaturated drainageGeomechanics
Nuclear waste repository sealing
Coupled mechanical-hydrologic behavior
Permeability measurements
Constitutive models for geologic materialsCourses taught
CE551 Waste containment technologies
CE598 Vadose zone hydrology
CE552 Geosynthetic design problems
CE561L Advanced soil mechanics lab
CE499 Design of civil engineering systems
CE464 Rock mechanics
CE360L Soil mechanics
CE302 Mechanics of materials
CE202 Engineering staticsResearch
Developer and Technical Lead for Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between UNM and US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, initiated in 1997 and active through 2002.
Program Co-Director for Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, funded by the National Science Foundation beginning in 1998 and active through 2002.
Research areas:
Waste site containment: design of full-size barrier systems; field tests of storage capacity and lateral diversion capacity; theoretical treatment of drainage within a capillary barrier; theoretical analysis of storage capacity of capillary barriers; numerical simulations and design of cover systems including soil covers and capillary barriers; erosion and surface treatments for surface cover systems; laboratory tests of storage capacity of capillary barriers; laboratory testing of stability of capillary barrier interfaces; numerical simulations of capillary barriers utilizing daily varying climatic input.
Unsaturated drainage: patented concept; theoretical analysis of unsaturated drainage; numerical investigation of drainage potential; material characterization and selection; laboratory testing of drainage systems.
Pavement drainage: numerical and lab tests of drainage materials and configurations, design evaluations.
Water balance hydrology: measurement of surface infiltration; measurement of evaporation from soils; soil properties related to infiltration, redistribution and evaporation, soil-water energy measurements.
Unsaturated transport behavior of geosynthetics: complete wetting-drying characterization of geotextiles; capillary rise/depression testing; unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; specialty uses of geocomposites.
Rock mechanics: coupled deformation-permeability change laboratory measurements;
theoretical analyses of rock mass permeability changes; measurements of the disturbed rock zone surrounding excavations in salt; numerical simulations of damage and healing in rock salt.Other topics: landfill subsidence; tailings cover design; stress-strain behavior of geomembranes; transformations of waste water in vadose zone; effect of density on unsaturated transport properties of soils; stress-dependent moisture characteristic functions.
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