Activities and News
Visit from the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship
We were honored to showcase our research work to the amazing participants from the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship at our CREATE Lab! It was an inspiring day filled with curiosity and knowledge exchange.
June 26, 2024
We successfully concluded our summer workshop on climate adaptive infrastructure, where participants engaged in hands-on activities and explored the latest research insights.
Deadline: May 28-31, 2024
ERDC Railroad Team at CREATE Lab
It is our real pleasure to host the ERDC Railroad team at JSU. Thank You So Much for your Valuable Time and Input today. We look forward to our ongoing collaboration on the FRA project.
May 15, 2024
SWANA YP Student Design Competition
CREATE Lab won the best presentation award in the SWANA YP Student Design Competition 2024.
Fariha Rahman, one of the dedicated team members won the Rising Star presentation award.
April 18, 2024
Summer Workshop 2024
Exciting Opportunity for Mid and High School Student!
Join Summer Workshop!
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Deadline: May 15, 2024
Dr. Claudia Zapata's visit in CREATE Lab
Excited to share the news of Dr. Caludia Zapata's talk on unsaturated soil in the presence of Jim Poorbaugh, Cynthia J (Cindy) Smith and Marta Charria. heartfelt thanks to Dr. Zapata for taking the time to visit C𝐑𝐄ATE Lab in our campus and engage with our students and faculty.
April 19, 2024
Third Position in JSU-GSA Competition
Proud to share that Fariha Rahman has secured the third place at the JSU-GSA competition! At the competition she presented her work on "Warning Protocol for Highway Embankment". This award has shown her hard work, dedication, and brilliance in her field of study.
April 3, 2024
Second Position in Mississippi Science and Engineering Fair
High school student, David Amari Roberts was assisted by CREATE Labto assist him in setting up his experiment, obtaining results, and editing his written material.
March 20 2024
CREATE Lab arranged summer workshop 2023 on Climate Adaptive Infrastructure. 12 students from different school participated in that workshop. Introduction to civil engineering, real world problem solving, competition and interactive events were arranged.
May 30 - June 2, 2023
CREATE Lab participated in Solid Waste Design Competition organized by SWANA and was awarded 3rd place. SWANA’s International Solid Waste Design Competition (SWDC) is a student team competition to solve “real world” problems faced by solid waste professional.
April 10, 2023
CREATE Lab was placed 2nd in the Geo-vidoe competition of Geo-challenge organized by Geo-congress. The link of the the video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0o8ZqlzgPE . Give it a go to support geo-environmental solutions.
March 26-29, 2023
CREATE Lab showcased their ongoing works as presentation and posters in Geo-congress 2023 conference in Los Angeles, California. The conference included a wide range of knowledge-enhancing technical and panel sessions, short courses, and workshops.
March 26-29, 2023
CREATE Lab visited the Piney Woods School to encourage the young minds towards environmental solutions to engineering problem.
March 2. 2023
CREATE Lab presented their current work at TRB conference 2023, taken place at Washington D.C.
January 8-12, 2023
A brief visit of BESI collaborated with USACE team on discussion of various ongoing projects. Ideas developed by Dr. Khan and his research team were presented in the meeting.
November 16, 2022
CREATE Lab has frequent field visits on Terry road and US 49 road for the inspection of the slope condition. Inclinometer test, ERI, soil sample collection, sensor data collection were conducted in this field work.
November 1, 2022
CREATE Lab presented their research work in Research Engagement Week at JSU. Posters and presentations from different disciplines were presented.
October 26-27, 2022
A brief visit of ERDC team on discussion of various ongoing projects. Ideas developed by Dr. Khan and his research team were presented in the meeting. Click to see some moments from the visit of ERDC group.
October 24, 2022
CREATE Lab of JSU attended "Magnolia" chapter of SWANA which took place at the Natchez Convention Centre in historic downtown, Natchez, MS . The team presented their current work on Waste Management at the conference.
October 11-13, 2022
Monthly luncheon of Mississippi Section was held at Jackson to discuss the current state of dams in Mississippi. William McKercher, chief of the Dam Safety Division was the speaker for this event.
October 4, 2022
CREATE Lab attended the Mississippi section of ASCE meeting in Vicksburg. Presentation on expansive clays and interactive sessions were held.
September 21-23, 2022
In conjunction with the NSF CAREER Award, Dr. Khan's Geotechnical Research and Development at JSU hosted students, teachers, and professionals at a workshop (camp) during the 2022 summer.
May 30, 2022 - June 2, 2022
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