Turning Sargassum Waste into Resources: Engineered Biochar for Strengthening Living Shorelines, US EPA, 2026-2029, Principal Investigator, Budget: $800,000.
Inventorying and Developing Rehabilitation Guidelines for MDOT Highway Culverts, Mississippi Department of Transportation, 2026-2029, Principal Investigator, Budget: $250,000.
Developing and Evaluating Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) Materials to Facilitate Rehabilitation of Pipes and Culverts under Pavements. ERDC, 2025-2027, Principal Investigator, Budget: $150,000.
Progressive Formation and Collapse of Sinkholes Caused by Defective Buried Pipes. National Science Foundation, 2023-2026, Sole Principal Investigator, Budget: $200,000.
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Evaluating the Risks that Erosion Control Products Pose to Protected Species and Other Wildlife. Texas Department of Transportation, 2023-2025, co-PI-30% , Budget: $310,621.25. (Dr. Jun Xu replaced my role as co-PI in August 2024)
Develop Settlement Criteria and Design Approach for Embankments and Retaining Walls Built on Compressible Soils. Texas Department of Transportation, 2022-2024, Principal Investigator for Tarleton (Collaborating with Dr. Jie Huang at UTSA), Budget: $218,000. (Completed)