Research conducted under GIGGs have full access to the state of the art facilities that The University of Texas at Austin has to provide. This includes but not limited to:
- Access to the Engineering and PCL libraries as well as the CTR library.
- Access to the general Geotechnical Engineering labs: This includes numerous triaxial, consolidation, direct shear testing, resonant column testing, flexible and rigid wall permeation setups,
- Access to the Grouting and Geomechanics Group laboratories managed by Prof. El Mohtar: these labs include an advanced Anton Paar MCR 301 rheometer, fan viscometer, marsh funnel, flow cone, bleed tests, filter press tests, 1-D, 2-D and 3-D grouting setups, hydraulic conductivity setups, static and cyclic triaxial testing, static and cyclic simple shear testing, Uniaxial, Triaxial and direct shear rock testing, large scale shaking table/simple shear static and dynamic testing frame (1m x 0.5m x 0.5m),
- Access to advanced cement and material chemistry labs as part of the Materials group within the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering.
- Access to the Texas Materials Institute facilities which include a wide array of advanced material characterization and testing.
- Access to the environmental engineering labs within the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering.
- Access to top Tier researchers across campus with a wide range of expertise that can serve on students’ committees and compliment GIGGs members’ expertise to provide guidance to the students while conducting research.
- Last but not least, The Geotechnical Engineering group at UT-Austin attracts the top students from the United States and around the World. Therefore, GIGGs’ research will be conducted by some of the brightest young minds who will be able to perform at the highest level and deliver results that will advance the industries understanding of grouting fundamentals and applications. These same undergraduate and graduate students will then provide an excellent addition to the workforce in the industry.