A list of Dr. Zornberg’s former students is shown below, with the name followed by the year of graduation. For Master’s and PhD students, the title of the thesis or dissertation is included, with a link to the PDF provided in most cases. The list is divided into Master’s of Science, PhD and Postdoctoral Students.
Thesis title: Effect of Soil Type and Compaction Methods on the Confined Stiffness of Soil-geogrid Composites. [pdf]
Thesis title: Impact of Angularity, Particle Size and Particle Size Distribution on the Stiffness of the Soil-geosynthetic Composite. [pdf]
Thesis title: Monitoring and Prediction of Transient Unsaturated Flow in Clay Materials. [pdf]
Thesis title: Characterization of the Swelling Behavior of Expansive Clays using Centrifuge Technology. [pdf]
Thesis title: Evaluation of the Separation Function of Geotextiles Using Accelerated Pavement Testing Conditions. [pdf]
Thesis title: Evaluation of Multilayered Elastostatic Back calculation using In-situ Measurements in Geosynthetic-reinforced Asphalt Pavement. [pdf]
Thesis title: A Monography on Asphalt recycling.
Thesis title: Sources of Variability ion Small-scale Soil-geosynthetic Interaction Testing. [pdf]
Thesis title: Lab Characterization of Near-surface Soils from Farm to Market Road 2. [pdf]
Thesis title: Advances in Cross-plane and In-plane Geosynthetic Drainage. [pdf]
Thesis title: An Analytical Model for Quantification of Geosynthetic Benefits in Roadway Base Stabilization. [pdf]
Thesis title: Effect of Orientation on In-isolation and In-soil Geosynthetic Properties. [pdf]
Thesis title: A Study on Geosynthetic-Reinforced Asphalt Systems. [pdf]
Thesis title: Environmental Loads on Control and Geosynthetic Stabilized Pavements over Expansive Clay Subgrades. [pdf]
Thesis title: Potential Vertical Rise of Lime-Treated Expansive Clays Using Centrifuge Technology. [pdf]
Thesis title: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Integral/Semi-Integral Bridge Abutments for Texas Conditions. [pdf]
Thesis title: Experimental Evaluation of Geocell Reinforcement Behavior using Transparent Soil Techniques. [pdf]
Thesis title: Moisture Drainage under Unsaturated Soil Conditions with the Aid of Enhanced Lateral Drainage (ELD) Geotextiles. [pdf]
Thesis title: Investigation of Shear Band Mechanism in Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall using Pullout Tests. [pdf]
Thesis title: Field Evaluation of Reinforced Asphalt Overlays using Strain Measurements. [pdf]
Thesis title: Parametric Evaluation of Relevant Parameters Affecting the Soil-Geosynthetic Interaction under Small Displacements. [pdf]
Thesis title: Centrifuge Measurements of Two-Phase Transient Flow in Rigid Porous Media. [pdf]
Thesis title: Determination of the Potential Vertical Rise in Expansive Soils Using Centrifuge Technology. [pdf]
Thesis title: Use of Geotextiles with Enhanced Lateral Drainage in Roads over Expansive Clays. [pdf]
Thesis title: Evaluation of the Rate of Secondary Swelling in Expansive Clays using Centrifuge Technology. [pdf]
Thesis title: Effect of Fabric on the Swelling of Highly Plastic Clays. [pdf]
Thesis title: Pullout Evaluation of Steel Slag Fines and Dredged Material Blends with Uniaxial Geogrids. [pdf]
Thesis title: Analysis of Dredge Material and Crushed Glass Blends with Uniaxial Geogrids in Pullout Tests. [pdf]
Thesis title: Performance of Anchored Bulkheads.
Thesis title: Pullout Evaluation of Uniaxial Geogrids Embedded in Dredged Material. [pdf]
Thesis title: Evaluation of Pullout Results using Crushed Glass and Dredged Materials.
Thesis title: Performance of Geotextile Capillary Barriers.
Thesis title: Quantification using Centrifuge of Variables Governing the Swelling of Clays. [pdf]
Thesis title: Closure of a Uranium Mills Tailings Dam. [pdf]
Thesis title: Analysis of a Database of Uniaxial Geogrid Pullout Resistance Results. [pdf]
Thesis title: Anti-capillary Barrier Performance of Wicking Geotextiles. [pdf]
Thesis title: Hydraulic Performance and Stability of Geosynthetic Landfill Cover Systems with Constrained Drainage at the Outlet. [pdf]
Thesis title: Field Performance of Geogrid Reinforced Low-volume Pavements. [pdf]
Thesis title: Effect of Geogrid Characteristics on Confined Stiffness.
Thesis title: Monitoring of Time-dependent Deformations in a Geotextile-Reinforced Slope. [pdf]
Thesis title: Effect of Deformability of Ridges on Interface Shear Strength. [pdf]
Thesis title: Calibration of Water Content Reflectometer. [pdf]
Thesis title: Evaluation of Synergism between Creep and Defects in a Low Linear Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) Geomembrane.
Thesis title: Small Soil Column Investigation of Soil-Geotextile Capillary Barrier System. [pdf]
Thesis title: Centrifuge Testing of an Expansive Clay. [pdf]
Thesis title: Hydraulic Classification of Unsaturated Nonwoven Geotextiles for use in Soil Structures. [pdf]
Thesis title: Subgrade Restraint Using Geotextiles. [pdf]
Thesis title: Passive Grouting with Colloidal Silica for Secondary Containment Systems.
Thesis title: Behavior of Fiber-reinforced Highly Plastic Clay. [pdf]
Thesis title: Pullout of Geosynthetic Reinforcement with in-Plane Drainage Capacity in Cohesive Soil.
Thesis title: Effect of Cracking on the Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Highly Plastic Clays. [pdf]
Thesis title: Mechanical Properties of Tire Bales.
Thesis title: Investigation of the Thermal Response of a Tire Shred-Soil Embankment. [pdf]
Thesis title: Investigation of the Thermal Response of Tire Shred Fills. [pdf]
Thesis title: Centrifuge Modelling for MSE-Shoring Composite Walls. [pdf]
Thesis title: A Study of the Residual Shear Strength of Clay Soils. [pdf]
Thesis title: Characterization of Creep, Stress Relaxation and Residual Strength of a Woven Polypropylene Geotextile. [pdf]
Thesis title: Characterization of the Long-term Behavior of Geosynthetics using Time-temperature Superposition Methods.
Thesis title: Internal and Interface Shear Strength of Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs).
Thesis title: Geosynthetic-reinforced Bridge Abutments.
Thesis title: Performance of a Prototype Embankment Reinforced with Tire Shreds.
Thesis title: Upgrade of a Large Scale True Triaxial Apparatus for Shear Strength Characterization.
Thesis title: Construction of a Prototype Embankment using Tire Shreds.
Thesis title: Shear Strength of Tire Shred-Sand Mixtures.
Dissertation title: Advances in the Use of Geocells in Hydraulic Applications. [pdf]
Dissertation title: A Particle-Level Study of Soil-Geogrid Interaction Using Transparent Sand. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Geosynthetic Encased Columns for Soft Soil Improvement Modelling with Laponite. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Evaluation of Pavement Performance Improvement with Geotextiles using Accelerated Pavement Testing. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Free Energy in Expansive Clays: A Practical Exploration of the Role of Suction in Clay Swelling and Temperature-Dependent Permittivity Measurements. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Evaluation of Mechanisms Governing the Stabilization of Unbound Aggregate Bases by Geogrids in Flexible Pavements. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Field Study of Thermally-induced Soil-structure Interactions in Semi-integral Bridge Structures. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Characterization of Expansive Clay Behavior using Centrifuge and Field Evaluations. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Evaluation of Load Transfer Mechanisms Between Soil and Geogrid using Transparent Soil. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Hydro-mechanical Characterization of Unsatured Clays using Centrifuge Technology. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Evaluation of Soil-reinforcement Composite Interaction in Geosynthetic-reinforced Soil Structures. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Performance of Geotextiles with Enhanced Drainage. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Analytical, Experimental, and Field Evaluations of Soil-Geosynthetic Interaction under Small Displacements. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Performance of Flexible Pavements Enhanced using Geogrid-reinforced Asphalt Overlays. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Characterization of Soil Unsaturated Flow Properties Using Steady State Centrifuge Methods. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Evaluation of Soil-geogrid Interaction at Different Load Levels Using Pullout Tests and Transparent Soil. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Experimental Assessment of the Effect of Infiltration on the Behavior of Fine-Grained Soils Reinforced with Nonwoven Geotextiles (Portuguese). [pdf]
Dissertation title: New Equipment to Conduct Confined-accelerated Creep Tests on Geosynthetics. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Effect of Cracking on the Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Highly Plastic Clays. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Mechanical and Physical Characterization of Tire Bales. [pdf]
Dissertation title: A Study of Geosynthetic Reinforced Flexible Pavement System. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Stress Distribution within Geosynthetic Reinforced Structures. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Leakage through Defects in Geomembrane Liners under High Hydraulic Heads. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Determination of the Hydraulic Characteristics of Unsaturated Soils Using a Centrifuge Permeameter. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Experimental Evaluation of Prototype Geotextile-Reinforced Retaining Walls. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Mechanical Response of Fiber-Reinforced Soil. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Unsaturated Flow under Increased Gravitational Field. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Time-dependent Deformations of Geotextile-reinforced Soil Walls. [pdf]
Dissertation title: Study of Soil-geogrid Interaction Using Pullout Tests (Portuguese). [pdf]
Dissertation title: Response of Geosynthetic-reinforced Structures under Working Stress and Failure Conditions.