Principal Investigator
Jonathan Fannin is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He obtained a B.Sc. (Civil Engineering) from the Queen’s University of Belfast, and a D. Phil. (Geotechnical Engineering) from the University of Oxford for studies on geosynthetics for soil stabilisation. Thereafter, he joined the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Foundation Engineering Section. He moved to the University of British Columbia, joining the faculty in 1989, and attaining promotion to Full Professor in 2001.
Collaborators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
Des Hartford | Principal Engineering Scientist: Office of the Director of Dam Safety at BC Hydro |
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Name | Brief bio |
|---|---|
Sanjei Chitravel | Sanjei obtained his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2022 and is currently a research fellow in the Department of Civil Engineering. His research interests revolve around the mechanical response of eroded soil and critical state soil mechanics-based simulation. He was awarded the Young Researcher Award in 2023 by the Japan Geotechnical Society for his doctoral work. |
Students
| Name | Program | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
Sara Ataii | Ph.D. | Seepage-induced internal instability, flexible wall permeameter testing, critical state soil mechanics |
Vinoth Ganapathiraman | Ph.D. | Seepage-induced internal instability, flexible wall permeameter testing, time-dependent rate effects |
Alumni
| Name | Program | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Swerid (2022) | M.A.Sc. | The microstructure and critical state locus of gap-graded Bennett south moraine sand |
| Anays Antunes (2021) | M.A.Sc. | On the critical state locus of the Bennett South Moraine sand |
| Vincent McClelland (2020) | M.A.Sc. | On the critical state of gap-graded sandy soil |
| Emily Tham (2020) | M.A.Sc. | On the use and interpretation of the Continuing Erosion Filter (CEF) test |
| Adam Silvester (2018) | M.A.Sc. | On the feasibility of mounting bender elements in a flexible wall permeameter |
| Drian Morkel Roos (2015) | M.A.Sc. | A laboratory study of filter compatibility with implications for Coursier Dam |
| Paul Slangen (2015) | Ph.D. | On the influence of effective stress and micro-structure on suffusion and suffosion |
| Kaley Crawford-Flett (2014) | Ph.D. | An improved hydromechanical understanding of seepage-induced instability phenomena in soil. |
| Antonio Sotil (2013) | M.A.Sc. | An evaluation of base soil-filter compatibility using a triaxial permeameter |
| Marcel Lüthi (2011) | M.A.Sc. | A modified hole erosion test (HET-P) to study erosion characteristics of soil |