Our Team
Director
Dr. Bruno Gonçalves da Silva
Education:
- PhD - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2016
- MSc - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009
- BSc, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004
Employment:
- NJIT, Newark - Assistant Professor
- Arup, New York - Geotechnical Engineer
- Nolan's Associates, UK, Structural Engineer
- ViaTunel PGF, Portugal, Structural Engineer
Interests:
I am a geoscientist and geotechnical engineer whose research interests are the experimental and numerical study of the multi-scale damage processes of rocks and rock-like materials subject to loading conditions of interest to field-scale applications in the subsurface energy, environmental and civil engineering fields.
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Gayani Gunarathna
PhD candidate, MS Structural Design, Kingston University, UK; BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
Research: Effect of the state of stress in the fracturing processes and induced seismicity due to hydraulic fracturing.
Catarina Baptista Pereira
PhD candidate, MS Petroleum Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal; BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal
Research: Influence of injection rate and fluid diffusivity in hydraulic fracturing processes
Ehsan Mehryaar
PhD candidate, BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran.
Research: Thermal-induced spalling of tunnel liners
Di Zhang (co-advisee)
PhD candidate, MSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology; BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, China Agriculture University
Research: Numerical simulations of the micro-mechanical properties of shale
Zachary Keator
Undergraduate researcher
Research: Feasibility of implementing an Enhanced Geothermal System at the NJIT campus
Jas Ahuja
Undergraduate researcher
Research: Visual analyses and interpretation of hydraulic fracturing tests in rocks
Elisee Doh
Undergraduate Researcher
Research: Specimen preparation and thermal testing of concrete sections
Former Members
Josue Deidan
Undergraduate researcher
Research: Analysis and interpretation of acoustic emission data from hydraulic fracturing tests
Edisberto Cardona, Jr
Undergraduate researcher
Research: Visual analyses and interpretation of hydraulic fracturing tests in rocks
Marco Fernandez
Undergraduate Researcher
Research: Estimation of roughness of lab-scale hydraulic fractures in granite using micro-CT scan and SEM observations
Karina Tapia
BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (currently at Neglia Engineering Associates)
Undergraduate researcher
Research: Effect of fractures, fracture filling and rock saturation in the attenuation and speed of propagation of P- and S-waves
Inderdeep Grewal
BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (currently at Advantage Engineering Associates P.C.)
Undergraduate researcher
Research: Development of a MATLAB code to automatically identify the development of hydraulic fractures based on visual data
Ricardo Ayala
BSc Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (currently at Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers)
Undergraduate researcher
Research: Experimental evaluation of the effect of injection rate in the hydraulic fracturing pressures in granite