Research Bio

Nicholas Sitar is a professor in the Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering.  His research interests include:

• Slope stability under static and seismic loading.
• Seismic earth pressure on retaining structures.
• Seismic performance of tunnels and underground structures.
• Rock slope stability and rock erosion.
• Self-configuring wireless sensor networks for monitoring of natural processes.
• Numerical modeling and visualization of natural hazards.
• Numerical modeling of discontinuous (fractured) rock masses and rock-fluid interaction.
• Study of the influence of depositional/geologic environment on the properties of granular deposits.

Research Expertise and Interest

geotechnical earthquake engineering, wireless sensors, seismic slope stability, seismic earth pressure, rock erosion, groundwater remediation, numerical modeling of solid-fluid interaction, geotechnical engineering, geological engineering