Paola Bandini, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Civil Engineering Department
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3CE
Espina St., Hernandez Hall, Room 244
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001, USA

Phone: (575) 646-2471

Fax: (575) 646-6049

E-mail: paola at nmsu.edu

 My geotechnical engineering graduate students:

Former Students:                 

Tanzeem Amhad, M.S.C.E. - Spring 2004 (DMJM Aviation, Fort Worth, TX)

Jerry L. Peace, Ph.D. - Fall 2004 (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM)

WJ Napoleon, M.S.C.E. - Spring 2005

G. Joseph Gunaranjan (Ranjan), P.E., M.S.C.E. - Summer 2005 (Earth Mechanics, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA)

Thang Huu Phan, M.S.C.E. - Summer 2005 (Currently Ph.D. Student - Iowa State University, Ames, IA)

Kandeepan Saravanapavan, P.E., M.S.C.E. - Fall 2005 (Kleinfelder, Sacramento, CA)

Thanabalasingam Sathees, M.S.C.E. - Spring 2006 (Advanced Earth Sciences, Inc., Irvine, CA)

Selvarajah Ramesh, M.S.C.E. - Fall 2006 (Currently Ph.D. Student - Purdue University)

Alessandra Bianchini, P.E., Ph.D. - Fall 2007 (National Center for Asphalt Technology, Auburn, AL)

Sittampalam Sathiskumar, M.S.C.E. - Fall 2007 (Diaz-Youngman & Associates, Santa Ana, CA)

Rosa Imelda Olague-Caballero, M.S.C.E., Ph.D. - Spring 2008 (New Mexico AMP, Las Cruces, NM)

Saheem Ahmed, M.S.C.E. - Fall 2008 (Terracon, Dallas, TX)

Charles G. Johnpillai - M.S.C.E. - Fall 2008 (Converse Consultants, Redlands, CA)

Lizeth Martinez - M.S.C.E. - Spring 2009 (AMEC Earth & Environmental, El Paso, TX)

Current Students:

Hoa Xuan Nguyen - Ph.D. Student [M.S.C.E., 2006]

Hung Viet Pham - Ph.D. Student [M.S.C.E., 2006]

Umaima Abdul-Hamid Al Aqtash - Ph.D. Student [M.S.C.E., 2008]

Kalaichchelvi Subramaniam - Master Student

Alexander Jones - Master Student

RJ Laskin - Master Student

Gabriel Luera - Master Student

 

 

 

 

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Hoa Xuan Nguyen

BS Geotechnical Eng., Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Vietnam

M.S.C.E., Summer 2006, Civil Engineering, NMSU

 

Degree objective: Ph.D.

Research interests:  Numerical methods applied to stability problems in geomechanics; ground improvement.

 

E-mail: xuanhoa at nmsu.edu

Office: EC1 213
 

Hung Viet Pham

BS Civil Eng., University of Communications and Transportation, Vietnam

M.S.C.E., Fall 2006, Civil Engineering, NMSU

 

Degree objective: Ph.D.

Research interests: Performance and modeling of flexible pavements; numerical methods applied to geomechanics and pavement engineering.

 

E-mail: pvhunghung80 at yahoo.com

Office: EC1 213
 

Umaima Abdul-Hamid Al Aqtash

BS Architectural Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology

M.S.C.E., Fall 2008, Civil Engineering, NMSU

 

Degree objective: Ph.D.

Research interests: Soil-structure interaction; historic preservation.

 

E-mail: umaimaq at nmsu.edu

Office: Hernandez Hall 245
 

Kalaichchelvi (Kala) Subramaniam

BS Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

 

Degree objectives: M.S.C.E. and Ph.D.

Research interests: Engineering and mechanical properties of granular soils and light weight fills; experimental soil mechanics.

 

E-mail: skalaichchelvi at yahoo.com

Office: EC1 215
 

Alexander Jones

BS Geology, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

 

Degree objective: M.S.C.E.

Research interests: Experimental soil mechanics; geotechnical engineering.

 

 

E-mail: alex808 at nmsu.edu

Office: Hernandez Hall 249
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Geotech Graduate Students with Dr. Bandini - Fall 2007

(From left: Lizeth Martinez, Rosa Imelda Olague-Caballero, Alessandra Bianchini, Charles G. Johnpillai,

Hoa X. Nguyen, Sittampalam Sathiskumar, Hung V. Pham, Saheem Ahmed, and Paola Bandini)