Development of a new environmentally-friendly construction material and its application methods to rapidly improve and strength and control the hydraulic conductivity of earthen (soil) levee structures.

Development of the new construction material is going to be proceeded by using microbial biopolymers or other bio-induced materials.

Erosion tests using modified jet-hole and hydraulic flume equipment.

Development of a non-cement / biopolymer based grouting material.

Hydraulic conductivity of biopolymer-injected soils with effective stress and pore pressure variations

Evaluation of injection efficiency and ground/bio-grout/structure interactions

Development of a new environmentally-friendly bio-based slurry material to be used for TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) excavation practices.

Laboratory investigations on physical and chemical properties of biopolymers and biopolymer-soil mixutres .