Kostas Senetakis
DrSenetakisisLecturerinGeotechnicalEngineeringattheSchoolofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,andspendshistimeresearchingthefieldsofexperimentalsoildynamicsandexperimentaltribology.Hiscurrentresearchthemeisthelaboratorystudyofenergydissipationmechanismsofparticulatemediawithafocusonshearwavevelocities,Poisson'sphenomenaandmaterialdampingofcrushableassemblies.Thisprovidesafundamentallinkintothebehaviorofthegroundsubjectedtovariabletypesofdynamicloading,includingseismicvibration.DrSenetakishopeshisresearchwillprovideaclearerlinkbetweenthedynamicsandbehaviourofparticlesincrushablesoilsonthenano-scale(observedinmicromechanicalexperiments)andthemacro-scaleresponse(observedinlaboratoryelementtesting).“Weareworkingtowardstheadvancementofourknowledgeassociatedwiththemechanicsanddynamicsofsoilsandaframeworkforspecificationsanddesigncodes,thatengineerscanuseinrealfoundationorpavementengineeringdesign,”hesaid.Theresearchwillalsocontributetothecutting-edgeresearchofthegeotechnicalengineeringgroupofU