MnROAD | NRRA | Structure & Teams | Geotechnical Team
Geotechnical Team Members
Agency members
Caltrans
Deepak Maskey*
FHWA
Mohammad Wasif Navqi, ATI, INC. / Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Jennifer Nicks
Idaho
Tyler Coy*
Mark Hayes
Adrienne Woods*
Illinois
Scott Kassel
Heather Shoup*
Andrew Stolba*
Illinois Tollway
Supraja Reddy*
Michigan
Ryan Snook*
Minnesota
Tim Anderson
Ceren Aydin
Emil Bautista
Derrick Dasenbrock
Bernard Izevbekhai
Eddie Johnson
Hafiz Munir
Joe Nietfeld
Joseph Podolsky
Raul Velasquez, MnDOT contact
Mark Watson
Ben Worel, executive director
Eyoab Zegeye
Missouri
Lydia Brownell*
Zachary Troesser*
Montana
Cameron Kloberdanz*
Miles Yerger
Nebraska
Nikolas Glennie*
Alex Silvey
North Dakota
Amy Beise
Jared Loegering*
Colter Schwagler*
Wisconsin
Sinan Coban*, chair
David Staab*
Tri Tran
* indicates voting agency member
Associate Members
Bex Abylkhani, First State Tire
Sirous Alavi, Fugro Land USA
Ahmet Aydilek, University of Maryland
Aritra Banerjee, South Dakota State University
Dave Barry, Kontur
Thomas Bennert, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), Rutgers University
Andrea Blanchette, Terracon
Jenna Bowers, Ingevity
Aaron Budge, Minnesota State University Mankato
Bora Cetin, Michigan State University
Halil Ceylan, Iowa State University
Denis Charland, Fugro USA Land, Inc.
Sai Sandeep Chitta, Michigan Technological University
Paul Collins, Kontur
Surya Congress, Michigan State University
Barbara Dai, Michigan Technological University
John Daniels, UNC - Charlotte
Tuncer Edil, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jongwan Eun, University of Maryland
Adeoluwa Gbolade, Solmax
Majid Ghayoomi, University of New Hampshire
Jianxin Huang, Texas A&M University
Mingu Kang, University of St. Thomas
Ali Khosravi, Auburn University
Michele Lanotte, Michigan State University
Bill Likos, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Dan Mahrt, Terracon
Jacob Miller, Neo Pave
Danial Mirzaiyanrajeh, Solmax
Soheil Nazarian, Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (UTEP)
Monte Nieme, First State Tire
Vincent Ogunro, UNC - Charlotte
Eric Olson, Solmax
Heidi Olson, Braun Intertec
Matt Oman, Mathy Construction
Anand J. Puppala, Texas A&M University
Hadi Rashidi, National Stone Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA)
Farhad Reza, Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mohammadhossein Sadeghiamirshahidi, Michigan Tech
David Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth
Dan Schellhammer, Surface Cycle
Derek Tompkins, AP Tech
Hao Wang, Rutgers University
Sean Weaver, Neo Pave
David White, Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.
Mohammad Yamin, Minnesota State University - Mankato