Matt 

T. Matthew Evans

Associate Professor

Education:
Ph.D. Civil Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 2005
M.S. Civil Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 2002
B.S. Civil Engineering University of New Mexico 1997
B.A. Physics University of Virginia 1993
 
Interests and Research:
Matt Evans Joined Oregon State University in 2012 from the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University where he was an Assistant Professor from 2006-2012. Dr. Evans was a practicing engineer   working   on   alternative   approaches   for   waste   encapsulation   before pursuing his graduate degrees. Dr.   Evans’   research   interests   include   granular   mechanics,   image   analysis, quantitative stereology, numerical methods, and unsaturated soil mechanics, with applications to renewable energy, multiphysics problems, waste isolation, and sustainable infrastructure. His work is broadly multidisciplinary and has applications in fields such as materials handling, pharmaceuticals, biomechanical engineering, physics, and geology.
 
Teaching:
Dr. Evans is an enthusiastic teacher with interests in both fundamental and applied topics. He teaches courses on topics such as granular mechanics and numerical methods,   unsaturated   soil   mechanics,   laboratory   methods,   and   foundation engineering.

 

 

Master Students 

 

Daniel Simpson
 
Daniel Simpson

Mr. Simpon is from Snohomish, Washington, USA and received his BS degree in Civil Engineering, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California (2011). His major research topic is experimental investigation of  mechanical behavior thresholds in mixtures of sand and clay. Other relevant interests include geotechnical instrumentation and data acquisition, laboratory testing, field monitoring, natural hazards and risk.

Highlights: He got a EIT Certificate (California) and has about 2 years’ experience in the general civil/land development/surveying industry. He is currently serving as the president of Geo-Institute Graduate Student Orginization (2013-2014)

 
Shuai
 
Shuai Zhou

Mr. Zhou is from the city of Changde and received his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering in China, 2011.

His research interests focus on thermal induced mechanical behavior change in soil assembly using discrete element method. 

Go beavs! Go CCE!

 

 

PhD students

 
 
Ali Khoubani

B.Sc. Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 2009
M.Sc. degree: Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran 2012
Research interests: Numerical Modeling Using Finite Element and Discrete Element Methods, Constitutive Modeling, Cemented Soils, Deep Foundations

 
Lei

 

Lei Zhang

B.S. Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, 2008

M.S. Geotechnical Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China, 2011

Research interests: DEM simulation and laboratory measurement of granular material behaviors during earthquake and tsunami events.

 
 
 
Nan Zhang

B.S. Water Conservancy, Hydropower Engineering (Civil Engineering), Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, China, 2010

M.S Hydraulic Structure   Engineering (Civil Engineering), Hohai University, Nanjing, China, 2013

Research interests: Development of Algorithms for the Quantification and Simulation of Three-Dimensional Microstructure in Granular Materials