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GRADUATE STUDENT

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Minsu Cha

Ph.D. Student
Particulate Media Research Laboratory
Geosystems Department
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

790 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: (404) 894-0901
Fax: (404) 894-2281
e-mail: mcha6 at gatech.edu

Ph.D. Research

Geo-characterization of calcareous soft soils focusing on dissolution phenomenon

Education

  • • PhD student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. 08/2008~Present
  • • MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering ,KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 03/2004 -02/2006.
  • • BS, Civil Engineering , Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea, 03/1997 -02/2004

Employment

  • • Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 09/2008- Present.
  • • Researcher, KAIST Institute of Urban Space and Systems, KAIST, 01/2007 - 07/2007
  • • Research Assistant, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, 03/2004 - 02/2006

Publications

  • • Cha, M., Sim, Y.J., Cho, G.C., and Lee, S.W. (2006). "The effect of joint conditions on the longitudinal and flexural wave velocities of a rock mass," Key Engineering Materials, Vols. 321-323, No. 1, pp. 306-309.
  • • Cha, M. and Cho, G.C. (2007) "Shear strength estimation of sandy soils using shear wave velocity," ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 30, No. 6.
    • Cha, M. and Cho, G.C. (2007) "Compression Wave Velocity of Cylindrical Rock Specimens: Engineering Modulus Interpretation," Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 46, No. 7B, pp. 4497- 4499
    • Cha, M., Cho, G.C., and Santamarina, J.C. "Long-wavelength P-wave and S-wave propagation in jointed rock masses," Geophysics, submitted for publication (2008)