Jie Han
Civil/Environmental/Architectural EngineeringProfessor
School of Engineering
jiehan@ku.edu
Primary office:
785.864.3714
Learned Hall, 2143
University of Kansas
1530 West 15th Street
Second office:
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Geotechnical engineering; geosynthetics; earth-retaining structures, ground improvement, pile foundations, and pavement design. Experience in China.
Teaching Interests
- Basic and advanced soil mechanics
- Shallow and deep foundations
- Materials for transportation facilities
- Geosynthetics
- Ground improvement
- Earth retaining structures and slope stability
- In-situ testing and instrumentation
- Pavement design
Research Interests
- Geosynthetic reinforced earth structures (walls, slopes, embankments, foundations, pavements, etc.)
- Ground improvement (stone columns, deep mixed columns, micropiles, etc.)
- Buried structures
- Soil-structure interactions
- Pile foundations
- Geomechanics
- Geomaterials
- Asphalt technology and pavement design
- Numerical analysis
- Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) in geotechnical engineering
