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João Machado, M.Sc.

Doctoral Student

Department
Civil Engineering, Biswas Geosystems Research Group

Expertise

Geotechnical Engineering, Laboratory Testing (Monotonic and Cyclic)

Research Interests

Mine Tailings, Earthquake Engineering, Triaxial Direct Simple Shear testing.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Civil Engineering - University Center of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.) Civil Engineering - California State University (CSU) - Los Angeles, California

Biosketch

Born and raised in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Started my career by joining Inga Engineering in 2015, assisting with soil recovering projects, which brought the interest for Geotechnical Engineering. In 2019, joined CSU in Los Angeles to study Geotechnical Engineering for my Master's Degree.

Moved to Massachusetts in 2020, when joined Geocomp as an RDP Engineer, where I still live.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Golden Key Honour Society (15% best students worldwide).

Selected Publications

  • Comparison of Advanced Hydraulic Properties Between Treated and Untreated Bauxite Residue – International Conference on Energy Geotechnics, San Diego, California, 20-23, September 2020 0.1051/e3sconf/202020512002
  • Evaluation, Calibration, and Implementation of Soil Water Retention Models for Recycled Materials – 2021 Pan American Unsaturated Soils Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2021. DO

Research Currently in Progress

  • Dynamic Characterization of Bauxite Residue (Red Mud)
  • Evaluation of Chemically Treated Bauxite Residue as a Subgrade Material