Sponsored Research Projects
(Professor Wu served as Principal Investigator)
“Seismic Design and Construction Guidelines for Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Bridge Abutments with Modular Block Facing,” sponsored by the National Academies, 12/20/07 to 5/31/11.
“Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS) Manual,” sponsored by Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Federal Highway Administration, 4/01/10 to 8/31/10.
“Revising AASHTO Guidelines for MSE Walls – An Update,” sponsored by Federal Highway Administration, 6/01/09 to 5/31/10.
“Behavior of Soil-Geosynthetic Composites,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 5/01/06 to 4/30/09.
“Developing Design and Construction Guidelines for Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Walls and Abutments,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 6/1/07 to 5/31/09.
“Guidelines for Design and Construction of Segmental Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Bridge Abutments,” sponsored by NCHRP, National Academy of Science, 11/1/00 to 12/31/04.
“Backfill of Earth Retaining Walls: Design Parameters and Construction Guidelines of MSE Walls,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 10/1/00 to 5/31/02.
“Large-Size Consolidated Drained Triaxial Tests for the Backfill of Berthoud Pass GRS Retaining Walls,” sponsored by Yenter Co., 10/1/00 to 11/31/00.
“Predicting Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls with a Soil-Geosynthetic Interactive Performance Test, “ sponsored by the University of Colorado at Denver, 7/1/99 to 6/30/00.
“Research Synthesis and HITEC Application for a Generic Geofabric-Reinforced Block-Faced Retaining Wall System, “ sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 5/11/99 to 3/31/01.
“Large-Size Consolidated Drained Triaxial Tests and Modeling Parameters for the Backfill of Founders/ Meadow GRS Bridge Abutment,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 5/1/99 to 5/31/99.
“Monitoring Performance of Founders/ Meadow GRS Bridge Abutment and Removal of Havana Yard GRS Structures,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 3/1/99 to 6/31/99.
“Strain Gage Instrumentation of a Full-Scale GRS Bridge,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 6/1/99 to 7/31/00.
“Performance Tests for Reinforced Soils,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 8/1/98 to 1/31/00.
“Renovation of a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Bridge Pier Suffered from Excessive Settlement,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 6/1/98 to 5/31/99.
“A Synthesis on Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Bridge Piers and Abutments,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 8/1/98 to 1/31/00.
“Investigating Failure of a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Wall in Black Hawk, Colorado,” sponsored by Yenter Company, 12/1/98 to 6/30/99.
“Evaluating Performance and Design Assumptions of the MSE Wall on the 38th & Fox at Interstate Highway 25,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 8/15/97 to 12/31/99.
“Loading Test of a New Plastic Conduit Embedded in Soil,” sponsored by Collins Group, 12/1/97 to 2/28/98.
“Instrumentation and Performance Analysis of Two Prestrained GRS Bridge Abutments in Black Hawk, Colorado,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 9/1/97 to 2/28/98.
“Consolidation Drained Triaxial Tests for Crushed Diabase Material used as Fill for the GRS Experiments at T-FHRC,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 9/1/97 to 2/28/98.
“Effects of Reinforcement Strength and Spacing on Performance of GRS Walls,” sponsored by Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Co., 5/1/95 to 4/30/97.
“Load Test of a Full-Scale Mechanically Stabilized Backfill Bridge Pier,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, 11/1/95 to 9/30/96.
“Soil-Geosynthetic Interactive Creep Behavior at Elevated temperatures,” sponsored by the Colorado Transportation Institute, 6/1/95 to 3/1/96.
“Evaluating Long-Term Deformation of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls in the Field,” sponsored by the Colorado Transportation Institute, 6/1/95 to 3/1/96.
“Monitoring Performance of a 70-ft High Stacked Tire-Shred Retaining Wall in Glenwood Canyon,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 6/1/95 to 3/1/96.
“Recycling Waste Shredded Tires as Backfill for Retaining Walls,” sponsored by the University of Colorado at Denver, 7/1/95 to 6/30/96.
“Stacked Tire Shred Mechanically Stabilized Backfill Walls,” sponsored by Colorado Transportation Institute, 10/1/94 to 9/30/95.
“Design, Construction and Specifications of Mechanically Stabilized Backfill Walls,” sponsored by Colorado Transportation Institute, 10/1/94 to 9/30/95.
“The Deep Patch Technique for Repair of Skin Flow Landslide,” sponsored by Colorado Transportation Institute, 10/1/94 to 9/30/95.
“Long-Term Creep Susceptibility of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures: Test Protocols and Backfill Selection Guidelines,” sponsored by Colorado Transportation Institute, 8/1/95 to 7/31/96.
“Design and Construction Guidelines for Low-Cost Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Walls,” submitted to the U. S. Forest Service, 7/1/93 to 10/30/93.
“Long-Term Creep of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures with Low Quality Backfills,” Research Council, University of Colorado at Denver, 7/1/93 to 6/30/94.
“Performance of Mechanically Stabilized Backfill Walls,” sponsored by Colorado Transportation Institute, 3/1/93 to 8/31/93.
“Developing a Comprehensive Design Tool for Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls and Steep Slopes,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 7/31/92 to 2/1/93.
“Computerizing the CDOT Wall Selection Procedure,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Transportation, 11/1/92 to 10/31/93.
“Design and Construction of Geofabric Walls with Clayey Backfills,” sponsored by the Colorado Department of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration, 3/1/91 to 2/28/93.
“Loading Tests of Two 10 ft-High Geotextile-Reinforced Retaining Walls,” sponsored by ReeMay Inc., Exxon Chemical Co., and Retention Engineering, Inc., 3/1/91 to 8/31/91.
“Deformation Limit Design of Geofabric Walls,” sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and Colorado Department of Highways, 11/1/91 to 10/31/92, Principal Investigator.
“Transmissivity of Geosynthetics for Drainage of Leachates in Hazardous Waste Landfills,” sponsored by the University of Colorado at Denver, 7/1/91 to 6/30/92.
“Deformation Limit Design of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls,” sponsored by the National Research Council, Republic of China, 2/1/90 to 8/31/90.
“Loading Test of an Instrumented Geotextile Wall Using A Head-Bonded, Nonwoven Geotextile,” sponsored by Reemay Inc., 10/1/89 to 12/31/89.
“Geosynthetics for Earth Reinforcement and Field Performance of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Walls,” sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5/1/89 to 1/31/90.
“Long-Term Creep of Geotextiles in the Confinement of Soils,” sponsored by Colorado Department of Highways and Federal Highway Administration, 12/1/87 to 12/1/89.
“Rational Design of Geotextile Reinforced Retaining Walls,” sponsored by Colorado Department of Highways and Federal Highway Administration, 10/1/87 to 10/1/89.
“Evaluation of Geotextile versus Geogrid for Reinforced Embankment over Soft Soils,” sponsored by Colorado Department of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration, 7/1/87 to 1/30/89.
“Long-Term Creep of Fabric-Reinforced Soils,” sponsored by Colorado Department of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration, 12/10/85 to 12/5/86.
“Performance of Twin-Tee Walls in Glenwood Canyon,” sponsored by Colorado Department of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration, 11/4/85 to 9/30/86.
“Predicting Migration of Ground Water Contamination in Natural Aquifers,” sponsored by the University of Colorado at Denver, 6/1/85 to 6/1/86.
“The Interaction of Soil and Reinforcement of Geotextile-Reinforced Earth,” sponsored by National Science Foundation, Engineering Research Initiation Grant, 6/1/84 to 10/31/86.
“A Numerical Model for Predicting Migration of Groundwater Contamination,” sponsored by the University of Colorado at Denver, 3/1/83 to 3/1/84.