
SHIVESH SHANDILAYA
PhD Student, Research and Teaching Assistant | Fall 2023 - Present
Research topic:
Induced seismicity due to subsurface fluid injection, Fracture detection by digital image correlation, and numerical simulation of hydro-mechanical processes in energy geo-systems.
MS and BS degrees in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology

Ayat Alasadi
PhD Student, Research and Teaching Assistant | Fall 2023 - Present
Research topic:
Proppant fracturing and permeability evolution at high-temperature and high-stress conditions.
MS and BS degrees in petroleum engineering from the University of Basrah and the University of Wyoming, respectively.

JUN HA KIM
Undergraduate Research Assistant | Spring 2023
Research topic:
Crack detection by image analysis
I will graduate with a civil engineering BS degree in spring 2023 and start my graduate studies in the Structural Engineering Program at the University of Utah in fall 2023. When I'm not in classes or research labs, I enjoy snowboarding, going to the park, and watching movies.

Damien Redder
Undergraduate Research Assistant | Spring 2022
Research topic:
Self-healing Bio Concrete
MS and BS degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Utah

Sung Hyun (Alec) Kim
Undergraduate Research Assistant | Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
Research topic:
Digital Image Correlation for Laboratory Fracture Evaluation
BS degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Utah

HAMID SADEGHPOUR
Former PhD Student, Research and Teaching Assistant | Spring through Fall semesters of 2023
Research topic:
Hydraulic fracture Process in Heterogeneous Rocks, Enhanced geothermal energy systems, fracture detection by acoustic emission measurements
MS and BS degrees in civil engineering: University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Iran