Lighthouse in the Basement

Congratulations to Dr. Ali Abolmaali!!!!!  He has received a ”research gift and $50,000 from the Texas Research Incentive Program to develop nonlinear fracture and plasticity-based, 3-D finite element algorithms or formulas that will determine the structural behavior of several types of underground pipes and culverts.”   This research may prevent future underground infrastructure failures.  
from Press Release by Roger Tuttle, Engineering Public Relations Director