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Michelle Lee Barry

Michelle Lee Barry

Associate Professor

(ENGR)-Engineering

(CVEG)-Civil Engineering

Phone: 479-575-6027

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Research Interests

  • Multi-scale granular material behavior
  • Experimentally validated discrete element method (DEM) models
  • Laboratory testing of granular material
  • Granular soil behavior in multi-directional simple shear
  • Applications of engineering in Historic Preservation Practice

Teaching Interests

  • Soil Mechanics (Undergraduate)
  • Numerical Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering (Graduate)
  • Soil Dynamics (Graduate)

Education

  • Ph.D Texas A&M University (2013)
  • M.S. Texas A&M University (2009)
  • B.S. Texas A&M University (2008)

Publications

  • Rahimi, S., Wood, C. Moody, T., Mofarraj, B., Bernhardt-Barry, M., 2018. “The Combined Use of MASW and Resistivity Surveys for Levee Assessment: A Case Study of the Melvin Price Reach of the Wood River Levee”, Engineering Geology, 241, 11 -24.
  • Watters, M., Bernhardt-Barry, M., 2018. "Curing Parameters to Improve the Mechanical Properties of Stereolithographic Printed Specimens", Rapid Prototyping Journal, 24 (1), pp.46-51.
  • Watters, M., Bernhardt-Barry, M., 2017. "Modified curing protocol for improved strength of binder-jetted 3D parts", Rapid Prototyping Journal, 23 (6), pp.1195-1201.
  • Tran, T. V., Tucker-Kulesza, S. E., and Bernhardt-Barry, M. L., 2017. “Determining Surface Roughness in Erosion Testing Using Digital Photogrammetry,” Geotechnical Testing Journal, 46 (6), pp. 917–927.
  • Bernhardt, M., Biscontin, G., O?Sullivan, C., 2016. “Experimental Validation Study of 3D Direct Simple Shear DEM Simulations, Soils and Foundations, 56 (3), pp. 336-347.