Editorial Board Member, Discover Civil Engineering Journal, Springer Nature
Dr. Oladoyin Kolawole is an Assistant Professor of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA. He is the founding director of the Geomechanics for Geo-Engineering and Sustainability (GGES) Lab. Prior to joining NJIT, Dr. Kolawole was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas Tech University, before later working as a Faculty Fellow (Visiting Faculty) at Hope College, Michigan. He pioneered the “biogeomechanics” concept, which studies the mechanical response of rocks due to biological-induced processes. His interest is in experimental and computational studies to fundamentally understand and predict the multiscale deformation and fracture behavior of porous materials (rocks and soils) to address problems related to natural and built infrastructure, sustainability, geohazard mitigation, and energy. Additionally, He studies distinct mechanical responses due to geomaterial interactions with biological-induced and bio-mediated processes and their applications in mitigating geohazards and climate change. Dr. Kolawole is a recipient of the Future Leader Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA). He currently serves on the Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering at the U.S. National Academies. He has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed journals and conference papers on geomechanics and geotechnical engineering.
