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Brand Alex
Dr. Alex Brand
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Project: Recovery of ZnO and Heavy Metals from End-of-Life Tires for Enhanced and Effective Waste Material Utilization
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540-232-8726
 Hosein Foroutan Dr. Hosein Foroutan
Associate Professor
Virginia Tech: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 
Project: Multiscale Dynamic Assessment of Airborne Microplastic Emissions in Tire Wear Particles
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540-232-8400
Kapania Rakesh Dr. Rakesh Kapania
Mitchell Professor
Virginia Tech: Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace & Ocean Engineering 
Project: Automated Vibration Mode Shape Characterization of Radial Tire using Zernike Moment Descriptor and Machine Learning
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540-231-4881
Hesham Rakha

Dr. Hesham Rakha
Professor
Virginia Tech: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 
Project: Multiscale Dynamic Assessment of Airborne Microplastic Emissions in Tire Wear Particles
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540-231-1505

Sandu Corina Dr. Corina Sandu
Professor
Virginia Tech: Department of Mechanical Engineering 
Projects: 1 - Characterization and Modeling of Different Snow Attributes for Tire Performance Simulation; 2 - Snow Measurements and Characterization for Traction Prediction
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540-231-7467
   
 Untaroiu Alexandrina
Dr. Alexandrina Untaroiu
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Project: Characterization and Modeling of Deformable Soils for Tire Performance Simulation
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540-231-3593
Costin Untaroiu
Dr. Costin Untaroiu
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Project: 1 - Characterization and Modeling of Different Snow Attributes for Tire Performance Simulation; 2 - Characterization and Modeling of Deformable Soils for Tire Performance Simulation; 3 - Snow Measurements and Characterization for Traction Prediction
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540-231-5094
Zhang Wencai
Dr. Wencai Zhang
Assistant Professor
Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering
Project: Recovery of ZnO and Heavy Metals from End-of-Life Tires for Enhanced and Effective Waste Material Utilization
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540-231-8110