Civil and Environmental Engineering
A135 Engineering Research Complex
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 432-3130
Fax: (517) 355-0250
E-mail: khire@egr.msu.edu
Web: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~khire

• Soil Mechanics
• Properties of Soils
• Landfill Design
• Slope Stability and Stabilization Methods
• Senior Design in Civil Engineering

• Sensing, Analyzing and Forecasting Evaluation (SAFE) system for bioreactor landfills.
• Estimation of field-scale thermal properties of bioreactor landfills.
• Electrochemical remediation of contaminated soils and water using alternating current.
• Ultrasound remediation of contaminated soils and water.
• Classification of fine-grained soils using electrostatic properties.
• Lab-Scale evaluation of permeant liquid temperature on hydraulic conductivity of geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs).
• Quantification of landfill gas emissions from earthen and composite landfill caps.

Dr. Khire’s research interests lie in geoenvironmental and geotechnical engineering. Dr. Khire is interested in developing innovative methodologies to improve efficiency of leachate recirculation systems for MSW landfills, developing cost-effective final cover options for landfills, innovative methods to control gas collection, geotechnical evaluation of closed landfills to construct industrial structures for end use, and developing alternative cost-effective ground water monitoring systems for operational and closed landfills. He is also interested in developing new methods to measure interface properties of geosynthetics and use of recycled materials for geotechnical and geoenvironmental applications.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., Geo-environmental Engineering

• Alpha Award for Innovation in Enginenering & Technology, 2011, Engineering Society of Detroit
• Lilly Teaching Fellow 2006-2007, Michigan State University
• Exemplary Service Award, JGGE, American Society of Civil Engineers
• James Croes Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers
• Severson Geotechnical Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Leachate Recirculation in Bioreactor Landfills Using Geocomposite Drainage Material, with M. Haydar, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, in press, 2006.
• Geotechnical Sensor System to Monitor Injected Liquids in Landfills with M. Haydar, Geotechnical Testing Journal, American Society of Testing of Materials, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1-8, 2006.
• Reactive Permeable Blankets for Cleanup of Contaminated Liquids, with E. Pepprah, GeoCongress 2006, American Society of Civil Engineers, Atlanta, GA, Feb. 2006.
• Leachate Injection Using Vertical Wells in Bioreactor Landfills, with M. Mukherjee, Waste Management, Elsevier, accepted, 2006.
• Leachate Recirculation Using Permeable Blankets in Engineered Landfills, with M. Haydar, Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, accepted, 2006.
• Leachtate Recirculation Using Horizontal Trenches in Bioreactor Landfills, with M. Haydar, Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 131, No. 7, 837-847, 2005.
• Numerical Evaluation of Heterogeneity and Anisotropy of Waste Properties on Leachate Recirculation in Bioreactor Landfills, with M. Haydar, The Journal of Solid Waste Management & Technology, Vol. 30, No. 4, 233-243, 2005.
• Capillary Barriers in Semi-Arid and Arid Climates: Design Variables and the Water Balance, with C. Benson and P. Bosscher, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 8, 2000.