College of Forestry
Leshchinsky, Ben
Assistant Professor
Office Location:
Peavy 273
Phone:
541-737-8873
Email Address:
Education:
PhD, 2012, Civil Engineering, Columbia University
MS, 2008, Civil Engineering, Columbia University
BS, 2007, Civil Engineering, University of Delaware
Areas of Interest:
Slope stability, Earth Retaining Structures, Railroad Engineering, Geosynthetics, Behavior of Granular Materials, Degradation of Granular Materials, Reinforced Soil
Recent Publications:
Refereed Journal Publications
Ben Leshchinsky. “Effects of Geocell Confinement on Strength and Deformation Behavior of Ballast.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Accepted.
Dov Leshchinsky, Farshid Vahedifard and Ben Leshchinsky. “Revisiting Bearing Capacity Analysis of MSE Walls” Geotextiles and Geomembranes. Accepted.
Hoe I. Ling, Min-Hao Wu, Dov Leshchinsky, and Ben Leshchinsky. “Centrifuge Modeling of Slope Instability.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Pp. 135, 758 2009.
Conference Publications
Ben Leshchinsky. “Enhancing Ballast Performance Using Geocell Confinement.” Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011. Pp 4693-4072 (2011).
Ben Leshchinsky and Hoe Ling. “Revisiting Deformation Analysis for the Kansai International Airport.” Proceedings of the Fourth Biot Conference on Poromechanics. Pp. 1071-1076 (2009).
Presentations
Ben Leshchinsky. “Department Seminar: Finite Element Modeling of Geocell-Confined Ballast.” Tokyo University of Science, 2010.
Ben Leshchinsky. “Department Seminar: Improvement and Modeling of Railroad Foundations through Geocell Confinement.” University of Sheffield. 2011.
Ben Leshchinsky. “Enhancing Ballast Performance Using Geocell Confinement.” Geo-Frontiers 2011. Dallas, TX,2011.
Ben Leshchinsky and Hoe Ling. “Increasing Dimensional Stability under Static and Dynamic Loads.” PRS Mediterranean Conference 2010. Tel Aviv, Israel, May 15, 2010.
Ben Leshchinsky and Hoe Ling. “Revisiting Deformation Analysis for the Kansai International Airport.” The Fourth Biot Conference on Poromechanics. NewYork, New York, 2009.