Scholarly/Creative Works
2024
- Kulesza, S. E. (2024). Evaluation of Lower Quality Recycled Portland Cement Concrete Pavement for Paving Applications. Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved from https://dmsweb.ksdot.gov/AppNetProd/docpop/docpop.aspx
- Gao, Y., Hossain, M., Motaharitabari, S., & Kulesza, S. (n.d.). Effects of Asphalt Mixture Input on AASHTOWare Pavement Mechanistic-Empirical Design Analysis of Rehabilitated Pavements.
- Parr, K., Kulesza, S., & Barry, M. (n.d.). Modified Complex Electrical Resistivity Technique: Applications to Saturated and Unsaturated Soils. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal.
- Kulesza, S., Mathis, M., Alcarcon, V., & Sassenrath, G. (2024). Critical Shear Stress Variability in Claypan Soils with Depth. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 79(2). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.00099
- Wu, X., Motaharitabari, S., Hossain, M., Kulesza, S. E., & Velasquez, N. (2024). Concrete pavement design analysis using AASHTOWARE PMED Software. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241233279
- Kulesza, S., Parsons, R., & Han, J. (2024). What are the most important items to inspect on an MSE Wall? A summary from 30 experts. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241230521
- Kulesza, S., Parsons, R., & Han, J. (2024). Geotechnical Asset Management Inspection for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls. In Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2024. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485316.070
- Parr, K., & Kulesza, S. (2024). Experimental Setup for Complex Electrical Resistivity Measurements on Unsaturated Soils: Ballast Fouling Materials. In Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2024. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485354.028
2023
- Anderson, S., Akhoodan, M., Burns, S., Castenada-Lopez, H., Fishman, K., Frankel, G., … Rutherford, L. (2023). Corrosion of Buried Steel at New and In-Service Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26686
- Liang, J. G., Evans, R., Asadollahipajouh, M., & Kulesza, S. E. (2023). A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering Student Project Teams. In 130th Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition.
- Kulesza, S. E., Barry, M., Feng, R., Radnor, W., Sarker, D., & Parr, K. (2023). Unsaturated characteristics of fouled ballast to support in situ identification of fouling using ground penetrating radar - Phase 2. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Retrieved from https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/unsaturated-characteristics-fouled-ballast-support-situ-identification-fouling-using-0
- Sarker, D., Radnor, W., Barry, M., & Kulesza, S. E. (2023). Evaluation of soil water retention curve models for fouled ballast. In Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2023. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484708.062
- Kaminski, S. J., Gambarian, B., Kulesza, S. E., Iversen, B., & Patrignani, A. (2023). Estimating scale dependence of saturated hydraulic conductivity in soils. Geoderma, 436, 116532. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116532
- Kulesza, S. E., Parsons, R., & Han, J. (n.d.). Long-term corrosion monitoring of MSE walls. Kansas Department of Transportation.
- Parsons, R., Kulesza, S. E., & Han, J. (n.d.). Development of a Geotechnical Asset Management System. Kansas Department of Transportation.
2022
- Redmond, K., Panther, G., Pajouh, M., Evans, R., Kulesza, S. E., & Liang, J. (2022). We are thriving: Increasing the Number of Women in Engineering. In Proceedings of the 129th Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition. Retrieved from https://peer.asee.org/we-are-thriving-increasing-the-number-of-women-in-engineering
- Clayton, P., Casteneda, D., Palomo, M., Rodack, C., Kulesza, S. E., & Omur-Ozbek, P. (2022). ASCE’s Response to the Pandemic: A Virtual ExCEEd Community Exchange. In Proceedings of the 129th Annual ASEE Conference and Exposition.
- Feng, R., Radnor, W., Barry, M., & Kulesza, S. E. (2022). Investigation of sand fouling and moisture on ballast behavior. In Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2022. https://doi.org/doi.org/ 10.1061/9780784484036.011
- Kulesza, S. E., Barry, M., Sherwood, R., & Santos, A. (2022). Unsaturated characteristics of fouled ballast to support in situ identification of fouling using ground penetrating radar - Phase 1. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration. Retrieved from https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/unsaturated-characteristics-fouled-ballast-support-situ-identification-fouling-using
2021
- Evans, R., Liang, G., Asadollahipajouh, M., & Kulesza, S. E. (2021). Women thriving in engineering: An innovative approach to listening to and learning from women who flourish in undergraduate engineering project teams. In Frontiers in Education. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637468
- Kulesza, S. E., Ghose Hajra, M., Mathis, M., & Roberts, B. (2021). Effects of Organic Matter and Salinity on Fine-Grained Sediment Erosion. In International Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE-10).
- Kulesza, S. E. (2021). Critical shear stress of cohesive soils in Kansas. Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved from https://trid.trb.org/view/1765870
- Parsons, R., Kulesza, S. E., & Han, J. (2021). Measuring corrosion conditions in MSE walls. Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved from https://trid.trb.org/view/1875166
- Evans, R., Liang, J., Asadollahpajouh, M., & Kulesza, S. (2021). Nevertheless, she persisted:” Women thrive when they experience the joy of doing engineering. In Research in Engineering Education Symposium.
- Koehn, W. J., & Kulesza, S. E. (2021). Electrical resistivity for seeing deep foundations: A new framework for identifying long, slender elements. In IFCEE 2021 (GSP 323, pp. 443–452). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483404.040
- Mohtar, C. E., Kulesza, S. E., Baser, T., & Venezia, M. D. (2021). Preface. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 325, Vol. 2021-May, p. iii). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483428.fm
- Mohtar, C. E., Kulesza, S. E., Baser, T., & Venezia, M. D. (2021). Preface. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 326, Vol. 2021-May, p. iii). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483435.fm
- Mohtar, C. E., Kulesza, S. E., Baser, T., & Venezia, M. D. (2021). Preface. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 323, Vol. 2021-May, p. iii). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483404.fm
2020
- Koehn, W., Kulesza, S. E., & Steward, D. (2020). Characterizing Riverbed Heterogeneity across Shifts in River Discharge through Temporal Changes in Electrical Resistivity. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 25, 581–587. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.32389/JEEG20-049
- Wooten, R. L., Kulesza, S., El Mohtar, C., Diaz, B., Ilupeju, O., Rasulo, M., … Nelsen, C. (2020). Geotechnical Effects of Hurricane Harvey in the Houston, Beaumont, and Port Arthur Areas. International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, 5(4), 77–105.
- Tavakol, M., Kulesza, S. E., Jones, C., & Hossain, M. (2020). Effect of Low-Quality Recycled Concrete Aggregate on Stabilized Clay Properties. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 32(8), 04020196. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0003263
- Parsons, R. L., Brady, Z. A., Walkenbach, T. N., Han, J., Kulesza, S., & Brennan, J. (2020). Resistivity Measurement of Backfill for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 32(3), 04019367. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0003013
- Tran, T. V., Karim, M. Z., Kuili, S., Kulesza, S. E., & Derby, M. M. (2020). Temperature Effects on Cohesive Geomaterial Erodibility. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 32(2), 06019017. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0003046
- Sherwood, R. R., Kulesza, S. E., & Bernhardt-Barry, M. L. (2020). Unsaturated Characteristics of Fouled Ballast to Support in Situ Identification of Fouling. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 319, Vol. 2020-February, pp. 320–329). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482827.036
2019
- Kulesza, S. E., Liang, J., Fitzsimmons, E., Zacharakis, J., & Hood, J. (2019). Board 84: Associations Between Veteran and Non-veteran Student Perceptions of Social Responsibility. In 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--32442
- Hood, J., Kulesza, S. E., Liang, J., Fitzsimmons, E., & Zacharakis, J. (2019). Social Responsibility and Veteran Student Retention in Engineering. In 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--33273
- Liang, J., Evans, R., & Kulesza, S. E. (2019). We are Thriving! Undergraduate Women in Engineering Student Project Teams. ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--33548
- Koehn, W., Kulesza, S., & Steward, D. R. (2019). Conceptualizing groundwater surface-water interactions within the Ogallala Aquifer with electrical resistivity. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 24(2), 85–99. https://doi.org/10.2113/JEEG24.2.185
- Karim, M. Z., Kulesza, S., & Barry, M. (2019). Electrical resistivity as a binary classifier for bridge scour evaluation. Transportation Geotechnics, 19, 146–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/.trgeo.2019.03.002
- Tucker-Kulesza, S., Rutherford, C., & Bernhardt-Barry, M. (2019). Electrical resistivity to detect internal erosion in levees. International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, 5(2), 55–69. https://doi.org/10.4417/IJGCH-05-02-01
- Kulesza, S. E., Sherwood, R., & Barry, M. (2019). Estimation of soil-water characteristic curves in fouled ballast.
- Kulesza, S. E. (2019). Galvanized and aluminized pipe durability field review and evaluation.
- Kulesza, S. E. (2019). Characterization of claypan soils in Southeastern Kansas.
- Hood, J. C., Kulesza, S. E., Liang, J. G., Fitzsimmons, E. J., & Zacharakis, J. (2019). Investigating the role of social responsibility on veteran student retention in engineering. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
- Liang, J. G., Evans, R., & Kulesza, S. E. (2019). We are thriving! Undergraduate women in engineering student project teams. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
- Koehn, W. J., Kulesza, S. E., Lebow, V., Rahimi, S., Bernhardt, M. L., & Wood, C. M. (2019). Enhanced Analysis of Landslide Failure Mechanisms in the Ozark Plateau Region with Electrical Resistivity Tomography. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 311, Vol. 2019-March, pp. 197–203). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482131.021
- Mathis, M. A., Tran, T. V., Kulesza, S. E., & Sassenrath, G. F. (2019). Erosion Mechanism of Claypan Soils in Southeastern Kansas. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 313, Vol. 2019-March, pp. 76–85). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482155.008
- Karim, M. Z., Kulesza, S. E., Rutherford, C., & Bernhardt-Barry, M. (2019). Geophysical Engineering to Identify Seepage Channels in the Hager Slough Levee. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 311, Vol. 2019-March, pp. 345–353). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482131.035
- Karim, M. Z., & Kulesza, S. E. (2019). Prioritizing bridge scour monitoring with electrical resistivity tomography. In Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophyics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, SAGEEP (Vol. 2019-March, p. 9).
- Evans, R. A., Liang, G., & Kulesza, S. E. (2019). Researching undergraduate women who thrive in engineering student project teams. In Proceedings of the 46th SEFI Annual Conference 2018: Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Engineering Education Excellence (pp. 764–771).
- Tavakol, M., Hossain, M., & Kulesza, S. E. (2019). Subgrade Soil Stabilization Using Low-Quality Recycled Concrete Aggregate. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 310, Vol. 2019-March, pp. 235–244). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482124.025
2018
- Kulesza, S. E., Liang, G., Fitzsimmons, E., & Zacharakis, J. (2018). Board 77 : Work in Progress: Investigating the Role of Social Responsibility on Veteran Student Retention. In 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--30105
- Wang, X., Tao, J., Bao, R., Tran, T., & Kulesza, S. E. (2018). Surficial soil stabilization against water-induced erosion using polymer-modified microbially-induced carbonate precipitation. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 30(10), 04018267. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002490
- Kulesza, S. E. (2018). Electrical resistivity tomography of claypan soils in Southeastern Kansas.
- Fitzsimmons, E. J., Kulesza, S. E., & Shofstall, L. M. (2018). Case study of Class III (short line) system inventory to determine 286,000-LB. (129,844 KG) railcar operational status in Kansas, USA. Journal of Rail Transport Planning and Management, 8(2), 158–166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrtpm.2018.05.001
- Karim, Md. Z., & Kulesza, S. (2018). Predicting soil erodibility using electrical resistivity tomography. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 144(4). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001857
- Tran, T. V., Kulesza, S. E., & Bernhardt, M. (2018). Soil Surface Roughness and Turbidity Measurements in Erosion Testing. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 295, Vol. 2018-March, pp. 506–515). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481585.049
- Karim, M. Z., Kulesza, S. E., & Derby, M. M. (2018). Synthesizing Hydrophobic Sand and Comparison of Shear Strength Properties with Hydrophilic Sand. In Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 295, Vol. 2018-March, pp. 75–83). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481585.008
2017
- Kulesza, S. E., Sassenrath, G. F., Tran, T., Koehn, W., & Erickson, L. (2017). Site-Specific Erodibility in Claypan Soils: Dependence on Subsoil Characteristics. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 33(5), 705–718. https://doi.org/10.13031/aea.12120
- Kulesza, S. E. (2017). Geotechnical effects of Hurricane Harvey in the Houston, Beaumont, and Port Arthur Areas.
- Kulesza, S. E. (2017). Characterizing soil erosion potential using electrical resistivity imaging.
- Kulesza, S. E. (2017). Class III/Shortline system inventory to determine 286,000 lb (129,844 kg) railcar operational status in Kansas.
- Kulesza, S. E. (2017). Measuring soil electrical conductivity to delineate zones of variability in production fields.
- Tran, T. V., Kulesza, S. E., & Bernhardt-Barry, M. L. (2017). Determining Surface Roughness in Erosion Testing Using Digital Photogrammetry. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 40(6), 20160277. https://doi.org/10.1520/gtj20160277
- Snapp, M., Kulesza, S. E., & Koehn, W. (2017). Electrical resistivity of mechanically stabilized earth wall backfill. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 141, 98–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.04.011
- Brady, Z. A., Parsons, R. L., Han, J., Kulesza, S. E., & Brennan, J. (2017). Resistivity Measurement of Backfill for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls. In Geotechnical Frontiers 2017. American Society of Civil Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480441.011
- Karim, Md. Z., & Kulesza, S. E. (2017). Two-Dimensional Soil Erosion Profile Using Electrical Resistivity Surveys. In Geotechnical Frontiers 2017. American Society of Civil Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480465.006
2016
- Fitzsimmons, E., Kulesza, S. E., Li, X., Jeter, W., & Fallin, J. (2016). The Engineering Classroom is Still Relevant. ASEE Conferences. https://doi.org/10.18260/p.26152
- Kulesza, S. E. (2016). Electrical resistivity measurements of MSE wall backfill.
2015
- Raef, A., Gad, S., & Kulesza, S. E. (2015). Multichannel analysis of surface-waves and integration of downhole acoustic televiewer imaging, ultrasonic Vs and Vp, and vertical seismic profiling in an NEHRP-standard classification, South of Concordia, Kansas, USA. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 121, 149–161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.08.005
- Tucker, S., Briaud, J.-L., Hurlebaus, S., Everett, M. E., & Arjwech, R. (2015). Electrical Resistivity and Induced Polarization Imaging for Unknown Bridge Foundations. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 141(5), 04015008. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0001268
2014
- Kulesza, S. E. (2014). Sustainability of bridge foundations using electrical resistivity imaging and induced polarization to support transportation safety.
2013
- Arjwech, Briaud, Hurlebaus, Medina-Cetina, Kulesza, S. E., & Yousefpour. (2013). Electrical resistivity imaging of unknown bridge foundations. Near Surface Geophysics, 11(6), 591–598. https://doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2013023
2011
- Kulesza, S. E. (2011). Unknown foundation determination for scour.
- Yousefpour, Medina-Cetina, Jahedkar, Delphia, Briaud, Hurlebaus, … Arjwech. (2011). Determination of unknown foundation of bridges for scour evaluation using artificial neural networks. In Geotechnical Special Publication (211 GSP, pp. 1514–1523). https://doi.org/10.1061/41165(397)155