Faculty Profiles

Gombac, A. D., Kulesza, S. E., & Almikati, A. (2025). Efficacy of Marine Electrical Resistivity Surveys to Determine Maximum Scour Depth and Scour Infill. Transportation Research Record, 2679(10), 94–107. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981251341346

Almikati, A., & Kulesza, S. E. (2025). A Simplified Model to Predict Critical Shear Stress in Plastic Soils for Bridge Scour. Transportation Geotechnics, 56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2025.101818

Barry, M., Kulesza, S. E., Davis, B., Feng, R., & Abid, S. (n.d.). A mechanistic-phenomenological investigation of fouled ballast to support in situ identification of fouling. Federal Railroad Administration.

Kulesza, S. E., Minichiello, A., & Liang, J. G. (n.d.). Community, safety, and service: Attitudes of social responsibility among student veterans in undergraduate engineering degree programs. Journal of Women and Minority Studies.

Parsons, R., Han, J., & Kulesza, S. E. (2025). Development of Geotechnical Asset Management for Embankments and Slopes (GAMES). Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981251387121

Parsons, R., Han, J., & Kulesza, S. E. (n.d.). Geotechnical Asset Management for Slopes. Kansas Department of Transportation.

Kulesza, S. E., Espinoza Chavez, W. F., Barman, K., & Castillo, R. (n.d.). A Study of Intermediate Geomaterials and Highly Erodible Rock. Kansas Department of Transportation.

Kulesza, S. E., Koehn, W., Ghadr, S., & Alam, T. (n.d.). Predicting Critical Shear Stress of Cohesive Sediments/Soils in Riverbeds. Kansas Department of Transportation.

Castillo, R., Kulesza, S. E., & Rhode-Barbarigos`, L. (2025). Experimental Investigation for a Novel Bio-Inspired Scour Countermeasure. ASCE. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485996.044

Abid, M. S., & Kulesza, S. E. (2025). Evaluation of soil-water retention characteristics of fouled ballast using axis translation technique. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784486016.061

Parr, K., Kulesza, S., & Barry, M. (2024). Modified Complex Electrical Resistivity Technique: Applications to Saturated and Unsaturated Soils. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 47(6). https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20230491

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

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. 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.

Wu, X., Motaharitabari, S., Hossain, M., Kulesza, S. E., & Velasquez, N. (2024). Concrete Pavement Design Analysis Using AASHTOWare Pavement Mechanistic-Empirical Design Software. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2678(10), 315–324. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241233279

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

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

Liang, G. J., Evans, R., Asadollahipajouh, M., Kulesza, S. E., & Evans, A. G. (2023). A Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering Project Teams. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Conference Proceedings. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85172145047

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.

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.

Redmond, K. E., Panther, G., Asadollahipajouh, M., Kulesza, S. E., & Liang, G. (2022). We Are Thriving: Increasing the Number of Women in Engineering. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Conference Proceedings. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85138282877

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

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

Evans, R., Liang, J. G., Asadollahipajouh, M., & Kulesza, S. E. (2021). Women Thriving in Engineering: Listening to and learning from women who flourish in undergraduate engineering project teams. In Proceedings Frontiers in Education Conference Fie (Vol. 2021-October). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637468

Evans, R., Liang, J., Kulesza, S. E., & Asadollahipajouh, M. (2021). “Nevertheless, she persisted:” Women thrive when they experience the joy of doing engineering in a climate for inclusion. In 9th Research in Engineering Education Symposium and 32nd Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference Rees Aaee 2021 Engineering Education Research Capability Development (Vol. 2, pp. 897–906). https://doi.org/10.52202/066488-0098

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Kulesza, S. E. (2014). Sustainability of bridge foundations using electrical resistivity imaging and induced polarization to support transportation safety.

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

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