Sibel Pamukcu

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
Interim Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fritz Engineering Laboratory
13 E. Packer Avenue
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA 18015-4729, USA
Phone: 610-758-3220
Fax: 610-758-6405
Email: sp01@lehigh.edu
or sibel.pamukcu@lehigh.edu


Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1986.
M.S.  Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1981.
B.S.  Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1978.


Research and Scholarship

Dr. Pamukcu conducts research on soil and groundwater decontamination using electrochemical technologies, and on the application of fiber-optic and wireless sensors for distributed measurements in geo-media and civil infrastructure. An expert on electro-remediation of soils and groundwater for more than a decade, Dr. Pamukcu co-owns patents in the U.S. and abroad. She currently focuses on the application of direct current electric field for in-situ destruction of contaminants through enhanced redox in clay-rich soils. Her other work includes the application of distributed fiber-optic and wireless sensor networks for detection of soil water and contaminants, and infrastructure health monitoring in subsurface. Dr. Pamukcu has served as principal or co-principal investigator for more than 30 grants and contracts from national and state agencies, including the NSF, DOE, EPRI, and Pennsylvania DOT. She is the co-author of more than 60 peer–reviewed articles and more than 100 technical contributions in the form of conference proceedings, research reports and book chapters. Dr. Pamukcu is a past recipient of the ASCE Civil Engineering Foundation Grant Award and the Alfred Noble Robinson Award conferred by Lehigh University. From 2000-01 she served as the Lehigh University Chapter President of Sigma Xi. Dr. Pamukcu currently serves on the faculty of the Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise at Lehigh University, and as both a co-PI and co-director of Lehigh NSF-ADVANCE.


Teaching

Dr. Pamukcu teaches courses in Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-environmental Engineering at the undergraduate level; and Advanced Foundation Engineering and Soil Dynamics at the graduate level. She has supervised five completed Ph.D. student dissertations, more than 25 completed M.S. student theses, and served on more than 16 doctoral dissertation committees. Some of the former Ph.D. students are now faculty members at national and international institutes, including Widener University and Cleveland University in the US, and Anadolu University in Turkey.


Selected Publications

Cui, Q., Pamukcu, S., Xiao, W. and Pervizpour, M., “Truly Distributed Fiber Vibration Sensor Using Pulse Base BOTDA with Wide Dynamic Range,” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2011 (accepted; PTL-23677-2011.R1).

Cui, Q., Pamukcu, S., Lin, A., Xiao, W., Herr, D., Toulouse, J. and Pervizpour, M., “Distributed Temperature Sensing System Based on Rayleigh Scattering BOTDA,” IEEE Sensors Journal 11, 399-403, 2011.

Muraoka, T., Ghazanfari, E., Shrestha, R., Pamukcu, S., “Electrically Induced Pore Pressures in High Salt Content Clay Slurry” Separation and Purification Technology, 79: 133-138, 2011 (doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.02.032).

Pervizpour, M. and Pamukcu, S., “Characterization of a surrogate swelling polymer as a functional sensor for distributed liquid sensing,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 168: 242-252, 2011 (doi:10.1016/j.sna.2011.04.026).

Haroun, M., Chilingar, G., Pamukcu, S., “The Efficacy of Using Electrokinetic Transport in Highly-Contaminated Offshore Sediments,” Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 40:1131-1138, 2010, (doi:10.1007/s10800-010-0084-z).

Akbulut, S., and Pamukcu, S., “Evaluation of dynamic properties of geosynthetic reinforced clay samples for environmental impact practices,” Environ Earth Sci, Springer, 61:1449-1456, 2010, (doi: 10.1007/s12665-010-0460-3).

Cui, Q., Pamukcu, S., Lin, A., Xiao, W., Herr, D., Toulouse, J., “Performance of Double Sideband Modulated Probe Wave in BOTDA Distributed Fiber Sensor,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 562, 2713-2717, 2010.

Cui, Q., Pamukcu, S., Xiao, W., Guintrand, C., Toulouse, J., Pervizpour, M., “Distributed Fiber Sensor Based on Modulated Pulse Base Reflection and Brillouin Gain Spectrum Analysis,” Applied Optics, Vol. 48 Issue 30, pp.5823-5828, 2009.

Pamukcu, S., Electrochemical Transport and Transformations Chapter 2 in Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater, Reddy and Camaselle eds.; John Wiley & Sons, pp. 29-65, 2009.

Wittle, J.K., Pamukcu, S., Bowman, D., Zanko, L.M., and Doering, F., Field Studies on Sediment Remediation, Ch 32 in Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater,  Reddy and Camaselle eds.;  John Wiley & Sons, pp. 661-696, 2009.

Pamukcu, S., L. Hannum, J.K. Wittle Delivery and Activation of Nano-iron by DC Electric Field, J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part A, Vol.43, Issue No. 8, pp. 934-944, 2008.

Anastasio, S., S. Pamukcu, M. Pervizpour, "Chemical  Selective BOTDR Sensing for Corrosion Detection on Structural Systems," Proceeding of the 7th International Workshop on Structural Health  Monitoring (IWSHM 2007), Stanford, CA, pp. 1701-1708, 2007.

Hannum, L. and S. Pamukcu, Aided Transport of Nano-Iron in Clay Soils Using Direct Electric Field, NSTI- Nanotech 2007, Vol.2, pp. 635-638, 2007.

Pamukcu, S. and Akbulut, S., Thermoelastic Enhancement of Damping of Sand Using Granular Synthetic Rubber, J. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng., ASCE 132(4), 501-510, 2006.

Pamukcu, S., Texier, S., Toulouse, J., Advances in Water Content Measurement with Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor, GeoCongress06, 187, pp. 7-12, ASCE; DeGroot, DeJong, Frost, Baise, editors; 2006.

Pamukcu, S., Cetisli, F., Texier, S., Naito, C., Toulouse, J., Dynamic Strains with Brillouin Scattering Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor, GeoCongress06, 187, pp. 31-36, ASCE, DeGroot, DeJong, Frost, Baise, editors; 2006.

Texier, S., Pamukcu, S., Toulouse, J., Advances in subsurface water-content measurement with a distributed Brillouin scattering fibre-optic sensor, SPIE, OFS-17, Bruggs, Belgium, v. 5855, pp. 555-558, 2005.

Texier, S., Pamukcu, S., Toulouse, J., Ricles, J., Brillouin Scattering Fiber Optic Strain Sensor for Distributed Applications in Civil Infrastructure, 5th IWSHM 2005, Stanford, CA, pp. 1395-1402, 2005.

Akbulut,S., Hasiloglu, S., and Pamukcu, S., "Data Generation for Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio in Reinforced Sands Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System"  Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 24(11), 805-814, 2004.

Pamukcu, S., Weeks, A., and Wittle, J.K, Enhanced Reduction of Cr(VI) by Direct Electric Current in a Contaminated Clay, Environmental Science and Technology, ACS, 38(4), 1236-1241, 2004.