Milind V. Khire, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE

Professor Emeritus

Civil and Environmental Engineering

mkhire@charlotte.edu

Education & Licensure

• Ph.D., Civil and Environmental engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Registered Professional Engineer

Research

• Waste containment Systems (Landfills)
• Field-scale testing of soil, water, and waste systems
• Hydraulic and Thermal properties of soil and waste
• Electrochemical treatment of water contaminated with organic chemicals
• Hydrology of Green Roofs

Research Grants

• Predictive Modeling of Freezing and Thawing of Frost-Susceptible Soils (Principal Investigator)
• A Lattice Boltzmann-based Model for Predicting Unsaturated Flow through Soil Macropores and Capillary Pores (Principal Investigator)
• Permeable Blankets made up of Recycled Materials for Leachate Recirculation in Bioreactor Landfills (Principal Investigator)
• Evaluation of Electrochemical Remediation of Contaminated Clayey Soils using Alternating Current (Principal Investigator)
• Evaluation of Landfill Gas Emissions from an Instrumented Final Cap of a Bioreactor Landfill Cell (Principal Investigator)

Publications

1. Mijares, R. and Khire, M. (2012), “Field Data and Numerical Modeling of Water Balance of Lysimeter vs. Actual Earthen Cap,” Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 138(8): 889-897.
2. Mukherjee, M. and Khire, M. (2012), “Instrumented Large-Scale Subsurface Liquid Injection Model for Bioreactor Landfills,” Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 35(1): 1-10.
3. Mijares, R., Khire, M., and Johnson, T. (2012), “Field-Scale Evaluation of Lysimeters versus Actual Earthen Covers,” Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 35(1): 41-50.
4. Mijares, R. and Khire, M. (2011), “Evaluation of Geosynthetic Capillary Break in Earthen Cover Lysimeters,” Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, in review/revision.
5. Mohtar, C. and Khire, M. (2009), “Vertical Pullout Test to Measure Interface Friction between Coarse-Grained Soils and Geomembranes,” Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 32(4), 365-371.
6. Khire, M. and Mukherjee, M. (2007), “Leachate Injection Using Vertical Wells in Engineered Landfills,” Waste Management, Elsevier, Vol. 27, No. 9, 1233-1247.
7. Haydar, M. and Khire, M. (2007), “Leachate Recirculation in Bioreactor Landfills using Permeable Blankets,” Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 133, No. 4, 360-371.
8. Khire, M., Benson, C., and Bosscher, P. (1997), “Water Balance Modeling of Final Covers,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 123, No.8, 744-754.