Jetsun Thinley, PhD(c)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Hamm School of Engineering

About Me

My teaching experience includes structural engineering courses such as statics, strength of materials, structural analysis, and structural design. My research interests cover anything related to concrete testing and soil investigation. Professionally, I have worked as a professional engineer designing deep and shallow foundations, directing subsurface exploration operations, and providing recommendations for site preparation and earthwork construction. I have also worked as an external consulting engineer creating hydraulic model, conducting stability assessment, performing sediment transport analysis on fluvial systems. Additionally, I have also consulted for the industry on structural, materials-related, and foundation-related issues. In my spare time, I enjoy playing guitar, lifting weights, painting, and collecting and drawing comic books.

Why I’m At Mary

The university’s mission aligns perfectly with the Christian values and Catholic Faith of my upbringing. I also love the small class size and tight-knit environment at the University of Mary that enable professors to be more involved in the students’ academic and professional careers.

Expertise

My areas of expertise include sustainable concrete materials, concrete performance and durability of alternative SCMs, characterization of SCMs and their reactivity in cement-SCM matrix, electrical properties of concrete, sub-surface exploration and soil testing.

Thinley, L (2012). An Analysis of Fluvial Geomorphology Parameters Affecting Meander Migration and Dynamic Equilibrium of the White River in Arkansas. Theses and Dissertations No. 470, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.

Thinley, L., Wang, W., Burris, L., Hooton, R., Suraneni, P., & Shearer, C. (2022). Alkali-Silica Reaction Mitigation Performance of Unconventional and Marginal Source Fly Ash, 16th ICAAR-International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete. Lisboa, Portugal, 1-12.

Education

PhD-ABD (Civil Engineering – Structural/Materials): South Dakota Mines, 2023
MS (Civil Engineering – Water Resources Engineering): University of Memphis, 2012
BS (Civil Engineering – Structural Engineering): Christian Brothers University, 2007