Ben Leshchinsky is an assistant professor in Geotechnical Engineering. His research interests include slope stability analysis and landslide prediction; use of soil reinforcement in earth retention, subgrade improvement, and slope stability; unpaved road behavior; vegetation-soil interaction; and management of water-sediment transport. His investigative approach involves an array of tools including numerical modeling, laboratory work and full-scale field testing. Ben’s research is based in a variety of disciplines, broadly encompassing geotechnical engineering, water resources, agriculture and forestry.

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, 2007.

M.S. in Civil Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2008.

M.Phil. in Civil Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2010.

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2012.

Refereed Journal Publications

Ben Leshchinsky, Michael Olsen and Burak Tanyu. “Contour Connection Method: Automated Landslide Detection using LiDAR Bare Earth Models”. Under review. 

Yufeng Gao, Fei Zhang, Dov Leshchinsky, Rafi Baker and Ben Leshchinsky. “Variational Analysis of Three-Dimensional Homogeneous Slopes Revisited.”  Under Review. 

Ben Leshchinsky. “Bearing Capacity of Footings Placed Adjacent to c'-ф' Slopes”. Under Review.

Ben Leshchinsky, John Sessions, Jeffrey Wimer. “Analytical Design Tool for Mobile Guyline Anchors.” Under review.

Ben Leshchinsky and Spencer Ambauen. “Limit Equilibrium and Limit Analysis: Comparison of Collapse Mechanisms for Complex Slopes.”  Under review.

Ben Leshchinsky. "Limit Analysis Optimization of Design Factors for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall-Supported Footings." Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology 1, no. 2 (2014): 111-128.

Farshid Vahedifard, Ben Leshchinsky, Sona Sehat, and Dov Leshchinsky. "Impact of Cohesion on Seismic Design of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Earth Structures." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

Dov Leshchinsky, Farshid Vahedifard and Ben Leshchinsky (2014). “Revisiting Bearing Capacity Analysis of MSE Walls: Is It Relevant?” Geotextiles and Geomembranes.

Ben Leshchinsky and Hoe Ling (2013). “Numerical modeling of behavior of railway ballasted structure with geocell confinement.” Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Volume 36, pp. 33-43.

Ben Leshchinsky and Hoe Ling (2013). “Effects of Geocell Confinement on Strength and Deformation Behavior of Ballast.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Volume 139, pp. 340-352.

Hoe I. Ling, Min-Hao Wu, Dov Leshchinsky, and Ben Leshchinsky (2009). “Centrifuge Modeling of Slope Instability.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Pp. 135, 758 (2009).

Farshid Vahedifard, Ben Leshchinsky, and Dov Leshchinsky. “Impact of Cohesion on Seismic Design of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Earth Structures.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. (Accepted February 2014)

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Ben Leshchinsky. “Maximum Tensile Loads in Reinforcements for MSE Walls: A Comprehensive Stability Check Revisited with Limit Analysis.” Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2013.

Ben Leshchinsky. “Comparison of Limit Equilibrium and Limit Analysis for Complex Slopes.” Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2013.

Ben Leshchinsky. “Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls: Parametric Study of Reinforcement Tensile Loads under Limit State.” Proceedings of International Symposium on Design and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures 2013. In press.

Ben Leshchinsky. “Enhancing Ballast Performance Using Geocell Confinement.” Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011. Pp 4693-4072 (2011).

Ben Leshchinsky and Hoe Ling. “Revisiting Deformation Analysis for the Kansai International Airport.” Proceedings of the Fourth Biot Conference on Poromechanics. Pp. 1071-1076 (2009).