Pengfei Xue, Michigan Technological University, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering, Houghton, MI, United States, Yi Chen, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, United States, Jobin Thomas, Michigan Technological University, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, United States, Miraj Kayastha, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States, Thomas Oommen, University of Mississippi, Geology and Geological Engineering, Oxford, United States and Ryan Williams, Michigan Technological University, Great Lakes Research Center, Houghton, United States