Advances in Characterization and Analysis of Expansive Soils and Rocks (eBook)

LAUREANO R. HOYOS, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE Lead Campus Manager, Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, FHWA Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington.   PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Louisiana State University, 1999 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999 Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998 M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996 M.Sc. Geotechnical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-RUM, Mayaguez, PR, 1993 M.Sc. Highway Engineering, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia, 1991 B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Universidad de la Costa, Barranquilla, Colombia, 1988   APPOINTMENTS: • Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UTA, Texas, 2014 – Current • Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UTA, Texas, 2005 – 2014 • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UTA, Texas, 2000 – 2005   HONORS: • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2014 • Research Excellence Award, Office of the Provost, University of Texas at Arlington, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 • Outstanding Civil Engineering Instructor Award, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2005 • Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2003     JOHN S. MCCARTNEY, Ph.D., P.E.   PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, B.S. (high distinction), 2002 University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, M.S., 2002 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., 2007   APPOINTMENTS 11/14 – Present, Associate Professor, University of California San Diego (UCSD) 07/13 – 08/14, Lyall Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder (CU) 05/13 – 10/14, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder (CU) 08/08 – 05/13, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder (CU) 08/08 – 07/12, Barry Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder (CU) 08/07 – 08/08, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UA)   SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES • Selected Honors and Awards:  • Service to Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): • Service to International Geosynthetics Society (IGS):  • Service to ASTM International:  • Editorial Positions on International Journals:

Prediction of swelling pressure of compacted bentonite with respect to void ratio based on diffuse double layer theoryPenetration Characteristics of Expansive Soil: A Probabilistic StudyInfluence of Applied Boundary Condition during Wetting on Volume Change Characteristics of a Compacted Highly Expansive SoilCo-relation between electrical resistivity and index properties of periodic hydrocarbon contaminated bentonite clayInfluence of Hydrologic Information on Shallow Foundation Design and Analysis in Arid ClimatesStrength Properties of Rock as an Index of BlastabilityThermo-poro-mechanics modelling of Gypsum dehydrationA Comparative Evaluation of Indirect Methods to Estimate the Compressive Strength of Limestone (Chorgali Formation)Isotope stratigraphy of the Permian rocks, the Volga river region