Novel Issues on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Rock Engineering

This volume discusses issues related to unsaturated soil mechanics and rock engineering based on technical papers focusing on two important topics in geotechnical engineering: (1) the characterization of unsaturated soils, and (2) the investigation of rock properties. The research studies on unsaturated soils include the characterization techniques of the unsaturated soils. The studies on rock properties include thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of gypsum rock, soft rocks capacity, role of rock strength in blastability, indirect methods to estimate rock strength, and variations in isotope distributions in Permian rocks. The two broad themes in this collection, as summarized above, are representative of local challenges facing geotechnical engineers in the Middle East, but their contributions can also be extended to other regions of the world. The volume is based on the best contributions to the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 – The official international congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE).

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


b. 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)


c. PUBLICATIONS
i. Five Most Related Publications
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils I: Critical assessment of volume change mechanisms.” Computers and Geotechnics. 80(December), 26-40. 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.06.009. 
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils II: Constitutive modelling.” Computers and Geotechnics. 80(December), 16-25. 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.06.010.
Alsherif, N. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Yielding of silt at high temperature and suction magnitudes.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 34(2), 501-514. 
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “High-pressure thermal triaxial cell for evaluation of the impact of temperature on soil volume change mechanisms.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 39(2), 217-234. 10.1520/GTJ20150114.
Alsherif, N.A. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Nonisothermal behavior of compacted silt at low degrees of saturation.” Géotechnique. 65(9), 703-716. 


ii. Five other Significant Publications
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Constitutive model for the drained compression of unsaturated clay to high stresses.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 04017014-11-11. 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001662. 
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Constitutive model for the undrained compression of unsaturated clay.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 1-10. 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001635. 04016117.
Chen, D. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Calibration parameters for load transfer analysis of energy piles in uniform soils.” ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics. 04016159-1-17. 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000873.
Goode, J.C., III and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Centrifuge modeling of boundary restraint effects in energy foundations.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 141(8), 04015034-1-04015034-13.
Khosravi, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Impact of hydraulic hysteresis on the small-strain shear modulus of unsaturated soils.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.  138(11), 1326–1333.  
 
d. SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
• Selected Honors and Awards: 
o Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (ASCE), 2016
o Practical Journal Paper Award from TC106 on Unsaturated Soils (ISSMGE), 2014
o Arthur Casagrande Award (ASCE), 2013
o ASTM President’s Leadership Award (ASTM), 2013
o Shamsher Prakash Found. Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Geotechnical Eng., 2012
o Young Professor Paper Award (Deep Foundations Institute), 2012
o J. James R. Croes Medal (ASCE), 2012
o NSF Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award, 2011
o Best Paper of 2010 in Geosynthetics International, 2011
o Richard S. Ladd D18 Standards Development Award (ASTM), 2011
o International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Young Member Award, 2008
o NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002-2005
• Service to Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):
o Vice-Chair, Unsaturated Soils Committee, 2013-present
o Member, Geoenvironmental Committee, 2014-present
o Member, Outreach and Engagement Committee, 2015-present
o Chair of sessions on thermal behavior of soils and geostructures at GeoCongress 2012, GeoCongress 2014, IFCEE 2015, GeoChicago 2016, Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 
o Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng., Associate Editor of the Year 2012
• Service to International Geosynthetics Society (IGS): 
o President Elect, 2017-present, Treasurer, 2015-2017, IGS North America
o Young Member Committee Co-Chair, GeoAmericas 2016, Miami, FL
o Technical Program Co-Chair, Geosynthetics 2015, Portland OR.
• Service to ASTM International: 
o Chair, ASTM D18.04 Subcom. on Hydrologic Properties and Hydraulic Barriers
o Previous Chair, ASTM D18.09 Subcom. on Cyclic and Dynamic Properties of Soils
o Technical lead for 8 standards on hydraulic, thermal and dynamic properties of soil
• Editorial Positions on International Journals:
o Editor (2015-Present) and Associate Editor (2010-Present), Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE.
o Editorial Board Member (2014-Present), Geosynthetics International, ICE.
o Editorial Board Member (2014-Present), Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier.
o Editorial Board Member (2014-Present), Soils and Foundations, Elsevier.
o Editorial Board Member (2011-Present), Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM.
o Editorial Panel (2016-present), Géotechnique Letters, ICE
o Editorial Board Member (2016-Present), Canadian Geotechnical Journal, NRC.
o Associate Editor (2016-Present), Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
o Guest Editor (2014), DFI Journal: “State of the Practice on Geothermal Foundations.” 
o Guest Editor (2014), Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: “Thermo-mechanical Response of Soils, Rocks, and Energy Geostructures.” 
o Guest Editor (2013), Acta Geotechnica: “Thermo-Active Geotechnical Systems for Near-Surface Geothermal Energy.”
o Guest Editor (2010-2011), Geotechnical Testing Journal: “Innovations in Characterizing the Mechanical and Hydrological Properties of Unsaturated Soils.”




LAUREANO R. HOYOS, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE : 

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

 

POST-DOCTORAL/STUDENT SUPERVISION:

·         5 Sponsored Visiting Research Scholars

·         9 PhDs Completed; 4 Currently in Progress

·         20 MS Theses Completed; 6 Currently in Progress

 

SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS

·         Patil, U.D., Hoyos, L.R., and Puppala, A.J. (2016). “Characterization of compacted silty sand using a double-walled triaxial cell with fully automated Relative-Humidity control.” Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 39(5), pp. 741-756.

·         Patil, U.D., Hoyos, L.R., and Puppala, A.J. (2016). “Modeling essential elasto-plastic features of compacted silty sand via suction-controlled triaxial testing.” International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000726, pp. 1-22.

·         Hoyos, L.R., DeJong, J.T., McCartney, J.S., Puppala, A.J., Reddy, K.R., and Zekkos, D. (2015). “Environmental geotechnics in the U.S. Region: A brief overview.” Environmental Geotechnics, ICE Publishing, 2(EG6), pp. 319-325.

·         Hoyos, L.R., Suescún-Florez, E.A., and Puppala, A.J. (2015). “Stiffness of intermediate unsaturated soil from simultaneous suction-controlled resonant column and bender element testing.” Engineering Geology, Elsevier, 188(2015), pp. 10-28.

·         Hoyos, L.R., Velosa, C.L., and Puppala, A.J. (2014). “Residual shear strength of unsaturated soils via suction-controlled ring shear testing.” Engineering Geology, Elsevier, 172(2014), pp. 1-11.

·         Hoyos, L.R., Pérez-Ruiz, D.D., and Puppala, A.J. (2012). “Modeling unsaturated soil response under suction-controlled true triaxial stress paths.” International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 12(3), pp. 292-308.

·         Hoyos, L.R., Pérez-Ruiz, D.D., and Puppala, A.J. (2012). “Refined true triaxial apparatus for testing unsaturated soils under suction-controlled stress paths.” International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 12(3), pp. 281-291.

·         Hoyos, L.R., Velosa, C.L., and Puppala, A.J. (2011). “A servo/suction-controlled ring shear apparatus for unsaturated soils: Development, performance, and preliminary results.” Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 34(5), pp. 413-423.

·         Hoyos, L.R., Ordonez, C.A., and Puppala, A.J. (2011). “Characterization of cement-fiber-treated reclaimed asphalt pavement aggregates: Preliminary investigation.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 23(7), pp. 977-989.

·         Yuan, D., Nazarian, S., Hoyos, L.R., and Puppala, A.J. (2011). “Evaluation and mix design of cement-treated base materials with high content of reclaimed asphalt pavement.” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRR No. 2212, pp. 110-119.

 

OTHER SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

 

·         Lead Campus Manager, Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, FHWA, 2016-2017

·         Associate Dean, Honors College, University of Texas at Arlington, 2008-2009

·         Member, Institutional Review Board, University of Texas at Arlington, 2006-2009

·         Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), University of Texas at Arlington, 2001-2009

·         Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter, Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE), University of Texas at Arlington, 2007-2010

·         Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2015 – Current

·         Area Coordinator, Geotechnical Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-2014

 

·         Conference Chair, PanAm-UNSAT 2017: Second Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils, The Geo-Institute of the ASCE, November 12-15, 2017, Dallas

·         Committee Chair, Unsaturated Soils, The Geo-Institute of the ASCE, 20013 – Current

·         Committee Member, AFS90, Chemical and Mechanical Stabilization of Soils, Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Academy of Sciences, 2002-2010

·         Committee Member, AFP60, Engineering Behavior of Unsaturated Soils, Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Academy of Sciences, 2001-2010

 

·         Associate Regional Editor (U.S.), Environmental Geotechnics, Thomas Telford, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, U.K.

·         Editorial Board Member, Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA

·         Guest Editor, International Journal of Geomechanis, ASCE

·         Guest Editor, Indian Geotechnical Journal, Springer

·         Guest Editor, Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Springer