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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Geotechnical Engineering, 1987 (advisor J. Michael Duncan)
M.Engrg., University of California at Berkeley, Geotech. Engrg., 1984 (advisor J. Michael Duncan)
B.S., University of Delaware (with Honors), Civil Engineering, 1981
EXPERIENCE
Participated in a variety of geotechnical and earthquake engineering projects with Woodward-Clyde Consultants in San Francisco. Has conducted research on soil liquefaction, the static and seismic stability of natural and manmade slopes, design of waste containment facilities, soil-structure interaction using the finite element method, and stabilization and behavior of dredged material containment areas.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 8/94 - date.
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1/91 - 8/94.
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering: San Diego State University, 1/87-1/91.
Staff Engineer: Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Walnut Creek, CA, 6/81-9/83.
Structural Engineer: Cooperson-Breck and Associates, Montchanin, DE, 10/80-5/81.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
University Scholar, University Scholars Program, University of Illinois, 1998-2001
Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award for "best" paper in Geotechnical Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1998
Outstanding Section Campus Representative Award, IL/IN Section, American Society for Engrg. Education, 1998.
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Univ. of Illinois, 1994-1998.
News Correspondent Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1995
William J. Hall Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engrg., Univ. of Illinois (First Recipient), 1994-1996.
DOW Outstanding New Faculty Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1994
Xerox Award for Faculty Research, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 1993
Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, ASCE, 1992
Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement, ASCE, 1991
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Summer Research Fellow, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, 1991 & 1988
Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor, San Diego State Univ. (SDSU), Chi Epsilon, 1991
Timeos Award, Outstanding Assistant Professor at SDSU, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, 1990
Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award by President of SDSU, 1990
Outstanding College of Engineering Professor, SDSU, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, 1989
