Peer-reviewed
Conference Proceedings
1
“Modeling
the Geo-hazard Effects of Surface Explosions on Embankments and Underground
Structures Employing the Geotechnical Centrifuge”, Engineering of Geo Hazards,
Specialty Seminar by ASCE Metropolitan Section and Geo-Institute, New York, New
York, May 2007. (with P. T. Simpson and T. F. Zimmie)
2
"Modeling
of Surface Blast Effects on Underground Structures”, Proceedings of
GeoCongress 2006, ASCE, Atlanta, Georgia (with T. F. Zimmie)
3
"Centrifuge
Experiments to Study Surface Blast Effects on Underground Pipelines",
Proceedings of Pipelines 2005,
ASCE, Houston, Texas, August 2005. (with T. F. Zimmie and K. E.
Vamos)
4
"Experimental
and Numerical Modeling of Geosynthetic Anchor Trench”, Proceedings of
GeoFrontiers 2005, ASCE, Austin, Texas, January 2005. (with D. A. Vellone)
5
"Undergraduate Geotechnical Education, 2004", Proceedings of GeoFrontiers
2005, ASCE, Austin, Texas, January 2005. (with G. Mullen, A. K. Ashmawy, P.
J. Culligan, M. Mauldon, F. C. Townsend, and A. Welker)
6 “Site
Characterization, Design, and Construction for Closure of Four Hazardous Waste
Landfills at a Superfund Site”, Proceedings of the Fifth International
Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, New
York, April 2004. (with R. J. Dunn and
N.
Matasovic)
7
"Site
Characterization of Five Hazardous Waste Landfills", Proceedings of the
International Site Characterization
Conference, ISC’2,
Porto
, Protugal, September 2004, Vol 2, pp. 1075-1080. (with
N. Matasovic and R. J. Dunn)
8
“Slope
Stability at a Hazardous Waste Site – Evaluation of the CPT Cone Factor Nk
Using Dynamic Property Correlations”, Proceedings of the 11th
International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,
Berkeley, California, ASCE< January 2004, Vol. 2, pp. 478-484. (with
N.
Matazovic
,
R. J. Dunn, and E. Kavazanjian, Jr.)
9
“A New MSW Landfill Well Below Groundwater in a Highly Seismic
Region”,
Proceedings of the Ninth International
Waste Management and Landfill
Symposium,
Sardinia
2003, September 2003. (with R. J. Dunn)
[Paper
(pdf)]
10
“Optimization of a Geocomposite Drainage Layer for Closure of Four
Hazardous Waste Landfills”, Proceedings
of the Seventh International Conference on Geosynthetics, Nice,
France
, pp. 545-548. 2002. (with R. J. Dunn)
11
“An Innovative Geosynthetic Cover for a Deep Hazardous Waste Landfill
in a Seismic Environment”, Proceedings
of Geosynthetics 2001,
Portland
,
Oregon
, Vol 1, pp. 77-90. 2001. (with R. J. Dunn)
12
“Estimation of Dynamic Frictional Properties of Geonet Interfaces”, Proceedings of Geosynthetics
’99,
Boston
,
Massachusetts
, Vol 1, pp. 545-558. 1999. (with T. F. Zimmie)
13
“A Study of Slip Displacements Caused by Dynamic Loading at
Geosynthetic Interfaces”, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil
Dynamics III, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 75, Panos Dakoulas,
Mishac Yegian and Robert Holtz (editors), American Society of Civil Engineers,
Vol. 2, pp. 997-1007. 1998. (with T. F. Zimmie)
14
“Frictional Behavior of Landfill Liner Interfaces with Geonets”, Proceedings
of the Sixth International Conference on Geosynthetics, Vol. 1
Atlanta
,
Georgia
, pp. 443 – 446. 1998. (with T. F. Zimmie)
15
“Dynamic Shear Behavior of Geosynthetic Interfaces”, Proceedings
of the Fourteenth International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, Vol. 3, pp. 1737 - 1740, 1997. (with T. F.
Zimmie)
16
“Factors Influencing Dynamic Frictional Behavior of Geosynthetic
Interfaces”, Proceedings of Geosynthetics 97, Long Beach, California,
Vol. II, pp. 837 - 849. 1997. (with T. F. Zimmie)
17
“Centrifuge Modelling to Study Dynamic Friction at Geosynthetic
Interfaces”, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on
Geotextiles, Geomembranes and Related Products,
Singapore
, pp. 415-418, 1994. (with T. F. Zimmie and M. B. Mahmud)
18
“Simulation of Long Term Performance of Landfill Covers”, Centrifuge
94, pp. 375-380, 1994. (with T. F. Zimmie and M. B. Mahmud)
19
“Study of Geosynthetic Interface Friction”, Centrifuge 94,
Singapore
, pp. 301-306, 1994. (with T. F. Zimmie and M. B. Mahmud)
20
“Use of a Geotechnical Centrifuge to Simulate Long Term Landfill Cover
Performance”, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on
Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics”,
Morgantown
,
WV
, pp. 1809-1814, 1994. (with T. F. Zimmie and M. B. Mahmud)
21
"Application of Centrifuge Modeling to Contaminant Migration in
Seabed Waste Disposal”, Proceedings of the Fourth Canadian Conference on
Marine Geotechnical Engineering, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Vol. II, pp. 610-624,
1993. (with T. F. Zimmie and M. B. Mahmud)
Other
Conference Proceedings
1
“Shear Strength Behavior of Geosynthetic Landfill Liners”, Geosynthetics
Asia 97 Conference, Vol. 1, pp. IV.39 – IV.46, Bangalore, India, 1997.
(with T. F. Zimmie)
2
“Estimation of Slip Displacement Caused by Dynamic Loading at
Geosynthetic Interfaces”, 8th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and
Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, July, 1997. (with T. F. Zimmie)
3
“Seismic Analysis of Landfill”, Environmental Geotechnology with
Geosynthetics, Proceedings of International Seminar and Technomeet, New
Delhi, India, pp. 266 – 274, 1996. (with R. Gunturi)
4
“Centrifuge Modeling to Study Stability of Dams”, Proceedings of
the Annual Conference of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials,
Seattle, WA, 1996. (with T. F. Zimmie)
Invited Presentations
1
“Centrifuge Modeling of Surface Explosions”, Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay (Mumbai), India, August 2006.
2
“Use of Centrifuge Modeling to Study Surface Blast Effects on
Underground Structures”, Bridge and Tunnel Security Workshop, SEI/ASCE Bridge and Tunnel Security Committee, Dulles, Virginia, July 2006.
3
“Case History - Site Characterizatoin, Design, and Construction for
Closure of Four Hazardous Waste Landfills at a Superfund Site in California”,
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy New York, March 2003.
Theses
1
“Engineering Applications to Common Utility Systems”, M.S.
Thesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1991.
2
“Study of Interfacial Friction of Landfill Geosynthetics: Static and
Dynamic”, Ph. D. Thesis, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York,
1996.
Research
Report
1
"Common Utility Placement Systems (CUPS)", Geotechnical
Engineering Series, IIT-CE 91-02, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago,
1991.