Geotechnical Engineering Faculty

Gabriel Fernandez

Instructor

Dr. Fernandez' research and consulting is in the area of rock mechanics.  Projects on which he has consulted include the Guavio Dam, a 920-foot high rockfill dam with 15 kilometers of underground power conduits and 2200-foot deep underground powerhouse in Columbia; the Lower Kihansi Project in Tanzania, which featured a concrete dam, water conveyance structures and an underground powerhouse; and the Caracas, La Guaira Highway, Venezuela.

Youssef Hashash

Professor
John Burkitt Webb Endowed Faculty Scholar

Dr. Hashash research interests include Deep Excavations, Earthquake Engineering, Numerical Modeling, and Soil-Structure Interaction. He is also involved in use of visualization and virtual reality techniques in geotechnical engineering applications.

James H. Long

Associate Professor

Dr. Long has research interests focused on soil-structure interaction such as behavior of axially and laterally loaded foundations, use of load test database for reliability-based design, earthquake engineering, mechanically stabilized earth and earth support systems, and ground improvement methods and their effect on structures. He is actively involved in conducting both field and model-scale tests for foundations and excavations.

Gholamreza Mesri

Ralph B. Peck Professor

Dr. Mesri's current fields of active research include engineering properties, construction problems, and ground modification technology in soft clays and silts, stiff clays and soft rocks, as well as granular materials.

Scott M. Olson

Assistant Professor

Dr. Olson's research interests include: liquefaction of level and sloping ground, paleoseismology and paleoliquefaction, soft ground engineering, in situ testing, geosynthetics, and instrumentation.

Timothy D. Stark

Professor

Dr. Stark has research interests in soil liquefaction during earthquakes, static and seismic stability of natural and manmade slopes, design of waste containment facilities, performance of compacted fills, and stabilization and behavior of dredged material containment areas. He has been involved in a number of consulting projects on these topics, which has facilitated the transfer of this technology to practice and his students.