Advances in Characterization and Analysis of Expansive Soils and Rocks

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

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