Recent Advancements on Expansive Soils

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH FOR JOHN S. MCCARTNEY, Ph.D., P.E.a. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATIONUniversity of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, B.S. (high distinction), 2002University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, M.S., 2002University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., 2007b. APPOINTMENTS11/14 – 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. PUBLICATIONSi. Five Most Related PublicationsCoccia, 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 PublicationsMun, 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: oWalter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (ASCE), 2016oPractical Journal Paper Award from TC106 on Unsaturated Soils (ISSMGE), 2014oArthur Casagrande Award (ASCE), 2013oASTM President’s Leadership Award (ASTM), 2013oShamsher Prakash Found. Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Geotechnical Eng., 2012oYoung Professor Paper Award (Deep Foundations Institute), 2012oJ. James R. Croes Medal (ASCE), 2012oNSF Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award, 2011oBest Paper of 2010 in Geosynthetics International, 2011oRichard S. Ladd D18 Standards Development Award (ASTM), 2011oInternational Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Young Member Award, 2008oNSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002-2005•Service to Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):oVice-Chair, Unsaturated Soils Committee, 2013-presentoMember, Geoenvironmental Committee, 2014-presentoMember, Outreach and Engagement Committee, 2015-presentoChair of sessions on thermal behavior of soils and geostructures at GeoCongress 2012, GeoCongress 2014, IFCEE 2015, GeoChicago 2016, Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 oJournal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng., Associate Editor of the Year 2012•Service to International Geosynthetics Society (IGS): oPresident Elect, 2017-present, Treasurer, 2015-2017, IGS North AmericaoYoung Member Committee Co-Chair, GeoAmericas 2016, Miami, FLoTechnical Program Co-Chair, Geosynthetics 2015, Portland OR.•Service to ASTM International: oChair, ASTM D18.04 Subcom. on Hydrologic Properties and Hydraulic BarriersoPrevious Chair, ASTM D18.09 Subcom. on Cyclic and Dynamic Properties of SoilsoTechnical lead for 8 standards on hydraulic, thermal and dynamic properties of soil•Editorial Positions on International Journals:oEditor (2015-Present) and Associate Editor (2010-Present), Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE.oEditorial Board Member (2014-Present), Geosynthetics International, ICE.oEditorial Board Member (2014-Present), Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier.oEditorial Board Member (2014-Present), Soils and Foundations, Elsevier.oEditorial Board Member (2011-Present), Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM.oEditorial Panel (2016-present), Géotechnique Letters, ICEoEditorial Board Member (2016-Present), CanadianGeotechnical Journal, NRC.oAssociate Editor (2016-Present), Geotechnical and Geological EngineeringoGuest Editor (2014), DFI Journal: “State of the Practice on Geothermal Foundations.” oGuest Editor (2014), Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: “Thermo-mechanical Response of Soils, Rocks, and Energy Geostructures.” oGuest Editor (2013), Acta Geotechnica: “Thermo-Active Geotechnical Systems for Near-Surface Geothermal Energy.”oGuest 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, 1999Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996M.Sc. Geotechnical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-RUM, Mayaguez, PR, 1993M.Sc. Highway Engineering, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia, 1991B.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, GeotechnicalEngineering 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

• Developing an experimental strategy to investigate stress-strain models using kaolin.- Explicit Model for Excess Porewater Pressure Computation in Fine-Grained Soils with Arbitrary Initial Conditions.- A comprehensive approach to determine intrinsic compressibility of reconstituted clays with various initial water contents.- Experimental Study on Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor Based on BOTDR in the Model Tests of Expansive Soil Slope Protected by HPTRM.- Combined Effects of Bottom Ash and Lime on Behaviour of Expansive Soil.- Experimental Investigation on the Compaction and Compressible Properties of Expansive Soil Reinforced with Bagasse Fibre and Lime.- Effect of chemical composition of woodash and lime on stabilization of expansive soil.- Enhancement of Expansive Soil Properties using Cement Kiln Dust Mixed with Lime.- Stabilization of expansive soil with Corex slag and lime for road subgrade.- Monitoring the efficiency of polyurethane resin injection for foundation remediation indamaged residential buildings exposed to expansive clays.- The effect of environmental factors on the stability of residential buildings built on expansive clays.- Generalised Analysis of Under-Reamed Pile Subjected to An-isotropic Swelling Pressure.- Mechanical and Hydraulic Properties of Bentonite Clay Stabilized with Cement, Lime, and Mixed Lime-Cement by Dry and Wet Methods after 5 Years of Curing.- Effect of sulfate contamination on compaction and strength behavior of lime treated expansive soil.- A Proposed Approach for Calculating Collapse Settlement.