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., 2007 b. 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. Gotechnique. 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), 13261333. d. SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES Selected Honors and Awards: o Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (ASCE), 2016o Practical Journal Paper Award from TC106 on Unsaturated Soils (ISSMGE), 2014o Arthur Casagrande Award (ASCE), 2013o ASTM Presidents Leadership Award (ASTM), 2013o Shamsher Prakash Found. Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Geotechnical Eng., 2012o Young Professor Paper Award (Deep Foundations Institute), 2012o J. James R. Croes Medal (ASCE), 2012o NSF Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award, 2011o Best Paper of 2010 in Geosynthetics International, 2011o Richard S. Ladd D18 Standards Development Award (ASTM), 2011o International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Young Member Award, 2008o NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002-2005 Service to Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):o Vice-Chair, Unsaturated Soils Committee, 2013-presento Member, Geoenvironmental Committee, 2014-presento Member, Outreach and Engagement Committee, 2015-presento Chair of se

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.