This volume includes a collection of technical papers on an important topic in geotechnical engineering; the behavior and treatment of expansive soils. The research studies include investigations into novel stabilization techniques for expansive soils using different admixtures or mechanical consolidation techniques, as well as new experimental approaches to evaluate the behavior of expansive soils. They also include an evaluation of wetting boundary conditions on the volume change of expansive soils, as well as the role of hydrologic boundary conditions in arid climates. The volume is based on the best contributions to the 2nd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2018 - The official international congress of the Soil-Structure Interaction Group in Egypt (SSIGE).

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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. 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), 13261333.   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, 2...

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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 in damaged 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.