This volume discusses issues related to unsaturated soil mechanics and rock engineering based on technical papers focusing on two important topics in geotechnical engineering: (1) the characterization of unsaturated soils, and (2) the investigation of rock properties. The research studies on unsaturated soils include the characterization techniques of the unsaturated soils. The studies on rock properties include thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of gypsum rock, soft rocks capacity, role of rock strength in blastability, indirect methods to estimate rock strength, and variations in isotope distributions in Permian rocks. The two broad themes in this collection, as summarized above, are representative of local challenges facing geotechnical engineers in the Middle East, but their contributions can also be extended to other regions of the world. 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).

Adds further insights on the characterization techniques of the unsaturated soils Discusses the thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of rocks Includes a unique combination of unsaturated soils and rock mechanics Resolves challenges facing geotechnical engineers in the Middle East

Autorentext
JOHN S. MCCARTNEY, Ph.D., P.E : 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: 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 President's 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 sessions on thermal behavior of soils and geostructures at GeoCongress 2012, GeoCongress 2014, IFCEE 2015, GeoChicago 2016, Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 o Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng., Associate Editor of the Year 2012• Service to International Geosynthetics Society (IGS): o President Elect, 2017-present, Treasurer, 2015-2017, IGS North Americao Young Member Committee Co-Chair, GeoAmericas 2016, Miami, FLo Technical Program Co-Chair, Geosynthetics 2015, Portland OR.• Service to ASTM International: o Chair, ASTM D18.04 Subcom. on Hydrologic Properties and Hydraulic Barrierso Previous Chair, ASTM D18.09 Subcom. on Cyclic and Dynamic Properties of Soilso Technical lead for 8 standards on hydraulic, thermal and dynamic properties of soil• Editorial Positions on International Journals:o Editor (2015-Present) and Associate Editor (2010-Present), Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE.o Editorial Board Member (2014-Present), Geosynthetics International, ICE.o Editorial Board Member (2014-Present), Computers and Geotechnics, Elsevier.o Editorial Board Member (2014-Present), Soils and Foundations, Elsevier.o Editorial Board Member (2011-Present), Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM.o Editorial Panel (2016-present), Géotechnique Letters, ICEo Editorial Board Member (2016-Present), Canadian Geotechnical Journal, NRC.o Associate Editor (2016-Present), Geotechnical and Geological Engineeringo Guest Editor (2014), DFI Journal: State of the Practice on Geothermal Foundations. o Guest Editor (2014), Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: Thermo-mechanical Response of Soils, Rocks, and Energy Geostructures. o Guest Editor (2013), Acta Geotechnica: Thermo-Active Geotechnical Systems for Near-Surface Geothermal Energy.o Guest 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, 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, Departmen…