UTA Geotechnical Group with Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud, President of ISSMGE

Dr. Anand Puppala and Dr. Laureano Hoyos research groups have participated at the annual ASCE-GI conference, Geo-Frontiers - 2011 in Dallas during March 13-16 and the research team has presented nine different papers in seven different technical sessions. All nine papers are published in ASCE GSP proceedings. Dr. Bhaskar Chittoori, Post-Doctoral Fellow; Dr. Sireesh Saride, Former Post-Doctoral Fellow; Thornchaya Wejringiskul, Naga S. Talluri, Claudia Velosa and Aravind Pedarla - current doctoral students also made the presentations. Several other graduate students and colleagues from University of Texas at El Paso and Southeast University, Nanjing, China are the contributing authors of these papers. All papers are peer reviewed and published in the ASCE-GI conference proceedings.

* "Leachate Studies on Lime and Portland Cement Treated Expansive Clays", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 4479 - 4488
* "Assessment of the Coefficient of Lateral Earth Pressure at Rest (Ko) from Seismic Piezocone Tests (SCPTU)", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 2278 - 2287
* "The Function of Basal Geogrids in Minimizing Rutting of Geocell Reinforced Subgrades", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 4645 - 4652
* "Influence of Seasonal Changes on Inclined Load Tests on Drilled Shafts", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 2484 - 2493
* "Prediction of Swell-Shrink Movements of Pavement Infrastructure", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 2740 - 2749
* "Numerical Model Studies of Deep Soil Mixing (DSM) Column to Mitigate Bridge Approach Settlements", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 3286 - 3295
* "Constitutive Behavior of Compacted Clayey Sand Using a Refined Suction-Controlled Cubical Test Cell", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 4303 - 4312
* "Small-Strain Stiffness of Unsaturated Soils Using a Suction-Controlled Resonant Column Device with Bender Elements", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 4313- 4322
* "Accelerated Design Process of Lime-Stabilized Clays", Geofrontiers - 2011, ASCE, GSP 211, Dallas, Texas, pp. 4468 - 4478

In addition, Dr. Hoyos chaired two technical sessions and Dr. Puppala chaired two other technical sessions. The UTA geotechnical graduate students have also volunteered for the event and received certificates of appreciation for their efforts. Please click on the following link for the mention of the IFAI and ASCE-GI's appreciation of the UTA students' volunteer efforts: www.geofrontiers11.com