Biography:
Until the age of eight, I lived in Jefferson County, Colorado. During this time I remember making mud pies and observing foundation repair specialists underpin the foundations and mud-jack the floors of many newly constructed houses in my neighborhood. These were my first geotechnical engineering experiences, and are what led me to want to become a geotechnical engineer.
My current research interests are laboratory and field testing of soils and foundations, and remote sensing applications within geotechnical engineering. The remote sensing interest is a continuation of my interdisciplinary doctoral research at the University of Missouri which focused on the detection of tunneling construction using synthetic aperture radar data. The laboratory and field testing of soils is a continuation of my master’s research at the University of Texas that focused on the lateral pullout capacity of suction caisson foundations in normally consolidated clay. In addition to the aforementioned academic research I have conducted numerous terrestrial and offshore geotechnical engineering investigations in: Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, offshore California, offshore Mexico, and offshore West Africa. I also have diverse experience in geotechnical laboratory testing, land surveying, civil engineering design, land development, and consulting business practices.
Curriculum Vitae: Link
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (cum laude), University of Wyoming, May 2002
Master of Science of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, December 2003
Thesis: Horizontal Capacity of Suction Caissons in Normally Consolidated Kaolinite Link
Advisors: Roy Olson, Alan Rauch
Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering), University of Missouri, July 2009
Dissertation: Filtering of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data as Applied to the Characterization of Localized Ground Deformation Features Link
Committee: J. Erik Loehr (advisor), John Bowders, Brent Rosenblad, Franscisco Gomez, Curt Davis, Justin Legarsky
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, August 2009 – August 2015 Link
Associate Professor, University of Arkansas, August 2015 – Present Link