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Civil Engineering Faculty Expertise
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Kevin G. Sutterer, Ph.D., P.E.
Areas of Specialization:
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Waste Utilization in Structural Fills
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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
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Geosynthetics
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Ground Modification and Geotechnical Construction
Industrial/Consulting Experience: Six years' full time experience as a geotechnical consultant in most areas of geotechnical engineering with particular expertise in:
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liquefaction studies
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seismic stability of earth structures
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utilization of cementitious coal ash in fills
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embankment dams
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geosynthetics engineering
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slope stability.
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John K. Aidoo, Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization:
- Structural Analysis
- Reinforced Concrete and Prestressed Design
- Structural Steel Design
- Advanced Composite Materials
Industrial/Consulting Experience Worked as a Structural Engineer in the fabrication department of a steel manufacturing company in Ghana
- Design, fabrication & construction of warehouses, factories & roof trusses
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Jeremy R. Chapman, Ph.D., J.D.
Areas of Specialization:
- Rural Bicycle Safety
- Geometric Design of Highways
- Transportation Systems
- Traffic Control Devices
- Legal Aspects of Engineering
Industrial/Consulting Experience
Six years of experience as a consultant in most areas of transportation engineering with particular expertise in:
- urban and rural highway design
- traffic impact analysis
- intelligent transportation systems
- site engineering and construction
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David P. Devine P.E., L.S.
Areas of Specialization:
- Hydraulics & water resources engineering
- Environmental engineering
- Land Development
- Land Surveying
- Professional practice of engineering, ethics and licensure
Industrial/Consulting Experience:
- Eight years experience in the government and private consulting
- Combined sewer system investigation and modeling
- Hydraulic system analysis and design
- Construction observation and field engineering
- Construction layout and surveying
- Land boundary surveying
- Traffic analysis and planning
- Facilities operations, waste management, worker hazard communications
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James H. Hanson, Ph.D., P.E.
Areas of Specialization:
- Structural analysis
- Structural design: reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, and steel
- Solid mechanics
- Fracture mechanics
- Finite element analysis
Industrial/Consulting Experience
- Structural designer for a major chemical corporation
- U.S. Army Engineer Officer
design and build pipelines repair and rehabilitate small structures organize operations of combat engineer units
- Consultant to various industrial clients about structural
analysis, structural design, and materials testing issues
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Kyle A. Kershaw, Ph.D., P.E.
Areas of Specialization:
- Foundation Design, Modeling, and Testing
- Earth Retention
- Slope Stabilization
- Soil-Structure Interaction
Industrial/Consulting Experience Seven years' full time experience as a geotechnical consultant with particular expertise in:
- deep foundations
- retaining walls
- levees
- soil and rock slope stabilization
- risk-based design
- numerical modeling
- geologic hazard analysis.
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Matthew D. Lovell, Ph.D., P.E.
Areas of Specialization:
- Reinforced Concrete Design
- Structural Steel Design
- Dynamics of Structures
- Bridge Design
Research Activities
- Short and long term behavior of integral abutment bridges
- Analysis and design of moment slabs for barrier rails attached to MSE walls
- Behavior of concrete structures subjected to restrained shrinkage
Industrial Experience
- Worked as a bridge engineer in a structural engineering consulting firm. Also served as a site operations engineer for an earthquake engineering research group.
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James L. McKinney, Ph.D., P.E.
Areas of Specialization:
- Pavement management
- Asphalt pavement recycling
- Pavement rehabilitation
- Asphalt concrete mixtures
- Construction materials and methods
- Engineering economics
Industrial/Consulting Experience
- Indianapolis Department of Transportation, pavement design, construction, recycling and materials testing, pavement management, general consultant
- Pavement management system development and building construction materials testing
- Indiana Department of Highways, Quality Assurance Program - Bituminous Concrete
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Jennifer Mueller Price, Ph.D., P.E.
Areas of Specialization:
- Environmental River Mechanics/Eco-Hydraulics
- Water Resources Engineering
- Surface Water Quality
- Ecological Engineering
Industrial/Consulting Experience
- Environmental consulting including US EPA over-sight of residential lead-contaminated soil removal, sampling and analysis plan for oil spill in an agricultural field and stream, spill prevention control and countermeasure plan, preliminary assessment/site inspection report, environmental site assessments, industrial compliance reports, field screening and hazard categorization.
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Michael A. Robinson, Ph.D., P.E.
Areas of Specialization:
- Environmental engineering
- Ground water
- Geographical information systems
Industrial/Consulting Experience
- Six years experience in the public and private sector with experience in many areas of environmental engineering but with special emphasis in the areas of ground water model development and application and geographical information systems.
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