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Rose-Hulman Administration
 
 

 
   
Kevin G. Sutterer, P.E., Ph.D.
Geotechnical Engineer

5500 Wabash Avenue, CM59, Terre Haute, Indiana  47803
812-877-8959, sutterer@rose-hulman.edu, fax 812.877.8440
http://www.rose-hulman.edu/ce/fac-sutterer.htm

  
Expertise
 
  • Soil-structure interaction
  • Geo-structural systems
  • Landslides and slope stability
  • Waste utilization in structural fills
  • Geotechnical earthquake engineering
  • Geotechnical construction
 
Registered Professional Engineer
  • Missouri
Professional Positions

 

2004 – Present Director, Engineering Forensics Research Institute
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana
  1998 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana
  1993 – 1998 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  1989 – 1993 Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Group
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
  1988 – 1989 Director of Engineering Services
SCI Environmental, Chesterfield, Missouri
  1984 – 1988 Engineer (Staff Engineer-Project Engineer-Senior Project Engineer)
Soil Consultants, Inc., St. Peters, Missouri
     
Academic Preparation
  Ph.D. 1993 Civil/Geotechnical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
  M.S. 1991 Civil/Geotechnical Engineering Purdue University
M.S. 1984 Civil/Geotechnical Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla
  B.S. 1982 Civil Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla
        
   
Course Instructor (selected courses)
 
  • Soil Mechanics
  • Foundation Engineering
  • Geology for Engineers
  • Reinforced Concrete Design
  • Structural Design in Masonry
  • Introduction to Forensic Engineering
  • Field and Laboratory Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
  • Ground Modification
  • Geo-Environmental Engineering
 

Selected Professional Activities

  • Associate Editor: ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice (2003-present)
  • Workshop Instructor: Failure Case Studies in the Civil Engineering Curriculum (Pittsburgh 2008, Denver 2007, Cleveland 2005, Birmingham 2004 and 2003)
  • Member and Control Group: ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering, Committee on Education (2000-2008)
  • Invited Presenter – ASCE Practitioner/Faculty Advisor Training Workshop (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Advisor: Cecil T. Lobo ASCE Student Chapter, Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology, (2002-present)
  • Member and Leader: Undergraduate Focused Engineering Programs Subcommittee, ASCE Curriculum Committee – leading national effort to redefine civil engineering education (2003-2006)
  • Chair: National Research Council/Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation Earthworks (1998-2004)
  • Chair: NSPE Student Programs Task Force (1998-2001)
  • Reviewer/Panelist: ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, National Science Foundation

 
Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

 
Selected Honors and Awards

  • Region 4 ASCE Faculty Advisor of the Year (2008)
  • Outstanding Geotechnical Engineering Educator, Great Lakes Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Group, (2005)
  • ASCE Kentucky Geotechnical Engineers Group Distinguished Lecturer (2001)
  • Chi Epsilon SE District recipient of “James M. Robbins” Excellence in Teaching Award (1997-98)
  • Award for Prof. Engineering Achievement in Education, Kentucky Society of Prof. Engineers (1997)
  • Young Engineer of the Year, National Society of Professional Engineers (1996)
  • Young Engineer of the Year, Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers (1996)
  • Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni, Georgia Institute of Technology (1996)

 
Selected Recent Publications (complete list available separately)

Beekman, Andrew; Mallner, Aaron John; and Sutterer, Kevin; "Fiberglass Nail Pullout Capacity for
    Rapid Soil Landslide Remediation," Proc., Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2007.
Cropper, N.; Lutz, T.; Parent, S.; and Sutterer, K. "Indiana Courthouse Security Screening
     Assessment, ICSSA Version 2.0," EFRI report no. 06/A03, July 2006, 124 pages.
Wissink, K.; McKee, M.; Houghtalen, R.; and Sutterer, K. “A Simple Rating System for Identification of
     Failure-Critical Culverts and Small Structures,” Transportation Research Record, Wash. D.C., 2005.
Brenny, M.; Rios, C.; Whittle, J.; Hanson, J.; and Sutterer, K. "Pre-Disaster Assessment of Critical
     Structures for Post-Disaster Mitigation," EFRI Report No. 04/A02, July 2004, 102 pages.
Sutterer, K.; Hanson, J.; Bullard, J.; and Struewing, T. “Design, Construction, and Monitoring of
     Rammed Aggregate Piers for a Structure over Soft Soils,” Proc. 12th Great Lakes Geotechnical and
     Geoenvironmental Conference, Akron, 11 pp., May 2004

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