Advances in Characterization and Analysis of Expansive Soils and Rocks : Proceedings of the 1st Geomeast International Congress and Exhibition, Egypt 2017 on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

LAUREANO R. HOYOS, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

Lead Campus Manager, Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, FHWA

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington.

 

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, Department of Civil Engineering, UTA, Texas, 2005 – 2014

• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UTA, Texas, 2000 – 2005

 

HONORS:

• Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2014

• Research Excellence Award, Office of the Provost, University of Texas at Arlington, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009

• Outstanding Civil Engineering Instructor Award, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2005

• Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award, College of Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2003

 

 

JOHN S. MCCARTNEY, Ph.D., P.E.

 

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, B.S. (high distinction), 2002

University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, M.S., 2002

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., 2007

 

APPOINTMENTS

11/14 – 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)

 

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

• Selected Honors and Awards: 

• Service to Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):

• Service to International Geosynthetics Society (IGS): 

• Service to ASTM International: 

• Editorial Positions on International Journals: