As urban expansion reaches geologically unstable or previously undevelopable sites, builders need smarter, cleaner, and faster solutions to ensure foundation safety. Sonic foundation ...

Faculty in Civil Engineering in the geotechnical area have interests in slope stability, foundations, geoenvironmental ground water, geotextiles, behavior of deep foundations and soil dynamics.

Over the years, the research focus has been in the following areas: - Behavior of deep foundations and retaining structures under static and seismic conditions We're pleased to announce a dedicated ...

The MS in Geotechnical Engineering at Northwestern prepares graduates with sound fundamentals necessary to become creative geotechnical consultants and designers, capable of addressing the wide range ...

Research areas: Geotechnical Engineering, Soil-structure interaction, Bearing and uplift capacities of pile foundations, Pull-out capacity of plate and helical anchors, Performance of shell type ...

of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Division, (1989), M.I.T. - Cambridge ... (Principal) LRFD Design Specifications for Shallow Foundations (2007), Sponsored Research - National Academy of Science ...

The geotechnical research centrifuge is a 50g-tonne 4m diameter ... and issues associated with centrifuge physical modelling across a range of ground and foundation engineering problems. This small ...