Advances in Analysis and Design of Deep Foundations / Sustainable Civil Infrastructures (PDF)

joining UTK in 2011. Professor Alshibli earned his Ph.D in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder in 1995. He worked as a project scientist at NASA/ Marshall Space Flight Center. Professor Alshibli was the recipient of King Hussein of Jordan First Class Honors Awards for BS degree in 1988 and MS. Degree in 1991. In addition, he is the recipient of the NASA Group Achievement award in 2003, Engineering Faculty Professionalism Award from Louisiana Engineering Foundation in 2005, and 2007 Achievement Award, Department of Civil & Env. Engineering, Louisiana State University. More information about professor Alshibli research can be found at http://web.utk.edu/~alshibli/







Anand J. Puppala, PE, D.GE, F-ASCE



Dr. Anand Puppala currently serves as Associate Dean - Research in College of Engineering and is a Distinguished Scholar Professor in the Civil Engineering department at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in Texas, USA. Dr. Puppala received his BE, MTech and PhD from GITAM, IIT Chennai and Louisiana State University, respectively. Dr. Puppala received many teaching and research awards including 2013 UTA Distinguished Researcher award and 2010 UT System's Regents Teaching Award. He was the First Engineering Professor from UT Arlington to receive this regents teaching honor in Texas. Dr. Puppala served as President of United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER) from 2007-2009. He is also one of the select few faculty members of both academies at UTA including Academy of Distinguished Scholars and Distinguished Teachers.



Dr. Puppala is the current Chair of Soil Mechanics section of the National Academy of Science's Transportation Research Board (TRB). He also chaired American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)'s Geotechnical Institute's "Engineering Geology and Site Characterization" committee and TRB committee on 'Soil and Rock Instrumentation'. He has been conducting research on sustainable utilization of recycled materials, dams and embankments, stabilization of expansive soils, in situ intrusive methods for site characterization, and pavement material characterization studies. Dr. Puppala has been a recipient of several major research grants totaling well over $15+ Million from federal, state and local government agencies. Dr. Puppala's research is highly regarded by the professional community, as evidenced by his scholarly record of 365+ publications including 165 Journal and Geotechnical Special Publications and has edited seven special publications. He has supervised 23 Doctoral and 52 Masters' thesis students and is currently advising 12 doctoral students. Dr. Puppala is a current editorial member for ten major journals in Civil Engineering. He also edited several books including seven ASCE Special Publications.