Professional Activities

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Geo-Institute (GI)

   Member of Computer Applications Committee

   Member of Embankments, Dams, and Slopes Committee

Transportation Research Board

   Member of AFS10-Committee on Transportation Earthworks

   Member of AFS50-Committee on Modelling Techniques in Geomechanics

Technical Affiliate of ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling

International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Member of Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)

Member of Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)

Member of U.S. Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER)

Member of ISM - the International Association for Micropiles

Member of USUCGER Ad-hoc Nomination Committee for USUCGER Board, 2002

Member of ASCE/GI Embankments, Dams, and Slopes Committee, 2002-present

Panel Member for Review of NSF Unsolicited Proposals, 2002

Member of Transportation Research Board Committee A2K05 - Modelling Techniques in Geomechanics, 2002-present

Member of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project Panel 21-08 - Assessment of Innovative Load Testing of Deep Foundations, 2000-present

Member of Transportation Research Board Committee A2K02 - Transportation Earthworks, 1999-present

Secretary of ASCE/Geo-Institute Computer Applications Committee, 1998-2003

Journal/Conference & Program Reviewer:

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

TRB Annual Meeting/Transportation Research Record

AAPG Environmental Geosciences

Geotechnical Testing Journal

International Conference for Physical Modelling in Geomechanics

12th Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Geo-Trans 2004 - ASCE Geo-Institute Annual Conference

Geo-Frontiers 2005 - ASCE Geo-Institute Annual Conference

NSF Proposal Reviews (Civil and Mechanical Systems)

U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Proposal Reviews

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Proposal Review

MoDOT Geotechnical Technical Advisory Group Proposals

NCHRP Project 21-08 Proposal Review

Recycled Materials Resource Center (FHWA Center) Proposals

University of Missouri Research Board Proposal Review

Session Chair/Organizer:

Non-Destructive Testing - Session B, Geo3-Industry in Action Conference on Geo-construction Quality Assurance/Quality control, Dallas, Texas, 2005.

Geosynthetic Reinforced, Pile Supported Embankments, Geo-Frontiers 2005, Geo-Institute International Congress, Austin, Texas, 2005.

Transportation Research Board 2005 Annual Meeting - Column Supported Embankments, Washington, D.C., 2005.

IWM 2004 - International Workshop on Micropiles, Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

Geo-Trans 2004 - Embankments and Slopes I, 2004, Los Angeles, CA, ASCE Geo-Institute.

Transportation Research Board 2004 Annual Meeting - Advances in Slope and Embankment Engineering, Washington, D.C., 2004.

Education and Knowledge Dissemination - 5th International Workshop on Micropiles, Seattle, Washington, 2003.

International Deep Foundations Congress - "Practical, Prudent, and Effective Use of Computer Analysis for Design of Deep Foundations", 2002, Orlando, FL, ASCE Geo-Institute.

Transportation Research Board 2001 Annual Meeting - Innovative Methods in Earthwork Engineering, 2001, Washington, D.C.