By all accounts, Dr. David Carrier III is an eminent geotechnical expert on soil science. A paper he co-wrote won a medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers, and he has written about ...

Did you know the U.S. National Earthquake Information Center logs the measurements of 20,000 earthquakes around the globe each year—approximately 55 a day? A concern that most people might not ...

This research area focuses on the integration of geosynthetic reinforcement with pile-supported embankments to address the challenges of constructing stable infrastructures over soft soils. The use of ...

Concerns rise in Kerala as collapsing roads and retaining walls on NH 66 threaten public safety and expose engineering flaws.

Civil engineering works often encounter water flowing through the ground. Important examples include embankment dams (such as used for hydroelectric pumped-storage), flood walls and embankments.

Luna’s research interests lie in the dynamic response of soils and liquefaction, geographic information systems in civil engineering, and advances in foundation and earthquake engineering. Wang, S., ...