Advances in Characterization and Analysis of Expansive Soils and Rocks

1 Influence of chemical additives and flyash on the swelling and bearing resistance of expansive subgrade.- 2 characterization of unsaturated shrink-swell soils properties in Egypt.- 3 strength property of expansive soils treated with bagasse ash and lime.- 4 stabilization of an expansive soil using alkali activated fly ash based geopolymer.- 5 determination of shrinkage properties of clayey soils by the image analysis technique. 

LAUREANO R. HOYOS, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCELead Campus Manager, Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, FHWAProfessor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Louisiana State University, 1999Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996M.Sc. Geotechnical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-RUM, Mayaguez, PR, 1993M.Sc. Highway Engineering, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia, 1991B.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 PREPARATIONUniversity of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, B.S. (high distinction), 2002University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, M.S., 2002University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., 2007 APPOINTMENTS11/14 - 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 -