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TTTHEHEHE CCCIVILIVILIVIL SSSCOOPCOOPCOOP The Department of Civil Engineering The University of Minnesota Duluth

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www.d.umn.edu/civileng

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Faculty & Staff 2

US Steel Donation 4

Class Highlights

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CE Student News 10

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Eight UMD Civil Engineering students attended the 2011 American Concrete Institute (ACI) international conference. Organized into two teams, the sophomores and juniors competed against 40 national and international university teams in the student "fiber reinforced polymer beam" category and won second place in strength, third place in prediction, and an overall "Outstanding University" title based on the service and professional activities of the student chapter. A banner was presented to the students, and it will be displayed in the UMD civi l engineering off ice. Team members included Matt Fournier, Dan Abramson, Chelsea Hanson, Allison Carlson, Justin Baker, Andrew Venaas, and Kyle Berg. The

faculty advisors were Eric Musselman and Eshan Dave. ACI is the code writing body for the national Concrete Building Code

From L-R: Advisor Eric Musselman, Students Matt Fournier, Kyle Berg, Justin Baker, Dan Abramson, Chelsea Hanson, Andrew Venaas and Allison Carlson

UMD Excels at ACI Convention

OUR MISSION The mission of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth is to prepare graduates for professional practice and

graduate study through a program firmly based in strong technical skills,

fundamentals, hands-on learning, sustainability, and professionalism.

and has over 14,000 members worldwide. More on ACI on pg. 10

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A Message from the Department Head We are so excited to have just completed our third year of the Civil Engineering program at UMD. This was a challenging year with nearly everyone teaching new courses and lab sections that were full to the brim. It’s been a remarkable year in so many ways. We’ve completed our initially planned hires in all of the areas, so are now fully staffed (by the original plan of 30 students per year entering the program). The program continues to be a huge draw for students with 60-70 students entering the program each fall and admissions closing early because we get to those numbers so quickly. We are awaiting final approval from the Provost and Board of Regents at the Twin Cities campus for a proposed Master of Science program to start this fall. We have a large number of excellent students waiting to apply for this program. It seemed that every month this spring our students were winning scholarships and awards and showing that our program is a contender nationally. Our students attended several national conferences and represented UMD in the best way possible. I was exceedingly proud when the American Concrete Institute President came up to me at the conference to tell me that our students were the most professional group of students at the conference he’d seen. By the middle of the conference, everyone knew that UMD stood for the University of Minnesota Duluth. The students are already receiving interview requests for jobs after graduation and we still have a year to go for the first graduates. The program is already gaining recognition and stature beyond my biggest hopes and it’s due to all of our local support plus our great students, staff, and faculty. Thank you! We will be having our first Senior Design capstone course in the spring of 2011. I will be coordinating this course and would like to involve local companies to work with the student teams as their client. Please email me if you would like to participate (aschokke@d.umn.edu) because I would like to start putting some details in place late this summer. Have a great summer and we’ll be looking forward to our first graduating class in just one more year! Andrea

Faculty and Staff

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ity in polymers. As part of a project sponsored by the Infor-mation Storage Industry Con-sortium (INSIC) from 2009-2010, she worked to develop analytical and computational modeling techniques to simu-late stress fields in wound rolls of magnetic tape. Her post-doctoral research followed upon her doctoral research in nonlinear behavior of compos-ite materials; she graduated

Dr. Katherine Acton will begin a tenure-track position in the Civil Engineering Department in the fall of 2011. Dr. Acton has been teaching at UMD since the fall of 2010; her courses include Structural Analysis, Statics and Mechanics and Finite Element Methods. Prior to her 2010 appointment, she performed postdoctoral research at the University of the Pacific studying viscoelastic-

from Johns Hopkins Uni-versity in 2009. Dr. Ac-ton’s current research focus is on the develop-ment of constitutive mod-els of materials with ran-dom micro-scale fluctua-tion. She is developing techniques for multi-scale material modeling, which optimize accuracy and computational efficiency.

Dr. David Saftner Dr. David Saftner will be joining the Civil Engineering faculty in the area of geotechnical engi-neering in August 2011. He ob-tained his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Acad-emy at West Point, New York in 2000. Following graduation, David served in the US Army as an engineer officer in Missouri, Colorado, California, Kuwait, and Iraq. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the Uni-

versity of Michigan in the summer of 2011. David’s research has focused on a variety of issues, inc lud ing : t ime-dependent strength gain in sands, in-situ and laboratory geotechnical testing, spatial variability of soil proper-ties, and wireless sensing applica-tions in geotechnical engineering. He will teach CE 3426 Soil Me-chanics and CE 4415 Geotechni-cal Design in the fall.

Dr. Katherine Acton

For 2011, the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) North Midwest Section Outstanding Educator Award recipient is Eric Musselman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of

Minnesota Duluth. Eric will be attending and presenting a paper at the 2011 North Midwest Section Conference in October. At the conference, he will receive a plaque and a check for $500.

2011 North Midwest Section Outstanding Educator Award

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U. S. Steel Makes Generous Donation

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L-R John Skube, Dr. Schokker, Dean Riehl, Susan Wiirre

The United States Steel Foun-dation made a generous gift to UMD’s Civil Engineering De-partment. In honor of the do-nation, the beautiful corner classroom will now bear the name of the United States Steel Corporation. As students pass the USS plaque several times throughout their day, they have a daily reminder of the commit-ment U. S. Steel has made to the Civil Engineering program and their education. Andrea Schokker, Department Head, Civil Engineering, said, “We are putting out high qual-ity students who will begin en-tering the workforce in the spring of 2012. Support shown by U. S. Steel contributes to the success of the program.”

The cost for outfitting laborato-ries is expensive and donations help to offset some of those costs. The Swenson Civil Engi-neering Building was finished last spring, but the labs were still in their infancy. There is a miscon-ception that labs are finished, even though there is still a tre-mendous need for additional equipment that will provide the students with the best educa-tional experience possible. Gen-erous donations, like the one received from U. S. Steel, have an enormous impact on the stu-dents’ education. “We are in the process of equip-ping the structures lab and hope to purchase the actuators and pump necessary to do the large-scale structural testing that the lab is designed to accommodate. Future donations will be used to make this dream a reality,” said Schokker. The Civil Engineering Depart-ment held a room dedication ceremony and lunch on January 27, 2011. John Skube, Manager, Employee Relations, U. S. Steel, and Susan Wiirre, Coordinator, Human Resources, U. S. Steel,

presented a check to James Riehl, Dean, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, and Schokker. Lendley (Lynn) Black, Chancellor; Vince Magnuson, Vice Chancellor; Stan Burns, Associate Dean, SCSE; and Tricia Bunten, Di-rector of Development; at-tended the ceremony and lunch. Chancellor Black was pleased and said, “I am so proud of the success of the new Civil Engineering program.” Chancellor Black expressed that he is honored that the U. S. Steel Foundation chose to make this generous gift, which will benefit students and faculty. Their gift demon-strates their strong commit-ment to our engineering pro-gram. Each student that enters the U. S. Steel Classroom knows that this is a company that values the engineering program and students at UMD. Skube said, “United States Steel Corporation values the relationship we have with

U. S. Steel Classroom

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Dr. Schokker leads the group on a tour of the laboratories

L-R John Skube, Dr. Schokker, Chancellor Black, Susan Wiirre

UMD and look forward to con-tinuing our partnership, and in particular the Swenson College of Science and Engineering.” Skube said the caliber of engi-neers U. S. Steel has recruited from UMD is excellent and they fit very well within our organiza-tion. These engineering gradu-ates have demonstrated effective problem solving skills, sound judg-ment, and dedication to quality standards and continuous im-provement. They fit into the framework of cooperation and teamwork within their assigned area of responsibility and support the commitment to our primary core value - safety. “UMD has done an outstanding job preparing their engineering students for the workplace,” Skube said. Schokker said the commitment of our outstanding faculty and the dedication of our students have added to the success of our pro-gram. The number of enrolled students and development of the program moved much quicker than our original plan. There was a need for the program in our region and we recognized that we must ramp up our efforts to meet the demand. Susan Mack, Director of Devel-opment, SCSE, remarked at the ceremony, "We are extremely grateful to U. S. Steel. Gifts of this nature are vital to Swenson Col-lege of Science and Engineering and allow us to continue to drive excellence and provide for our students so they can compete in a global economy." Donations of this magnitude are instrumental in developing a pro-gram that is able to compete with other top ranked colleges. The students in the Civil Engineering laboratories have hands-on learn-ing opportunities, not only in the course work, but also while

working on research projects with faculty. They are being taught technical skills that will be used throughout their careers. The equipment the students have access to provides experiences that are significant to understand-ing real life situations and adds essential value to their education. A Master of Engineering program began this past fall. The depart-ment recently submitted a Master of Science program for Civil Engi-neering proposal in the anticipa-tion that the program will be in place in the fall of 2011. A vast number of Civil Engineering stu-dents have expressed an interest

in a graduate degree program. Faculty have been working to secure research funding so top ranking students will have an op-portunity to vie for fully funded research positions. Donations, like the one received from U. S. Steel, contribute to the education and research that are happening in our classrooms and laboratories. The faculty and students thank U. S. Steel for their commitment to the pro-gram and look forward to work-ing with them in the future. Submitted by Jill Bergman

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Class Highlights & Research Projects

CE 3221 Fluid Mechanics

Demonstration of flow around a submerged cylinder

Dr. Rebecca Teasley introduced students from CE 3221 Fluid Mechanics to concepts of open channel flow and basic surface and groundwater hydrology. The flume and hydrology table offer the students an excellent, hands-on tool for understanding these concepts, which are ex-plored in-depth in CE 3225 Hydrology and Hydraulics.

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CE Students Gain Hands-on Experience

Jay Dailey and David Nadeau learning how to run a level loop in CE 3016 Surveying

Students from CE 3027 Infrastructure Materials work in the High Bay Lab

Below: Kyle Huerd and Jacob Lepisto in CE 3016 Surveying

Discussion of overland flow and groundwater interaction demon-strated with manometers

Left: TA Mike Kleven assists student Brock Rysdahl in lab

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The students of Dr. Eric Mus-selman’s CE 4126 Design of Concrete Structures class had the opportunity to help con-struct and test a 10 inch wide, 18 inch deep, 20 foot long beam this spring. The students built the forms, bent the bars, tied the cage, and helped pour the concrete. In order to pour the beams, a concrete bucket was attached to the crane. The crane walked outside the build-ing to pick up the concrete and

back in to place the concrete in the forms. Many people from around the university came to watch the crane being used, allowing this event to highlight many of the exciting features of the Swenson Civil Engineering Building. Two beams were cast: one that was designed according to code, and another that was designed to fail in a brittle manner. Before the beams were tested, the students were asked to determine the maximum design load that each beam could support ac-cording to the code, the load at which they thought the beam would fail, and the pre-dicted deflection of the beam at a specified load level. On different days, the beams were tested using a single hydraulic cylinder that applied the load at the midspan of the beam.

The students observed each beam’s behavior at different load levels and were able to go and look for cracks in the beam. This demonstration provided the students with valuable hands-on experience in con-structing a concrete beam. From this they gained an ap-preciation for the importance of minimum spacing of rein-forcement and producing a design that is practical to build. It also allows the stu-dents to observe the behav-ior of a beam as it ap-proaches failure. This pro-vides a visual representation of many of the concepts dis-cussed in class and provides an important reference for inspection of structural con-crete.

Beam without reinforcement as the initial load is applied

Failure in the beam without shear reinforcement

Students watch as the beam with reinforcement approaches failure

Design of Concrete Structures Beam Demonstration

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Green Roof Flow Monitoring System

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Students of CE 3225 Hy-draulics and Hydrology, con-tinued to work on the de-sign for a flow monitoring device to measure runoff from the CE building roof. Due to the drastically differ-ent flow rates expected from the conventional (20+ L/sec) and green roofing materials (<0.2 L/sec), two

different designs are nec-essary. During the labora-tory exercise, students from the “Hydrology” group made estimates of the runoff from each por-tion of the building roof based on roof dimensions, expected time of concen-tration, and historical pre-cipitation data. Students

Figure 2 – Small Scupper (Green roof)

Figure 1 – Large Scuppers (conventional roof)

from the “Hydraulics” team designed weirs to accommodate water flow considering differences in scupper dimensions, resolution of measure-ments, and ease of instal-lation and removal.

Designed weirs for large scup-pers (top) and small scuppers (bottom)

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Assistant Professors Dr. Eshan Dave, and Dr. Eric Musselman, and Lab Coordinator Mark Roberts es-corted 15 students on a tour of the US Steel Minntac mine in Mountain Iron, Minnesota. The students were able to observe and tour the mining pit, crushing, and processing facilities. They also met with key personnel on site and were able to get questions answered and discuss employment opportunities with US steel. Lunch was provided by US Steel after the tour. It was a great experience for the faculty and the students.

Sediment Collection at UMD Stormwater Ponds Members of Dr. Johnson’s re-search group braved the elements in January to extract sediment cores from four frozen storm wa-ter ponds on UMD’s campus. Sediment collected from the cores will provide preliminary data to support a pending project which would investigate the risk due to sediment-associated contaminants in storm water ponds in the Du-luth area.

L-R: Xianben Zhu, Abdiqadar Mohamud, Brian Beck, and Paul Kimpling

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Civil Engineering Student News

ACI Student Competition

Justin Baker and Kyle Berg hold the winning beam prior to testing

Award-winning beam during compres-sion testing

End result from testing

Twice a year the American Concrete Institute (ACI) holds an international confer-ence for the concrete indus-try. Faculty, students, practi-tioners, suppliers, and many others attend the conference that includes workshops, com-mittee meetings, sessions, and student competitions. UMD Civil Engineering Juniors par-ticipated in the student FRP concrete beam competition at this spring's conference in Tampa, Florida. The FRP beam contest requires the design and fabrication of a small concrete beam rein-forced with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) as an alternate material to steel reinforce-ment. Awards are given in two categories: highest strength to weight, and best prediction of the deflection (sag) at failure. UMD sent 7 students (2 teams) to com-pete with 36 other teams from across the world. Most teams have been competing regularly for many years and the top teams are often simi-lar from year to year. UMD had an amazing performance on their competition debut. Despite a mishap during trans-

port (aggressive luggage handling) that damaged one of the beams, UMD's dam-aged beam still took 2nd place in strength and 3rd place in prediction -- result-ing in the overall best beam entry. No other teams placed in both categories. At the ACI Convention, two UMD students inter-viewed for fellowships. Civil engineering sophomore, Kyrstyn Haapala, was hon-ored with the Baker Fellow-ship—a $7,000 award, a paid summer internship, and all expenses paid for the next two ACI conventions. Civil engineering junior, Dan Abramson, received the Pankow Fellowship. This award is the highest dollar amount fellowship with a $10,000 award plus a paid summer internship with all expenses paid for the next two ACI conventions. In the past, the Pankow Fellowship recipients have been cur-rent or beginning PhD stu-dents for the fellowship year. This is the first time that an undergraduate has been honored with the award.

Fellowship recipients Dan Abramson and Kyrstyn Haapala

UMD Civil Engineering student Matthew Fournier attended the Post Tensioning Institute (PTI) annual conference in Kansas City, MO on May 1-3, 2011. Last year Matthew was awarded the William C. Bailey PTI

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44th Annual Engineering

Excellence Awards

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UMD Civil Engineering stu-dent Kelsey Holthaus re-ceived a $1,500 scholarship through the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium.

MN Space Grant: Kelsey Holthaus Scholarship recipients were selected from among those applicants who have been very suc-cessful in their past edu-

cational endeavors (GPA 3.2 or better on a 4.0 scale) and whose area of interest is related to the space sci-ences and engineering.

William C. Bailey PTI Scholarship Scholarship and attended this year’s conference as a student member. He actively participated in PTI committee and session meetings, as well as shared how the Bailey Scholarship has benefited him over the past year.

Three UMD Civil Engineer-ing students received schol-arships at the 44th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards sponsored by the American Council of Engi-neering Companies (ACEC).

Matthew Fournier re-ceived the Don Stormoe Scholarship. Christopher Bruhn and Waylon Munch each received a general ACEC scholar-ship of $2500.

In July of 2010, I was hired as an intern by World Block Inc. World Block produces large steel forms for the concrete industry. They sell their forms to concrete producers around the world who make large con-crete blocks from them. These blocks are predomi-nantly used to make retain-ing walls, but are also used in other applications such as product divider bins. World Block was in need of design specifications for the blocks, so they brought me in for one task: design and write an installation manual for their product. Working extensively with AutoCAD software, this taught me all about retaining wall design, especially large scale walls. I learned all the challenges that arise when

designing World Block walls, even some that had previously gone unseen. While designing inside corners, I discovered there was a fault in the cur-rent design. An overlap made the corner impossible, so I designed a new block to solve the problem. The owners ap-proved the design, and my Inside Corner Blockout pack-age will be available for pur-chase starting fall of 2011. What I liked most about my internship was that the task was mine only. I had complete control of the project. When finished I would have a manual I could call my own- and now I do. After 10 months of hard work, I have finished writing the World Block Installation and Engineering Manual. It is now in circulation, and will be sent to World Block customers around the world. I owe a big

thank you to owners Rod Johnson and Dan Stocke for this exceptional opportunity. The task was one of the truly great experiences of my life. My manual will soon be pre-sented on the front cover of World Block’s bi-monthly magazine. I designed the cover with a drawing show-ing my work. The magazine will have a circulation of over 12,000 customers and will be published in fall of 2011. My manual and magazine cover can be received or viewed f o r f r e e o n l i n e a t www.worldblock.com.

Sudmitted by Philip Koktan, UMD Civil Engineering class of 2012

Internship With World Block Inc.

Student Philip Koktan with owners Rod Johnson and Dan Stocke

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UMD Women Engineers Form SWE Collegiate Interest Group

Though new to UMD’s campus, the Society of Women Engi-neers (SWE) is most definitely not a stranger to the engineer-ing world. With a mission to “stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engi-neers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering pro-fession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity”, SWE has become one of the most well known and respected organizations for women in any STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) field. SWE is a nonprofit educational service organiza-tion, which strives to establish engineering as a highly desirable career for women. SWE chal-lenges women to succeed and advance in a male dominated field and allows them to be recognized for their remark-able achievements. The group

encourages women through various training and develop-ment sessions, networking, scholarships, and outreach and advocacy programs. The pro-gram has a series of events throughout the U.S. as well as a website to share the value of engineering and target more women at a young age. Today, SWE has 20,000 mem-bers, 55 percent of which are students. The national scholar-ship program is able to award more than $400,000 to those students each year. There are SWE members communicating and engaging in activities similar to in the states, in over 30 countries. Other than informing girls of what engineering is and why it is important for them to join, an equally important mission of the SWE organization is to maintain their status in a large number of corporations across the world. Most management teams of businesses, large or small, which involve STEM re-lated jobs, are familiar with SWE and think highly of women who are involved.

A new SWE Collegiate Interest Group emerged at the Univer-sity of Minnesota Duluth this past school year. Currently we have about 10 members who represent a variety of engineer-ing fields and we meet twice a month. Our main goal this year was to meet all the re-

quirements to officially be-come a SWE group and begin planning some volunteering and educational activities. We have been volunteering at the middle school in town, Woodland Middle School, helping with the Lego Robot-ics program. Also, we have begun building a Rube Gold-berg, a machine that takes the longest time to do the simplest task. We hope, next year, to put it on display for students to see and to attract more women for the club. Some other plans for next year include volunteer-ing at Woodland Middle School to help students with the science fair, attending an elementary school to intro-duce them to the engineering field, and expanding our group. Currently women in science and engineering fields at UMD are very poorly repre-sented. I hope that someday our SWE organization could lend a hand in evening out the male to female ratio and be recognized by young women and families in the community as an inspiration. I would like to help carry out the mission of SWE and en-courage girls to take on whatever challenges they may face and to strive to live to achieve their full potential. Submitted by Becky LaCasse, Student President, SWE

Faculty Advisors: Dr. Katherine Acton and Dr. Rebecca Teasley

L-R: Members Kyrstyn Haapala, Tiffany Smith, Becky LaCasse, Sara Lindberg, and Kayla Claassen

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Two UMD students were re-cently honored by the Ameri-can Society of Civil Engineers Duluth Section. At the first annual awards banquet held on May 17th, Matt Fournier and Chelsea Hanson were each awarded generous scholar-ships from this organization. ASCE is a civil engineering society with over 140,000

members worldwide. The support of civil engineering students by the local chapter through these annual schol-arships is greatly appreci-ated. The UMD student chapter was also highlighted at the banquet. The welcom-ing atmosphere to the stu-dents made it a great event for everyone.

High school students gathered in Duluth to see what they can do with toothpicks and architecture on a small scale. Students from a dozen regional high schools competed in the 18th Annual Toothpick Bridge Competition at UMD. The competition was held for the first time in the High Bay Lab, in the Swenson Civil Engineering Building. It is organized by the American Soci-ety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as

ASCE Toothpick Bridge Competition

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A few options of UMD Civil Engineering attire are available for purchase. A lightweight pullover jacket (black, $40), a cotton polo (maroon, $25), and a work shirt (tan, black, or maroon; short sleeve $25, long sleeve $30). All are embroidered as shown on the left. To place an order, contact Waylon Munch (munch010@d.umn.edu) or go in per-son to the main office (Room 221) of the Swenson Civil Engineering Building.

a fun way of teaching structural design.

"We believe this is an excellent learning experience for stu-dents who possibly want to get into engineering or understand engineering a little better," said John Hinzman, a member of ASCE.

"We teach a lot about the ge-ometry of the bridges and the

structural capacity of the bridges,” said Hinzman.

The bridges weigh only about a third of a pound, but some can hold 150 pounds. Students were also judged on their bridge's appearance. Some put so much work into their pro-ject that they did not want the bridge tested, which would destroy their creation.

ASCE Duluth Section Scholarships: Chelsea Hanson and Matt Fournier

L-R: Board member Cindy Voigt, students Chelsea Hanson and Matt Fournier, board members Craig Bursch and Ron Laliberte

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A Sample of Recent Faculty Publications

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Carlos Carranza-Torres is co-author of the paper "Estimation of support requirement for large di-ameter ventilation shaft at Chuquicamata Underground Mine in Chile" with Esteban Hormazabal from SRK Consulting, Chile. The paper describes the process of determining the support needs for a venti-lation shaft of 22 m diameter and 970 meters depth to be constructed in the new Chuquicamata Un-derground Mining project, in Calama, Chile. Hatch Ltd. (a company with headquarters in Toronto, Canada) and SRK Consulting (a company with headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa) are part-ners with CODELCO (the National Chilean Copper Company) for the engineering design of all un-derground infrastructure for the new mine development. Carlos Carranza-Torres has collaborated as external geotechnical consultant for the project. The paper will be presented at (and published in pro-ceedings of) the 12th International Congress of Rock Mechanics, in October of 2011, in Beijing, China.

Eshan Dave’s paper titled “Viscoelastic functionally graded finite element method with recursive time integration and applications to flexible pavements” is in press in the International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. The paper describes a novel finite element analysis scheme that is applicable for viscoelastic functionally graded systems, such as aged asphalt pavements. The pro-posed method yields greater accuracy, and lower computational costs as compared to traditional fi-nite element approach. Co-authors of this work are Glaucio H. Paulino and William G. Buttlar. The paper will appear in the journal later this summer.

Andrea Schokker co-authored a paper entitled “LPR Tests on the Corrosion Protection Degree of Post-Tensioning Grouts,” that will be published in the ACI Materials Journal this summer. Co-authors are Dr. Alex Pacheco (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), Dr. Jeff Volz (Missouri Univer-sity of Science and Technology), and Dr. Trey Hamilton (University of Florida). Drs. Pacheco and Volz are former PhD students of Dr. Schokker and now hold faculty positions. The paper outlines a new test method for rapidly determining corrosion resistance of grouts for post-tensioning applica-tions.

Rebecca Teasley, with co-author Dr. Daene McKinney, had their paper “Calculating the Benefits of Transboundary River Basin Cooperation: The Syr Darya Basin” accepted for publication in The Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. This paper used cooperative game theory to evaluate a draft agreement on water and power sharing among four countries in the Syr Darya basin in Central Asia.

Rebecca Teasley was co-author of “Groundwater Banking in the Rio Grande Basin” with colleagues Dr. Samuel Sandoval-Solis, Dr. Daene McKinney and Dr. Carlos Patino-Gomez from The University of Texas at Austin. Published in January 2011 in The Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, this paper describes a method of storing groundwater in aquifers for improved water management.

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