Professor Emeritus
Geotechnical Engineering & Geomechanics • Geoenvironmental Engineering
Education:
- Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1982
- M.S. University of Zagreb, 1978
- B.S. University of Zagreb, 1972
Honors and Distinctions:
- Engineering Foundation Research Initiation Award, 1986
- Young Researcher Award, CEAE Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991
- Keynote Lecture, REGEO 95, Ouro Preto, Brazil, 1995
- ASCE Geotechnical Engineering Division, Outstanding paper 1996, 1997 (2)
- ASTM, Committee D18, Special Service Award, 1999
- Fulbright Scholar, 2001–2002
Professional Affiliations:
- American Society of Civil Engineers, Member
- Croatain Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- International Committee on Large Dams, Member
- International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- Society of Engineers and Technicians, Croatia
- American Society for Testing and Materials, Member
- Transportation Research Board, Individual Associate
Interests:
- Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
- Flow Processes in Soils, Seepage, Consolidation, Desiccation, Unsaturated Soils, Multiphase Flow, Embankment
- Dams, Laboratory Testing, Centrifuge Testing, Numerical Modeling, Field Monitoring and Instrumentation