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Undergraduate Courses

• ENGR 2301-10, Engineering Mechanics – Statics
• ENGR 2301-48, Engineering Mechanics – Statics (Web-based for distance learning)
• CVEN 2372, Mechanics of Solids
• CVEN 3390-01, Geotechnical Engineering
• CVEN 3390-10, Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory,
• CVEN 4312, Civil Engineering Systems Design Project (I)
• CVEN 4313, Civil Engineering Systems Design Project (II)
• CVEN 4301-15, Special Topic “Mechanics Behavior of Concrete Box Culverts under Strip Footings”
• CVEN 4340-10, Foundation Engineering
• CVEN 4345-10, Special Topic: “Advanced Geotechnical Analysis”          

Graduate Courses

• CVEN 6332, Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
• ENGR 5301-19, Special Topic: “Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering”
• ENGR 5301-19, Special Topic: “Soil Stabilization”
• ENGR 5318-18, Special Topic: “Stress Analysis and Material Systems”
• ENGR 5340-02, Foundation Engineering
• ENGR 5387-13, Geotechnical Engineering Systems         

Teaching Honors and Awards

• Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Honor Society, James M. Robbins Excellence-in-Teaching National Award, 2003
• Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Honor Society, James M. Robbins Excellence-in-Teaching Award for the Southwest District, 2003
• University Merit Award, 2002-2003

Selected Capstone Projects/Publications With My Senior Students

• “Development of an Optimized Compressed Earth Block for the Southeast Texas Area” poster presentation in the 2017 Undergraduate Research Expo, Â鶹ӳ»­Ó°Òô (April 2017) _ 1^st Place, with Mariam Abedelwahab, Kyle Edwards, Jonita Goodman, Julie Hammond, Molly Ross and Brandon Watkins
• “Improvement of Dredged Material using a Novel Bioenzyme and Portland Cement”, accepted for publication and presentation in GeoAsai7 & IGS First Young Engineers Conference, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 2022, with Zachariah Payne 
• “Stabilization of Silty Clayey Dredged Material”, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Vol 30, Issue 9, September 2018 with Kyle Kibodeaux, Harold E. Crochet, Remington Whitt, Joshua Farrow and Brandon Blaire.
• “Optimal Proportioning, Tempering, and Testing of Adobe Brick, Compressed Stabilized Earthen Block, and Rammed Earth for Low-Cost, Sustainable Construction:  A Literature Review” poster presentation in the  Joint Spring 2016 Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of SPS (April 2016) with LaDonna M. Waters

Selected Publications With My D.E. Students

• “Thermal Properties of Dredged Material Improved with a Novel Bioenzyme and Portland Cement, accepted for publication and presentation in GeoAsai7 Conference & IGS First Young Engineers Conference, Oct. 31- Nov. 4, 2022, with Jasmin Kurt (Harmon)
• “Stability of Footings Adjacent to Pile Walls”, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 15, No.2, December, 2015, with Gassan Sudani
• “Numerical Analysis of Texas Cone Penetration Test”, International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 1-6, March 2012, with Nutan Palla
• “Development of Correlation between TCP Blow Count and Undrained Shear Strength of Low Plasticity Clay”, Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization, April 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 1401-1404, with Suresh Gudavalli
• “Adding Value to Dredged Material Using Lime and Ash Products” Proceedings, Recent Trends in Geotechnical Geo-Environmental Engineering and Education RTG²EE International Conference, Online, ISBN-13: 978-0-6489449-0-4, pp. 94-98, Brisbane, Australia, 10-11, September, 2020, with Saeed Rabbanifar
• “Behavior of Eccentrically Loaded Footings on Slopes”, Journal of Geomechanics and Geoengineering, Vol. 3, No. 2, June 2008, pp. 107-111, with Faisal Ahmed

Student Evaluations

Consistently excellent evaluations and comments from students for my past 20 years of teaching at Â鶹ӳ»­Ó°Òô.