Purdue University School of Civil Engineering Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering Engineering Geology - Underground Construction - Rock Mechanics

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Antonio Bobet

Department of Geotechnical Engineering

1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room G239

West Lafayette, IN 47907

Phone: (765) 494-5033

Fax: (765) 496-1364

E-mail: bobet@ce.ecn.purdue.edu

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1997-present

Assistant Professor. School of Civil Engineering. Purdue University.

EDUCATION

1992-1997	Sc.D. in Civil Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advisor: Prof. H.H. Einstein
1977-1983	Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos Six year degree program [equivalent to BS + MS in Civil Engineering]. E.T.S. Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain). Number 3 of the 1983 class. With Honors.

AWARDS

1983	Guerra y Rubio Prize for best Civil Engineering graduating students. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

PUBLICATIONS

Bobet, A. (2000). Influence of the Loading Apparatus on the Stresses with Biaxial Specimens. Geotechnical Testing Journal. Accepted for publication.

Vinard, P., Bobet, A. and Einstein, H.H. (2000). Generation and Evolution of Hydraulic Underpressures at Wellenberg, Switzerland. Journal of Geophysical Research. Accepted for publication

Bobet, A. (2000). Analytical Solutions for Shallow Tunnels in Saturated Ground. ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. Accepted for publication.

Sagong, M. and Bobet, A. (2000). Coalescence of Multiple Flaws in Uniaxial Compression. Proceedings of the North American Rock Mechanics Symposium: Pacific Rocks 2000, pp. 1203-1210.

Bobet, A. (2000). The Initiation of Secondary Cracks in Compression. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 187-219.

Vásárhelyi B. and *A. Bobet (2000). Modeling of Crack Coalescence in Uniaxial Compression. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 119-139.

Bobet, A. (1999). Analytical Solutions for Toppling Failure. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 36, pp. 971-980.

Bobet, A., Aristorenas, G., and Einstein, H.H. (1999). Feasibility Analysis for a Radioactive Waste Repository Tunnel. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 409-426.

Bobet, A. and Einstein, H.H. (1998). Numerical Modeling of Fracture Coalescence in Rock Materials. International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 221-252.

Bobet, A. and Einstein, H.H. (1998). Fracture Coalescence In Rock-Type Materials Under Uniaxial And Biaxial Compression. International Journal of Rock Mechanics, Min. Sci. and Geomechanics Abstract., Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. 863-889.

Einstein, H.H., and Bobet, A. (1997). "Mechanized Tunnelling in Squeezing Ground - From Basic Thoughts to Continuous Tunnelling". Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress '97. Vienna, Austria, 1997.

Bobet A. (1997). Fracture Coalescence in Rock Materials: Experimental Observations and Numerical Predictions. Sc.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bobet, A., and Einstein, H.H. (1996). "Fracture Coalescence in Rock Material under Uniaxial and Biaxial Loading". Proceedings of the 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium: NARMS'96, Montreal, pp. 1603-1609.

Rodríguez-Miranda, M.A., Pascual, F. and Bobet, A. (1986). "Diseño, Construcción y Comportamiento de Rellenos de Tipo Sandwich en la Autopista Bilbao-Behovia" [Design, Construction and Behavior of Sandwich Type Embankments in the Bilbao-Behovia Highway]. Simposio de terraplenes, pedraplenes y otros rellenos, Madrid.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Fracture Coalescence in Rock Materials: Experimental Observations and Numerical Predictions. ETH-Zürich. January 28, 1997.

Fracture Coalescence in Rock Materials: Experimental Observations and Numerical Predictions. Purdue University. April 10, 1997.

USUCGER (United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research)Workshop. November, 15-16, 1998. Newport, RI.

Autoadaptive Media in Civil Engineering Systems. Research Workshop. Geotechnical Group Chair. Purdue University. January 8-9, 1999.

The Initiation of Secondary Cracks in Compression. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. April 3, 2000.

REVIEWER

Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Journal

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

American Chemical Society: Petroleum Research Fund

Panel Reviewer for NSF: Geotechnical and Geomechanical Systems Program

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1988-1992

FERROVIAL, S.A. Construction Company. Construction Manager.    1990-1992 N-II Bypass in Girona (Spain). An $80 million project, requiring the construction of a two lane road with 3 precast segment-bridge, 19 other bridge structures, 3 cut and cover tunnels, 3 million c.m. excavation, and 1.6 million c.m. fill, and porous pavement. Other responsibilities included the design and elaboration of a Modified Project of the Bypass.  1988-1990 Seu-d'Urgell-Andorra (Spain). $5 million project. Road "L'Obac" (Andorra). $6 million project.

1984-1988

EUROESTUDIOS S.A. Engineering Consulting Firm. Project Engineer in the Geotechnical department.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

1983-1984

Military service in Spain. Rank: second lieutenant.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers.

ISRM, International Society of Rock Mechanics.

ASEE, American Society for Engineering Education

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Chi-Epsilon, The National Civil Engineering Honor Society

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