Awards

The Outstanding Reviewer for Elsevier's Computers and Geotechnics, 2016.

The Outstanding Reviewer for Computers and Geotechnics, 2015.

Geotechnical Research Medal, 2015.

Diplomate, Academy of Geoprofessionals, ASCE, 2012.

Fellow, ASCE, 2011.

Invited Participant, NAE U.S.-China Frontiers of Engineering Program, 2009.

Invited Paper to the 60th Anniversary Issue of Geotechnique.

Excellent Contributions Award - IACMAG, 2008.

Shamsher Prakash Research Award, 2005.

Invited Participant, NAE Frontiers of Engineering Program, 2005.

ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, 2004.

Gledden Senior Fellowship, University of Western Australia, 2000.

ASCE Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, 1999.

National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, 1994.

Brazilian Research Council Ph.D. Fellowship, 1990-93.

Parker-Trask Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-90.

 

 

Receiving the Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (2004)

 

Keynote Lectures, General Reports and Short Courses

Keynote Lecture – "Reutilization of Materials in Civil Engineering Constructions." Brazilian Conference on Sustainable Development, Florianópolis, Brazil, June 1996.

Keynote Lecture – "Advances in Non-displacement Pile Design." Deep Foundation Symposium, Porto Alegre, Brazil, October 4-5, 2004.

Keynote Lecture – "Advanced Modeling Tools for the Analysis of Axially Loaded Piles." International Workshop on Pile Foundation Analysis and Design, Tokyo, Japan, February 2007.

Keynote Lecture – "Modern Methods of Pile Foundation Analysis." Daegu Annual Geotechnical Conference, Daegu, South Korea, February 2007.

General Report – "Analysis, Design, Testing and Performance of Foundations." 6th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Arlington, VA, August 2008.

Invited Lecture (Special Lecture) – "Modeling of Liquefaction using Bounding-surface Plasticity." 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, 2010.

Keynote Lecture – "The Mechanics of Cone Penetration." 4th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization (ISC'4), 2012.

Keynote (SOAP) Lecture – "Foundation Failure Cases Reexamined using Modern Geomechanics." 7th International Conference of Geotechnical Case Histories, Chicago, 2013.

General Report – "Safety and Serviceability in Geotechnical Design: a Reliability-based Perspective." International Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, 2013.

Keynote Lecture – "The Mechanics of Cone Penetration and its Application to CPT Interpretation." GeoCongress 2014, GeoInstitute, ASCE, Atlanta.

Keynote Lecture – "The Mechanics of the Axial Loading of Piles in Sand." 3´V International Workshop, Naples, Italy, 2016.

Keynote Lecture – "The Mechanics of the Axial Loading of Piles in Sand." XXIII Congreso Argentino de Mecánica de Suelos e Ingeniería Geotécnica, Santa Fe, Argentina, 2016.

Short Course – "Development of LRFD Codes using Rigorous Reliability Analysis." XXIII Congreso Argentino de Mecánica de Suelos e Ingeniería Geotécnica, Santa Fe, Argentina, 2016.

Keynote Lecture – "Insights into Pile Design from Experimental and Theoretical Research." 41st Annual Metropolitan Section Geotechnical Seminar on May 11th, 2017 in New York, NY.

International Invited Lecture – "The Load Response of Non-displacement Piles in Sand." 3rd Bolivian International Conference on Deep Foundation and 1st International Conference of Committee TC 212 of ISSMGE.

"Theoretical Simulation of the Load Response of Piles in Sand and Related Design Lessons." Colombian Geotechnical Society's Second Course on Subsoils Exploration and Characterization and Design of Deep Foundations.

"Cone Penetration Testing in Sand: Lessons from a Comprehensive Experimental Program." Colombian Geotechnical Society's Second Course on Subsoils Exploration and Characterization and Design of Deep Foundations.