Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering covers the broad area of practice known as geotechnical engineering. Papers are welcomed on topics such as foundations, retaining structures, soil dynamics, engineering behavior of soil and rock, site characterization, slope stability, dams, rock engineering, earthquake engineering, environmental geotechnics, geosynthetics, computer modeling, groundwater monitoring and restoration, and coastal and geotechnical ocean engineering. Authors are also encouraged to submit papers on new and emerging topics within the general discipline of geotechnical engineering. Theoretical papers are welcomed, but there should be a clear and significant potential for practical application of the theory. Practice-oriented papers and case studies are particularly welcomed and encouraged.

ASCE strives to advance research across civil engineering and related disciplines that will help inform, develop, and inspire sustainable action. We therefore encourage authors to categorize their research using at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals identified by the United Nations.

Editorial Board

Editor In Chief:
Catherine O’Sullivan, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Imperial College London

Editor-at-Large:
Mohammed A. Gabr, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, North Carolina State University

Discussions and Closures Editor:
Roman D. Hryciw, Ph.D., M.ASCE, University of Michigan

TBA and Forum Editor:
Patrick J. Fox, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, Ohio University

Editors:
Ed Kavazanjian, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE, Arizona State University
Robb Eric S. Moss, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, California Polytechnic State University
Monica Prezzi, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Purdue University
Armin W. Stuedlein, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Oregon State University

Ombudsman:
Craig H. Benson, Ph.D., PE, NAE, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Associate Editors:
Khalid Alshibli, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, University of Tennessee
Luis G. Arboleda, Ph.D., M.ASCE, University of Central Florida
Marcos Arroyo, Ph.D., UPC (Technical University of Catalonia)
Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Charles Aubeny, Ph.D., P.E., Texas A&M University
Ahmet H. Aydilek, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Christopher A. Bareither, Ph.D., P.E., Colorado State University
Prasenjit Basu, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Béatrice Baudet, Ph.D., University College London
Abdelmalek Bouazza, Ph.D., Monash University
Aaron Bradshaw, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, University of Rhode Island
Giuseppe Buscarnera, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Antonio Carraro, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Imperial College London
Mark Cassidy, DPhil, FTSE, University of Melbourne
Francesca Casini, Ph.D., University of Rome Tor Vergata
Bora Cetin, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Michigan State University
Nilo Cesar Consoli, Ph.D., Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Federica Cotecchia, Ph.D., Politecnico di Bari
Shideh Dashti, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
T. Matthew Evans, Ph.D., Oregon State University
Kevin Franke, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
Apollonia Liana Gasparre, Ph.D., Geotechnical Consulting Group
Ken Gavin, Ph.D., BEng, CEng TU Delft
Majid Ghayoomi, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, University of New Hampshire
Michael Wesley Greenfield, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Greenfield Geotechnical LLC
Jie Han, Ph.D., P.E., University of Kansas
Buddhima Indraratna, Ph.D., FTSE, CPEng., F.ASCE, University of Technology Sydney
Barry Michael Lehane, Ph.D., University of Western Australia
Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, University of California–Irvine
Ben Leshchinsky, Ph.D., Oregon State University
Robert Y. Liang, Ph.D., P.E., University of Dayton–Ohio
Hoe I. Ling, Ph.D., Columbia University
Bret Lingwall, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Brett Maurer, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, University of Washington
Brina M. Montoya, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, North Carolina State University
Ramin Motamed, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, University of Nevada Reno
Satoshi Nishimura, Ph.D., Hokkaido University
Scott Olson, Ph.D., P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Federico Pisanò, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Anand J. Puppala, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, F.ICE, Texas A&M University
Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Marcelo Sanchez, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Joseph Scalia IV, Ph.D., EIT, A.M.ASCE Colorado State University
Abdul-Hamid Soubra, Ph.D., University of Nantes
Muhannad T. Suleiman, Ph.D., Lehigh University
Akihiro Takahashi, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Burak Tanyu, Ph.D., C.Eng., M.ASCE, George Mason University
Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E., California State University, Fullerton
Ingrid Tomac, Ph.D., University of California San Diego
Thaleia Travasarou, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., M.ASCE, Fugro
Farshid Vahedifard, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Mississippi State University
Paul Vardanega, Ph.D., M.ASCE, University of Bristol
Yu Wang, Ph.D., C.Eng, F.ASCE, City University of Hong Kong
Chung-Li Tseng, Ph.D., UNSW Sydney, Australia
Zhongxuan Yang, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Zhejiang University
Claudia E. Zapata, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE Arizona State University
Dimitrios Zekkos, Ph.D., P.E., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Lianyang Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., University of Arizona
Limin Zhang, Ph.D., The Hong Kong University of Science Technology
Katerina Ziotopoulou, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, University of California

Geo-Institute Board of Governors:
Sissy Nikolaou, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, President
Robert B. Gilbert, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE, Past-President
Jie Han, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Vice President
Helen D. Robinson, P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE, Treasurer
Stanley R. Boyle, P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE, Governor
Joe D. Manous, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.EWRI, Dist.M.ASCE, Governor
Anand J. Puppala, Ph.D., P.E., F.ICE, D.GE, F.ASCE, Governor
Susan E. Burns, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Governor
Bradley E. Keelor,Secretary; Director, Geo-Institute