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Ronaldo Luna

Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering

Missouri University of Science & Technology - Rolla

130 Butler-Carlton Hall

1401 Pine Street

Rolla, MO 65409

(573) 341-4484 (office)

(573) 202- 2379 (fax)

E-mail: [email protected]

http://geotech.mst.edu

http://mst.edu/~rluna

Education

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, March 1995

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Major: Geotechnical Engineering

Minor: Management of Technology

Thesis Title: “Liquefaction Evaluation Using a Spatial Analysis System”

Advisor: Dr. J. David Frost

M.S. in Civil Engineering, August 1985

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Major: Geotechnical Engineering

Thesis Title: “Compaction Characterization of Thin Asphaltic Surface Courses”

Advisor: Dr. Adolph G. Altschaeffl

B.S. in Civil Engineering, May 1983

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Professional Appointments

Professor and Assistant Chair of Civil Engineering, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, 2010-present.

Associate Professor (tenured), Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO, 2002-2010.

Assistant Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1995-1999.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1995.

Instructor and Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1992-94.

GAANN PhD Fellow, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1991-92.

Geotechnical Engineer, Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, CA, 1988-1991.

Senior Staff Engineer, Hart Crowser, Inc., Seattle, WA, 1985-88.

Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1983-85.

Overseas Intern, General Highway Administration, Barcelona, Spain, 1983.

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Professional Registrations and Certificates

Registered Professional Engineer

State of Missouri (No. 2001011628) since May 2001.

State of Washington (No. 25512) since August 1988.

State of California (No. 42502) since August 1987.

Management of Technology Certificate Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994.

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Student Advisor Award, Miner Alumni Association, Missouri S&T, 2010.

Outstanding Teaching Commendation Award, School of Extended Learning, 2010.

Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi, Beta Chapter, Missouri, 2009

Outstanding Advisor Award, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2009.

Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 2008.

Engineers Make a World of Difference Award, Society of American Military Engineers, 2008.

Elected Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 2007.

ONR/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, NFESC Port Hueneme, CA, 2007.


Teaching Excellence Award, School of Engineering, University of Missouri – Rolla, 2006.

Joseph H. Senne, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, Academy of Civil Engineers, 2006.



Fulbright Scholar, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholar Board, Department of State, 2005.

Innovative Teaching Award, School of Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 2005.

Commendation Teaching Award, School of Extended Learning, UMR, 2004.

ADSC: International Foundation Drilling – Civil Engineering Faculty Workshop, 2000.

NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, J.C. Stennis Space Center, 1998.

Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship, Tulane University, 1996.

NSF/IFAI Professor Training in Geosynthetics, Auburn University, 1996.

Sowers Distinguished Graduate Student Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994.

AM/FM International Scholarship, AM/FM International, 1992.

GAANN Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, 1991.

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Associate Member.

Chi Epsilon, National Honor Society of Civil Engineering, Member.

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Teaching

Professor, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO. Faculty position in the Department

of Civil, Arch. & Env. Engineering – coordinator geotechnical program (02-11). 1999-present

Assistant Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Regular tenure-track faculty position in the

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Undergraduate and graduate programs responsible

for teaching, research and university service. 1995 - 1999.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA. Research and teaching. Teaching

responsibilities included course administration, recitation periods, preparation/grading of homework

assignments and exams. 1995.

Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. Applied Soil Mechanics and

Foundation Engineering, and Soil Dynamics courses. Assisted professors with coursework. 1994.

Instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. Engineering Mechanics I - Statics.

Engineering Science Mechanics course, 1992.

Teaching Assistant at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Senior Design Class. Served as the advisor

for the geotechnical engineering project team. 1984, 1985, and 1991.

Professional Volunteer at TecNica (Technical Support for Nicaragua Project, Berkeley, CA). Short-

courses for geotechnical lab and field staff of the Ministry of Housing and Human Settlements. 1986.

Courses Taught

Institution/Course No. Course Title Offered

Georgia Tech / ESM 220 Engineering Mechanics I Fall 1992 (instructor)

Georgia Tech / CE 344 Geotechnical Engineering Spring 1995

Tulane / CVEN 613 Advanced Soil Mechanics Fall 1995 & Fall 1996

Tulane / CVEN 348 Geoenvironmental Engineering S’96, S’97 & S‘99

Tulane / CVEN 611 Spatial Analysis Principles S’96, F’97, & S‘99

Tulane / CVEN 209 Numerical Analysis and Computer Methods F‘96, F‘97, & F‘98

Tulane / CVEN 614 Advanced Foundation Engineering 1997-1998

Missouri S&T / CE 215 Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering 1999-2001; 2002-2009

Missouri S&T / CE 229 Foundation Engineering 2009-2013

Missouri S&T / GE 301 Soil Mechanics for Geoprofessionals (online) Sum. 2012, 2013

Missouri S&T / CE 314 Geosynthetics in Engineering 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011

Missouri S&T / CE 316 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering 2006, ‘09, ‘08, & ‘12

Missouri S&T / CE 315 Intermediate Soil Mechanics Fall 2000-2005, 2007

Missouri S&T / CE 329 Foundation Engineering II 2000-2003, 2011, 2012

Missouri S&T / CE 401 Inca Civilization Geotechnical Engrg. Practices Spring 2010, 2011, 2012

Missouri S&T / CE 415 Advanced Soil Mechanics Sp. Sem. 2001, 04, 06

Missouri S&T / CE 417 Earth Dams and Related Problems 2008, 2011, & 2013

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Students Advised

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Doctor of Philosophy

Nicholas T. Rocco (PhD. 2012). Missouri S&T, “Characterization of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) and

Cohesive Soil Mixtures.”

Kyle A. Kershaw (PhD. 2011). Missouri S&T, “Micropile Response to Combined Loading.”

Shuying Wang (PhD. 2011). Missouri S&T, “Postcyclic Behavior of Low-Plasticity Silt.”

Wei Zheng (PhD. 2004). University of Missouri-Rolla, “Simulation of Soil-Pile-Superstructure

Interaction in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.”

Houda Jadi (PhD. 2003). University of Missouri-Rolla, “Characterization and Modeling of

Paleoliquefaction Features in Missouri.”

Yong Wu (PhD. 2003). University of Missouri-Rolla, “Spectral Characterization of Soils.”

In Progress…

Michelle Deng (PhD. Candidate, exp. 2014). Missouri S&T, “Reliability-based Optimization Design of

Geosynthetics Reinforced Embankment Slopes.”

Kerry A. Magner (PhD. Candidate, exp. 2014). Missouri S&T, “Evaluation of Internal Erosion under

Earthen Structures.”

Fernando Callejas (D.E., Candidate, exp. 2015). Missouri S&T, “Geotechnical State-of-the-Art in

Guatemala – Select Case Studies.”

Masters - Thesis

Devin T. Dixon, (MSCE 2013). Missouri S&T, “Monitoring Micropile foundations of Bridge During

Construction”.

Joseph R. Cravens, (MSCE 2011). Missouri S&T, “Driven Pile Load Test Data for LRFD in

Missouri”.

Mulugeta A. Kebede (MSCE 2010). Missouri S&T, “Calibration of Resistance Factors for Axial

Capacity of Driven Pile into Missouri Soil”.

Kermit N. Applegate, (MSCE 2010). Missouri S&T, “Impact of Lateral Spreading at River

Crossings in Missouri”.

Nandini Balakrishnan, (MS Systems Engineering 2008). Missouri S&T “Prediction of Repair Rates

in Water Delivery System Due to Seismic Events”.

Amy L. Krauch (Morris) (MSCE 2008). Missouri S&T, “Hazards Assessment of St. Charles County:

Earthquake and Floods”.

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Andrew J. Wilding (MSCE 2008). University of Missouri-Rolla, “Development of a GIS-based

Seismic Hazard Screening Tool”.

Quentin P. Gehring (MSCE 2006). University of Missouri-Rolla, “Evaluation of the Taum Sauk

Upper Reservoir Failure”.

Pedro Pablo Conlledo (Dipl. Ing. Civil 2006). Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, “Análisis de

Deslizamientos en la Ciudad Capital Utilizando Sistemas de Información Geográfica”,

(Trans: Landslide Analysis in the Capital City Using Geographic Information Systems).

Jonathan L. Robison (MSCE 2003). University of Missouri-Rolla, “Discussion and Analysis of

Differential Settlement of Missouri Bridge Approach Embankments”.

Eylem O. Mutlu (MS EnvE 2003). University of Missouri-Rolla, “Spatial Representation of

Bioaccumulation Studies”.

Yong Wu (MSCE 2003). Tulane University, “Simulation of the Unsteady Temperature and Stress

Fields during the Construction of Mass Concrete”.

Patrick Ibert (MSCE 2003). Tulane University, “Data Quality for Earthquake Hazard Evaluation”.

In Progress…

Matthew T. Stuckmeyer, (MSCE 2014). Missouri S&T, “Full Scale Pile Load Testing of Driven

Steel Piles in Missouri”.

Audai Theinat, (MSCE 2015). Missouri S&T, topic to be determined.

Masters - Non-Thesis:

Max Laracuente (MSCE 2011, distance). Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO.

Bethelehem T. Hailemariam (MSCE 2011). Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO.

Richard Finnen (MSCE 2010, distance). Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO.

William T. Lawrence (MSCE 2008) (distance). University of Missouri-Rolla, MO.

Gopalakrishna Allam (MSCE 2007, distance). University of Missouri-Rolla, MO.

Mark Plotkin (MSCE 2006, distance). University of Missouri-Rolla, MO.

JW Copeland (MSCE 2006). University of Missouri-Rolla, MO.

Patrick Kinsella (MSCE 2006, distance). University of Missouri-Rolla, MO.

James Knutelski (MSCE 2002, distance). University of Missouri-Rolla, MO.

Sergio Riveros (MSCE 1998). Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Research – Opportunity for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE)

Skylar Knickerbocker, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Micropile Sand Testing”, Missouri

S&T, Rolla, 2011.

Daniel Weingart, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Geotechnical Instrumentation for Load

Testing and Dam Safety”, Missouri S&T, Rolla, 2010.

Matthew Rankins, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Exploring Computer Learning

Environments for Engineering Students”, Missouri S&T, Rolla, 2010.

Paul Hamilton, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “LRFD Calibration of Driven Pile

Foundations for the Missouri DOT”, Missouri S&T, Rolla, 2010.

Omar Conte, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Investigation of the Cucaracha Formation in

the Panama Canal”, Missouri S&T, Rolla, 2010.

Heather Parnell, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Shear Behavior of Granular Materials and

Transparent Simulant”, Missouri S&T, Rolla, 2008.

Yasmin Hassen, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Swelling Characteristics of Compacted

Soil in Missouri”, Missouri S&T, Rolla, 2008.

David Weidinger, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Bender Elements”, University of

Missouri – Rolla, 2007.

Bronson Bowling, BSGeol.E, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Consolidation (CONSOL)

Manipulative Learning Device”, University of Missouri – Rolla, 2006.

Chad Beardslee, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Piezocone (CPTu) In-situ Testing and

Analysis”, University of Missouri – Rolla, 2005.

John Keeven, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Servo-Controlled Direct Shear Testing of

Soils (Peak & Residual Strengths)”, University of Missouri – Rolla, 2005.

James Duehning, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Laboratory Shear Vane Testing in Silts”,

University of Missouri – Rolla, 2005.

Robert Reiss, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Earthquake Engineering Assessment of

Highway Bridges”, University of Missouri-Rolla, 2003.

Wesley Merkle, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “UMR Liquefaction Tank Experiment”,

University of Missouri-Rolla, expected 2002.

Lori Kindervater, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Experience, “Spectral Response of Concrete Surfaces

during Curing”, University of Missouri-Rolla, 2001.

Jasmine Hopkins, BSCE, Undergraduate Research Assistant, “Digital Image Analysis Techniques for

Fiber and Soil Mixtures”, Tulane University, 1998.

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Publications

Refereed Publications

Journal Papers - Published

Wang, S., Luna, R., and Yang, J., (2013). “Postcyclic behavior of low-plasticity silt with limited excess

pore pressures”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 54, 39-46. (DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2013.07.016).

Wang, S. and Luna, R., (2012). “Monotonic Behavior of Mississippi River Valley Silt in Triaxial

Compression”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138(4), 516-525.

(DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000603).

Iai, M. and Luna, R., (2011). “Direct Shear Tests on JSC-1A Lunar Soil Simulant”, Journal of Aerospace

Engineering, 24(4), 433-441. (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000082).

Bham, G.H., Cernusca, D., Luna, R., Manepalli, U.R., (2011). “A Longitudinal Evaluation of a GIS

Laboratory in a Transportation Engineering Course”, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering

Education & Practice, 137(4), 258-266. (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000064).

Finn, M.P., Lewis, M., Bosch, D.D., Giraldo, M., Yamamoto, K., Sullivan, D.G., Kincaid, R., Luna, R.

Allam, G.K., Kvien, C., Williams, M., (2011). "Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture Using Airborne

Hyperspectral Data", GIScience & Remote Sensing, 48(4), 522-540. (DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.48.4.1)

Liu, W., Luna, R., Stephenson, R.W. and Wang, S., (2011). “Earthquake-Induced Deformation Analysis

of a Bridge Approach Embankment in Missouri”, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal,

Springer, 29(5), 845-854. (DOI: 10.1007/s10706-011-9421-1).

Wang, S., Luna, R., and Stephenson, R.W., (2011). “A Slurry Consolidation Approach to Reconstitute

Low-plasticity Silt Specimens for Laboratory Triaxial Testing”, Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM,

34(4), 288-296. (DOI: 10.1520/GTJ103529).

Zheng, W. and Luna, R., (2011). “Nonlinear Site Response and Liquefaction Analysis in the New

Madrid Seismic Zone”, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal, Springer, 29(4), 463-475.

Luna, R., Balakrishnan, N., and Dagli, C.H., (2011). “Post Earthquake Recovery of Water Distribution

System: Discrete Event Simulation Using Colored Petrinets”, Journal of Infrastructure Engineering,

ASCE, 17(1), 25-34.

Zhao, H., Ge, Y., and Luna, R., (2010). “Low Viscosity Pore Fluid to Manufacture Transparent Soil”,

Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 33(6), 1-6.

Luna, R., Belarbi, A., Calderon, H., Rivera, O., Alonso-Lopez, L., and Rodriguez, R., A., Applegate, K.,

(2010). “Reporte del Sismo de Honduras del 28 De Mayo de 2009, Mw 7.3”. Revista Internacional de

Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil (Journal of Natural Disasters, Accidents, and Civil

Infrastructure, ISSN 1535-0088), 10(1), 57-71.

Luna, R., Hall, R., Hilgers, M., and Ge, L. (2010). “A GIS Learning Tool for Civil Engineers”, Intl. Journal

of Engineering Education, (ISSN: 0949-149X), 26(1), 52-58.

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Luna, R., Hoffman, D., and Lawrence, W. (2008). “Estimation of Earthquake Loss due to Bridge

Damage in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area: Part I - Direct Losses”, Natural Hazards Review, 9(1),

ASCE, 1-11.

Enke, D., Tirasirichai, C., and Luna, R. (2008). “Estimation of Earthquake Loss due to Bridge Damage in

the St. Louis Metropolitan Area: Part II - Indirect Losses”, Natural Hazards Review, 9(1), ASCE, 12-19.

Adams, C., Witt, E., Wang, J., Shaver, D., Summers, D., Filali-Meknassi, Y., Shi, H., Luna, R.,

Anderson, N. (2007). “Chemical Quality of Depositional Sediments and Associated Soils in New Orleans

and the Louisiana Peninsula following Hurricane Katrina” Environ. Sci. Technol., 41, 3437-3443.

Conlledo, P., and Luna, R. (2006). “Análisis de Deslizamientos en la Ciudad Capital Utilizando Sistemas

de Información Geográfica”, Revista de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Vol. 15, 160-169 .

Luna, R., Watanabe, K., and Wilding, A. (2006). “Spatial Bioaccumulation Modeling in a Network of

Bayous,” Environmental Modeling and Software, 21, Elsevier, available online 2005, 1674-1683.

Sullivan, J.M., R.H. Hall, R. Luna, M.G. Hilgers, A.J. Taylor, and Buechler, M.R. (2004). “Degree of

scaffolding as learning object metadata: A prototype learning system design for integrating GIS into a civil

engineering curriculum”, Learning Technology, 6(2), 60-64 .

Angioni, T., Rechtien, R.D., Cardimona, S.J., and Luna, R. (2003). “Crosshole Seismic Tomography and

Borehole Logging for Engineering Site Characterization in Sikeston, MO, U.S.A.,” Tectonophysics,

Elsevier, Vol. 368, (1-4), 119-137.

Zheng, W., Luna, R., and Steinberg, L. (2003). “Numerical Simulation of Rain Scavenging on a Large

Release of Hydrogen Flouride”, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 121(1), 59-67.

Kindervater, L, Luna, R., Belarbi, A. (2002). “Spectral Response of Mortar Surfaces During Curing”,

American Concrete Institute Special Publication, SP-209, (39), 717-732.

Deaton, S.L., Frost, J.D., Luna, R., and Parsons, R.L. (2001). “GIS-Based Evaluation of Geotechnical

Borehole Log Quality”, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRR No. 1755, TRB/NRC,

Washington, D.C., 15-25.

Cruz, A., Steinberg, L., Luna, R. (2001). “Identifying Hurricane Induced Hazardous Material Release

Scenarios in a Refinery”, Natural Hazards Review, ASCE, 2(4), 203-210.

Wu, Y. and Luna, R. (2001). “Numerical Implementation of Temperature and Creep on Mass Concrete”,

Intl. Journal of Applied Finite Elements and Computer Aided Engineering, Elsevier, 37(2), 97-106.

Luna, R. and Wu, Y. (2000). “Simulation of Unsteady Temperature and Stress Fields During Construction

of RCC Dams”, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 126(5), 381-388.

Luna, R. and Frost, J.D. (1998). “Spatial Liquefaction Analysis System”, Journal of Computing in Civil

Engineering, ASCE, 12(1), 48-56.

Preslan, J.P., with Luna, R., et al. (1997). “A Database on Water Quality of the Mississippi River”,

Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, AIChE, 16(3), 145-163.

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Rockaway, T.D., Frost, J.D., Eggert, D.L., and Luna, R. (1997). “Spatial Earthquake Hazard Assessment of

Evansville, Indiana”, Seismological Research Letters, Seismological Society of America, 68(4), 558-571.

Aunan, R.B., Luna, R., Altschaeffl, A.G., and Wood, L.E. (1988). “Reproduction of Thin Bituminous

Surface Course Fabric by Laboratory Compaction Procedures”, Transportation Research Record, TRB, No.

1171, 178-183.

Journal Papers – Accepted or In-Press

Kershaw, K. and Luna, R., “Effects of an Axial Load on the Lateral Behavior of Micropiles in Stiff

Clay”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, date: 05/22/12. (Ms. No.

GTENG-2859).

Journal Papers – In Review

Wang, S. and Luna, R., “Compressibility Characteristics of Silt Before and After Liquefaction”, Journal

of Material in Civil Engineering, date submitted: 09/29/13. (Ms. No. MTENG-2166).

Wang, S. and Luna, R. “Postcyclic Behavior of Low-plasticity Silt with Full Liquefaction”, Soil

Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, submission date: Dec. 2013.

Rocco, N.T. and Luna, R., “Swell and Collapse of Clay and EPS Particulate Mixtures”, Geosynthetics

International, date submitted: 01/24/13. (Ms. No. GI#712).

Journal Papers – In Preparation

Luna, R., Dixon, D.T., and Kershaw, K.A., “Performance of Micropile Foundations for Bridge on Steep

Terrain”, DFI Journal.

Kershaw, K.A. and Luna, R., “Scale Moder Investigation of the Effect of Vertical Load on the Lateral

Response of Micropiles in Sand”, DFI Journal or JGGE.

Wang, S. and Luna, R., “Effect of Plasticity on Liquefaction Resistance of Low-Plasticity Fine-grained

Soils and Application to Engineering Practice”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental

Engineering.

Books, Chapters, Special, and Invited Publications - Published

Ventura, C., et al. with Luna, R. (2013). “The November 7, 2012 M7.4 Guatemala Earthquake and its

Implications for Disaster Reduction and Mitigation.” A Joint Report of EERI and AGIES, EERI, Oakland,

CA, 40pp.

Luna, R., Perlea, M., Zheng, W., El Shamy, U., Dakoulas, P., Kung, T.C., Çetin, K.O., and Barani, S.,

(2010), “Liquefaction and Seismically-Induced Settlement, Ground Failures, and Seismic Studies on

Recent Earthquakes and Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes, Landfills, and Earth Dams

Under Earthquakes”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference in Recent Advances in geotechnical

Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, (ISBN: 1-887009-15-9), San Diego, CA, 26pp.

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Luna, R. and Rogers, J.D., (2008), “Recent Geotechnical Development in Geospatial Information

Systems Technology”, State-of-the-Art and Practice Paper, 6th International Conference on Case Histories

in Geotechnical Engineering, Arlington, VA, Paper SOAP 5, 1-17 pp. (invited lecture).

Luna, R., (2008). “Introduction of GIS into Civil Engineering Curricula”, invited paper for the National

Science Foundation, Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Workshop, Washington, D.C.

Seigel, T.C., Luna, R., Hueckel, T., Laloui, L. – Editors. (2007). “Computer Applications in

Geotechnical Engineering”, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication 157. Proceedings of the GeoDenver

2007 Conference, Denver, CO.

Luna, R., Summers, D., Hoffman, D., Rogers, J.D., Sevi, A., and Witt, E.C. (2007). “Geotechnical

Reconnaissance of the Mississippi River Delta Flood-protection System After Hurricane Katrina”,

Science and the Storms: USGS Response to the Hurricanes of 2005, US Geological Survey Circular 1306,

Lafayette, LA, 35-42 pp.

Chen, G., Witt, E.C., Hoffman, D., Luna, R., Sevi, A. (2007). “Analysis of the Interstate 10 Twin

Bridge’s Collapse During Hurricane Katrina”, Science and the Storms: USGS Response to the Hurricanes

of 2005, US Geological Survey Circular 1306, Lafayette, LA, 28-35 pp.

Luna, R. - Editor, (2006). “Soil and Rock Behavior”, ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication 150,

Proceedings of the GeoShanghai 2006 Conference, China.

Luna, R., W. Zheng, M. El-Engebawy, and G. Chen, (2004). “The Effect of Synthetic Ground Motion

Model on Site Response for the New Madrid Seismic Zone,” 4th National Seismic Conference and

Workshop on Bridges and Highways, Memphis (invited).

El-Engebawy, M., G. Chen, R. Luna, and W. Zheng, (2004). “Near-Field Earthquake Effects on

Highway Bridge Performance in the New Madrid Seismic Zone,” 4th National Seismic Conference and

Workshop on Bridges and Highways, Memphis (invited).

Rogers, J.D. and Luna, R., (2004). “Impact of Geographic Information Systems on Geotechnical

Engineering,” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical

Engineering, New York, Paper OSP 3, 1-23 pp. (invited State-of-the-Practice lecture).

Luna, R. and Frost, J.D., (2000). “Treasure Island's Spatial Liquefaction Evaluation”, National

Geotechnical Experimentation Sites, ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication, GSP No. 93, pp. 306-320,

(invited).

Luna, R., (1997). “Spatial Data Quality Evaluation in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering”, Spatial

Analysis in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, ASCE, GSP No. 67, pp. 42-55, (invited).

Conference Publications

Peer-Reviewed - Published

Deng, M. and Luna, R. (2013). “Probability of failure for Slopes with Sensitivity Analysis.” ASCE

GeoCongress 2013, GSP 231, San Diego, CA, 952-961. (ISBN: 978-0-7844-1278-7)

Rocco, N.T. and Luna, R. (2013). “Mixtures of Clay/EPS Particulates and Undrained Shear Strength.”

ASCE GeoCongress 2013, GSP 231, San Diego, CA, 2066-2075. (ISBN: 978-0-7844-1278-7)

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Wang, S. and Luna, R. (2011). “Liquefaction Resistance and Post-liquefaction Reconsolidation

characteristics of Mississippi River Valley Silt.”, 24th ICTPA Annual Conf. & NACGEA Intnl. Symp. on

GeoTrans, Paper No. S3-031, Los Angeles, CA, 8pp. (ISBN 978-0-615-42857-4)

Bham, G., Cernusca, H. D., Luna, R., and Manepalli, U.R. (2011). “Evaluation of a Transportation

Engineering GIS Laboratory based on Assessment of Student Learning,” Annual Meeting of the

Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., Paper No. 11-3918.

Katerattanakul, N., Yu, W. Luna, R. (2010). “Using Text Mining to Examine the User Feedback of a

Web-based Learning System”, Research abstract, The Decision Sciences Institute 41st Annual

Conference, San Diego CA, Nov. 20-23.

Banerjee, P., Yu, W. Luna, R. (2010). “Quantifying the usage of multimedia on a web based e-learning

module”, Research abstract, The Decision Sciences Institute 41st Annual Conference, San Diego CA,

Nov. 20-23.

Bham, G., Cernusca, H. D., Manepalli, U.R., and Luna, R. (2010).”Student-Centered Evaluation of a GIS

Laboratory in Transportation Engineering”, American Society of Engineering Education Annual

Conference, Louisville, KY.

Dahal, S., Hall, R.H., Morrison, G., Lamble, S., and Luna, R., (2010). “A Web-Based Learning Module

for Teaching GIS within the Context of Environmental Engineering.”, Proceedings of the American

Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Louisville, KY.

Banaszek, A., Sheng, H., Hall, R.H., Luna, R., and Bham, G. (2010). “Evaluation of a Web-Based

Learning Tool for Teaching GIS within the Context of Transportation Engineering.” Proceedings of the

American Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 2010-1432.

Sukhavasi, A., Hall, R.H., Sheng., H., and Luna, R. (2010). “Longitudinal Evaluation of a Learning

System for Teaching GIS within the Context of a Geotechnical Problem.” Proceedings of the American

Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Louisville, KY, 2010-2216.

Luna, R., (2010). “Reconnaissance Report of the May 28, 2009 Honduras Earthquake, M 7.3”,

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference in Recent Advances in geotechnical Earthquake

Enginering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA., Paper No. EQ6, 13pp.

Luna, R., Barani, S., Cetin, K.O., Dakoulas, P., ElShamy, U., Kung, G., Perlea, M., and Zheng, W.

(2010). “General Report – Session 4: (a) Liquefaction and Seismically-Induced Settlement, Ground

Failures, and Seismic Studies on Recent Earthquakes; (b) Stability and Displacement Performance of

Slopes, Landfills, and Earth Dams Under Earthquakes”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference in

Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Enginering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA, 27pp.

Smith, E.M., Kershaw, K., Luna, R., and, Holloway, M., (2009). “Value Engineering and Field Testing

of Pre-Cast Concrete Piles for the KCIcon Project”, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on Deep

Foundations, Deep Foundations Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 9 pp.

Wilding, A. and Luna, R. (2009). “GIS-based geotechnical seismic hazard screening tool”. Proceedings

of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, (DOI:

10.3233/978-1-60750-031-5-2675 ), Alexandria, Egypt, Vol. 1, 2675-78.

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Wang, S., Luna, R., and Huang, D. (2009). “Long Term Stability of the South Fork Tolt River Dam”,

Proceedings of the 2nd

International Conference on Long Term Behavior of Dams, Graz, Austria, E-34,

pp. 893-898.

Deardorff, D. and Luna, R., (2009). “LRFD for Helical Anchors: An Overview”, Proceedings of the

International Foundations Conference, Geo-Institute ASCE, GSP 187, 480-487.

Luna, R., Hall, R., Hilgers, M., Bham, G., Elgin, R., Morris, C., Morrison, G., (2008). “Introduction of

GIS into Civil Engineering Curricula”, Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education

Annual Conference, Pittsburg, PA, 1-12.

Krauch, A.L. and Luna, R., (2008). “Hazards Assessment of St. Charles County – Earthquakes and

Floods”, Proceedings of the New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference: Preparing for a Significant Central

U.S. Earthquake, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO.

Tandon, B.B, Hall, R.H., Luna, R., Sheng, H., Boese, M. (2008). “Integration of a GIS Learning

Management Systems into Civil Engineering Curricula: An Evaluation.” Proceedings of the World

Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV.

Gehring, Q. and Luna, R., (2008). “Evaluation of the Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Failure.” Proceedings

of the 6th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Arlington, VA, Paper

2.61, 1-8 pp.

Izadi, Ali M., Luna, R., and Stephenson, R.W., (2008). “Liquefaction Behavior of Mississippi River

Silts”, Proceedings of the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, GeoInstitute ASCE

Specialty Conference, Sacramento, CA, May 2008.

Luna, R., Balakrishnan, N., and Dagli C.H., (2007). “Prediction of Damage/Repair Rates in Water

Distribution Systems due to Seismic Events using Artificial Neural Networks”. Proceedings ANNIE 2007

Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Luna, R., Rydlund, P., Wronkiewicz, D., Krizanich, G., and Shaver, D., (2007). “Damage Assessment of

the Taum Sauk Dam Failure using LiDAR”, GeoDenver 2007 Conference, ASCE GeoInstitute, Denver,

CDROM.

Zheng, W., and Luna, R., (2006). “Liquefaction Effects on Lateral Pile Behavior for Bridges”,

GeoShanghai Conference, ASCE Geo-Institute, Shanghai, China, cdrom.

Liu, W., Stephenson, R., and Luna, R., (2006). “Transverse-Earthquake Induced Deformations of a

Bridge Approach Embankment in the New Madrid Seismic Zone”, ASCE GeoShanghai Conference,

Shanghai, China, cdrom.

Luna, R., Hoffman, D., and Lawrence, W.T., (2006). “Earthquake Hazard Input for Loss Estimation

Study: St. Louis Highway System”, ASCE GeoCongress, Atlanta, Georgia, CDrom.

Luna, R., Lawrence, W.T., Sullivan, J., Hall, R., Hilgers, M., Buechler, M., (2005). “Learning System to

Introduce GIS to Civil Engineers, SAC’05, Software Applications Conference, ACM, March, Santa Fe,

New Mexico.

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Sullivan, J.M., Hall, R.H., Hilgers, M.G., Luna, R., Lawrence, W.T., & Buechler, M.R. (2005). Iterative

Usability Evaluation Methods Applied to Learning Technology Development. Proceedings of the World

Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunications, pp. 1188 - 1193.

Luna, R. and Jadi, H., (2005). “Effective Stress Back-analysis of Paleoliquefaction Features in

Missouri”, Proceedings of the International Conference in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

(ISSMGE), Osaka, Japan, CDROM.

Hall, R.H., Luna, R., Hilgers, M.G., Sullivan, J.M., Lawrence, W.T., & Buechler, M.R. (2005).

Evaluation of a Prototype GIS Learning System to Teach Civil Engineering Concepts. Proceedings of the

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, & Telecommunications, pp. 3569-3574.

Jadi, H., Hoffman, D., Luna, R., and Mayne, P.W., (2004). “Site Characterization of Paleoliquefaction

Features in Missouri”, Proceedings of the International Site Characterization 2 Conference, Porto, Paper

No. T5-168.

Stephenson, R.W., Luna, R., Anderson, N. and Liu, W., (2004). “Comparison of Cross-Hole, seismic

cone, spectral analysis of surface wave (SASW) to characterize bridge sites in the New Madrid Seismic

Zone”, Proceedings of the International Site Characterization 2 Conference, Porto, Paper No. T8-156.

Robison, J.L. and Luna, R., (2004). “Deformation Analysis of Missouri Bridge Approach

Embankments”, Proceedings of ASCE GeoTRANS Conference, Los Angeles, Paper No. 1258, CD ROM.

Zheng, W. and Luna, R., (2004). “Non-Linear Site Response Analysis in the New Madrid Seismic

Zone,” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering,

New York, Paper 12A-17, 1-8 pp.

Kociu, S., Luna, R., Anderson, N., Zheng, W., and Hoffman, D., (2003). “Non-linear soil response to

strong ground motion: Determinations based on SASW velocity profiles”, Geophysics 2003, Orlando, 18pp.

Zheng, W. and Luna, R., (2003). “A Simplified Two Dimensional Soil Model for the New Madrid

Seismic Zone,” ASCE Technical Committee on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, TCLEE’03, Los

Angeles, CA.

Luna, R., Chen, G., Munaf, Y., Prakash, S., Stephenson, R., Fennessey, T., and Hoffman, D., (2001).

“Earthquake Assessment of Critical Structures for Route 60 Missouri”, Proceedings of the 4th

International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil

Dynamics, San Diego, CA, Paper No. 8.13, 4 pp.

Deaton, S.L., Frost, J.D., Luna, R., and Parsons, R.L., (2001). “GIS-Based Evaluation of Geotechnical

Borehole Log Quality”, Proceedings of the 80th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,

NRC, Washington, D.C., Paper No. TRB-01-3134, CDROM no pp.

Luna, R., Hertel, T.P., Baker, H., and Fennessey, T., (2001). “Geotechnical Database for Emergency

Vehicle Routes in Missouri”, Proceedings of the 80th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research

Board, NRC, Washington, D.C., Paper No. TRB-01-2815, CDROM no pp.

Luna, R. and Jadi,, H., (2000). “Determination of Dynamic Soil Properties Using Geophysical Methods”,

Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Application of Geophysical and NDT

Methodologies to Transportation Facilities and Infrastructure - Geophysics 2000, Federal Highway

Administration, Saint Louis, MO, Paper No. 3-1.

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Luna, R., Wu, Y., and Kindervater, L., (2000). “Geotechnical Feature Extraction Using Hyperspectral

Imaging”, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Seismic Zonation (6ICSZ), EERI, Palm

Springs, CA, November.

Luna, R. and Tavera, E., (1999). “CPT Data Management and Standards”, Proceedings of the 78th Annual

Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, NRC, Washington, D.C., Paper No. TRB-99-1263,

CDROM no pp.

Luna, R., Ibert, P., and Miller, R., (1999). “Spectral Characterization of Soils and Organic Matter in

Engineering”, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing,

Vancouver, Canada, Paper No. 5-9.

Luna, R., Carroll, D.P., Frost, J.D., and Wu, A.H., (1998). “Spatial Evaluation of Earthquake Induced

Deformations”, Proceedings of the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics III Specialty

Technical Conference, ASCE, GSP No. 75, pp. 398-409.

Luna, R. and J.D. Frost, (1995). “An Interactive System for Geotechnical Spatial Analysis”, Proceedings of

the NSF Conference and Workshop - Research Transformed into Practice, College Park, MD, pp. 297-307.

D'Andria, G.G., J.D. Frost, R. Luna, and E.J. Macari, (1995). “Quality of Borings for Use in Liquefaction

Spatial Analysis”, 10th PanAmerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, ISSMFE,

Guadalajara, Mexico, pp. 1739-1749.

Frost, J.D. and R. Luna, (1992). “Geographic Information Systems in Geotechnical Engineering”,

Proceedings of the International Conference on Geotechnics and Computers, Paris, September, pp. 452-459.

Frost, J.D., Chameau, J.L. and Luna, R., (1992). “Geographic Information Systems in Earthquake Hazard

Analysis”, Proceedings of 8th Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Symposium on Geographic

Information Systems, ASCE, Dallas, pp. 452-460.

Non-Peer Reviewed

AGIES (with R. Luna), (2005) “Guía para la Ejecución de Estudios Geotécnicos de Proyectos de

Construcción”, Asociación Guatemalteca de Ingenieros Estructurales y Sísmicos, Colegio de Ingenieros,

Guatemala.

Mutlu, E., Luna, R., Watanabe, K., (2004). Using Dynamic Segmentation to Create Home Ranges for

Aquatic Species, Vol. CDROM, pp. 26. Intl. ESRI Users Conference, San Diego, CA.

Luna, R. and Chen, G., (2001). “Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of Foundations of Bridges and Other Sub-

Structures, Seismic Retrofit Projects and Procedures in California”, General Report, Session 8,

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake

Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA, CDROM no pp.

Luna, R., (1996). “Integrating Hazards Analyses and Disaster Response Systems”, Proceedings of the Pan

Pacific Hazards ‘96 Conference, Vancouver, July, CDROM no pp.

Luna, R. and J.D. Frost, (1995). “Geotechnical Earthquake Hazards Using a Spatial Analysis System”

Proceedings of the NSF Grantees Workshop on Natural Hazards, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, pp. 62-65.

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Luna, R., (1993). “Liquefaction Analysis in a GIS Environment”, Proceedings of the NSF Workshop on

Geographic Information Systems and their Application to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Atlanta,

pp. 65-71.

Other Technical Publications and Reports

Luna, R., Belarbi, A., Meyerholtz, S., and Meyer, B., (2009). “ASDSO Advanced Technical Seminar

Course Notes: Structural Behavior Monitoring for Dam Safety”, prepared for the Association of State

Dam Safety Officials, Lexington, KY, binder and cdrom.

Luna, R., Belarbi, A, Applegate, K., Calderon, H., Rivera, O, Alonso-Lopez, L., and Rodriguez, R.,

(2009), Reconnaissance Report of the May 28, 2009, Honduras Earthquake, M 7.3, GEER Report No. 17,

July 2009, 16pp.

Luna, R., Stephenson, R.W., and Izadi, A., (2008). “Static, Dynamic and Liquefaction Behavior of Silts”,

Report prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Missouri University of Science and Technology,

Rolla, MO.

Chen, G., Anderson, N., Luna, R., Stephenson, R., El-Engebawy, Silva, P., and Zoughi, R., (2007),

“Earthquake Hazards Assessment and Mitigation: A Pilot Study in the New Madrid Seismic Zone”,

Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies, Report No. CIES 07-73, University of Missouri-Rolla,

435pp.

Luna, R., Stephenson, R.W., Ge, L. and Frueh, R.H., (2007). “ASDSO Technical Seminar Course Notes:

Advanced Slope Stability Analysis”, prepared for the Association of State Dam Safety Officials,

Lexington, KY, binder and cdrom.

Luna, R., Robison, J.L., and Wilding, A., (2004). “Evaluation of Bridge Approach Slabs, Performance

and Design”, Report No. RDT 04-010, RI 02-033, Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City,

MO, 106 pp.

Stephenson, R.W., Luna, R., Petry, T. (2003). “ASDSO Technical Seminar Course Notes: Basic Soil

Mechanics”, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Lexington, KY, 350pp.

Stephenson, R.W., Luna, R., Petry, T. and Lentz, R., (2002). “Quality Geotechnical Laboratory Testing”,

University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, 200pp.

Luna, R., (2002). “Ground Mobility Indicators for Spectral Data and Image Analysis – Phase II”, Report

prepared for the Defence Evaluation Research Agency, Department of Civil Engineering, University of

Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, 53pp.

Petry, T., Bowders, J., Loehr, E., and Luna, R., (2001). “Determination and Prioritization of Geotechnical

Problems for Missouri DOT ”, Report RDT 03-001, RI 99-029, Missouri Department of Transportation,

Jefferson City, MO, 170pp.

Anderson, et al. (with Luna), (2001). “Earthquake Hazard Assessment Along Designated Emergency

Vehicle Priority Access Routes”, Report No. RDT 01-009, RI 98-043, 390pp.

Luna, R., (2000). “Ground Mobility Indicators for Spectral Data and Image Analysis”, Report prepared

for the Defence Evaluation Research Agency, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-

Rolla, Rolla, MO, 38pp.

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Keaton, J.R., Henthorne, R.W., Luna, R., and Mays, M.D., (2000). “Exploration and Classification of

Earth Materials”, TRB Millennium Paper, National Academies, Washington, D.C., 5 pp,

http://www.nationalacademies.org/trb/publications/millennium/00038.pdf.

Luna, R. (1998). “Digital Image Analysis Techniques in Fiber/Soil Mixtures”, Report No. LADOTD/322,

Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Baton Rouge, 57 pp.

Carroll, D.P., Frost, J.D., and Luna, R., (1997). “Earthquake Hazard Assessment - Spatial LIQUFAC”,

Users Manual, prepared for the US NAVFAC, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 40 pp.

Luna, R., Editor, (1997). “Geoenvironmental Engineering Lab Manual”, prepared for use in the CVEN

348 laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tulane University, , 63 pp.

Luna, R. and Frost, J.D., (1995). “Liquefaction Evaluation using a Spatial Analysis System”, Report No.

GIT-CEE/GEO 95-3, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 202 pp.

Luna, R., (1995), “Liquefaction Evaluation using a Spatial Analysis System”, Ph.D. Thesis submitted to

the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.

(selected for Georgia Institute of Technology Report publication, see above).

Rowan, M., R. Luna, A. Daniels, and S. Sorrow, (1994). “Data Base Sources and Documentation for the

Geotechnical-Seismic-Geologic, Geographic Information System (GSG/GIS)”, Report prepared for

Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA.

Presentations, Seminars and Short-courses

Presentations

“LRFD Resistance Factors for Driven Piles in Missouri”, invited by the Director of Research, MoDOT,

Transportation Engineers Association of Missouri, invited by the Missouri Department of Transportation,

March 2013, Invited.

“Techniques for Soil Sampling”, invited by the MoDOT Geotechnical Director, Shallow Exploration

Drillers Clinic Conference, Springfield, MO, April 2013, Invited.

“Calibration of Resistance Factors for Axial Capacity of Driven Piles into Missouri Soils”, invited by the

ASCE Kansas City Geotechnical Committee, Annual Kansas City Specialty Geotechnical Seminar 2012,

January 20, 2012, Invited.

“Reconnaissance Report of the May 28, 2009 Honduras Earthquake, M 7.3”, invited by Prof. Jie Han,

University of Kansas, CArE Engineering Department, Geotechnical Society, September 19, 2011, Invited.

“LRFD Calibration for MoDOT Design of Driven Piles”, invited by the Missouri Department of

Transportation, 2011 Midwest Geotechnical Conference, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 13, 2011, Invited.

“The Impact of Geotechnical Hazards on Earthquake Engineering”, invited by Provost to the XXIII

Semana de Ingenieria Civil, Universidad Technologica de Panama, Panama City, Oct. 2010, Invited.

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“General Report – Session 4: (a) Liquefaction and Seismically-Induced Settlement, Ground Failures, and

Seismic Studies on Recent Earthquakes; (b) Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes, Landfills,

and Earth Dams Under Earthquakes”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference in Recent Advances

in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA, 2010.

“Reconnaissance Report of the May 28, 2009 Honduras Earthquake, M 7.3”, Proceedings of the 5th

International Conference in Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil

Dynamics, San Diego, CA, 2010.

“Recent Geotechnical Development in Geospatial Information Systems Technology”, State-of-the-Art

and Practice presentation at the 6th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical

Engineering, Arlington, VA, 2008, Invited.

"New Madrid Earthquake Hazard and Impact to Highway System", invited by the Dept. of Civil &

Environmental Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2008, Invited.

“Liquefaction Behavior of Mississippi River Silts”, presented at the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

and Soil Dynamics, Geo-Institute ASCE Specialty Conference, Sacramento, CA, May 2008.

“Damage Assessment of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure using LiDAR”, presented at the GeoDenver 2007

Conference, ASCE Geo-Institute, Denver, CO, 2007.

“Earthquake Hazard Input for Loss Estimation Study: St. Louis Highway System”, presented at

GeoCongress’06, ASCE Geo-Institute, Atlanta, GA, 2006.

Commencement Address - Keynote Speaker, presented at the commencement ceremony of the

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2005, Invited.

“Deslizamientos de Tierra Mitigación y Métodos de Construcción”, presented to the Departamento de

Ingeniería Civil Administrativa de la Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala, 2005.

“Desarrollo Sostenible Entorno a Desastres – Deslizamientos de Tierra Capitalinos”, presented to the

Asociación de Ex-Alumnos de la Universidad del Valle, Guatemala, 2005.

“Deslizamientos de Tierra - Mitigación y Métodos de Construcción”, presented to the Facultad de

Arquitectura, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, 2005.

“Evaluation of Bridge Approach Slabs, Performance and Design”, presented at the Missouri Department

of Transportation, Soils & Geology Division, Jefferson City, MO, 2004.

“Earthquake Assessment of Critical Structures for Route 60 Missouri”, presented at the 4th International

Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego,

CA, 2001.

“General Report: Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of Foundations of Bridges and Other Sub-Structures,

Seismic Retrofit Projects and Procedures in California”, presented at the 4th International Conference on

Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA, 2001.

“CPT Data Management and Standards”, presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Transportation

Research Board, NRC, Washington, D.C., 1999.

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“Spectral Characterization of Soils and Organic Matter in Engineering”, presented at the 13th International

Conference on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, Vancouver, Canada, 1999.

“Spatial Evaluation of Earthquake Induced Deformations”, presented at the Geotechnical Earthquake

Engineering and Soil Dynamics III Specialty Technical Conference, Seattle, WA, ASCE, 1998.

“Integrating Hazards Analyses and Disaster Response Systems”, presented at the Pan Pacific Hazards ‘96

Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 1996.

“Quality of Borings for Use in Liquefaction Spatial Analysis”, presented at the 10th PanAmerican

Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, ISSMFE, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1996.

“Earthquake Hazard Assessment - Spatial LIQUFAC”, presented to the US Navy Facilities Command,

Chief Engineer, Washington, D.C., 1997.

Seminars and Short-courses

“ASDSO Technical Seminar: Basic Soil Mechanics”, presented for the Association of State Dam Safety

Officials, Oklahoma City, OK, February 2013.

“Quality Geotechnical Laboratory Testing”, presented at the Missouri University of Science and

Technology, Rolla, MO, January 2012.

“Towards a New Era in Bridge Engineering - LRFD Design of Bridges for Guatemala”, invited by the

Guatemala Association of Construction Contractors (AGCC), October 27-28, 2011, Invited.

“ASDSO Technical Seminar: Structural Behavior Monitoring for Dam Safety”, presented to the

Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Albuquerque, NM, July 2009.

“Quality Geotechnical Laboratory Testing”, presented at the Missouri University of Science and

Technology, Rolla, MO, June 2009.

“Embankment Design of Levees”, presented to the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, Jefferson

City, MO, December 2008, Invited.

“Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake Engineering Practical Applications”, presented at the Hilton St.

Louis Airport Hotel, St. Louis, MO, August 2008.

“ASDSO Technical Seminar: Advanced Slope Stability Analysis”, presented to the Association of State

Dam Safety Officials, Philadelphia, PA, July 2008 and Salt Lake City, UT, October 2008.

“Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Dam Failure”, presentation to the St. Louis Section of ASCE at the

Engineers Club in St. Louis, MO, April 2008, Invited.

“ASDSO Technical Seminar: Advanced Slope Stability Analysis”, presented to the Association of State

Dam Safety Officials, Rolla, MO, July 2007 and Denver, CO, October 2007.

“Quality Geotechnical Laboratory Testing”, presented at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO,

July 2007.

“Investigación de Campo y Laboratorio para Suelos”, presented to the Colegio de Ingenieros de

Guatemala y AGIES, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2005, Invited.

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“Cimentaciones”, 2-day short-course delivered at the Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad del

Valle de Guatemala, Junio 2005.

“Quality Geotechnical Laboratory Testing”, presented at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO,

July 2005.

“Ensayos de Suelo Triaxiales”, presented to the geotechnical engineering community Club de Oficiales,

Guatemala, April 2005.

“Ensayos de Suelo - Consolidación y Triaxial”, presented to the technical staff of the Departamento de

Ingeniería Civil y Centro de Investigaciones de Ingeniería de la Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala,

Mayo 2005.

“Estructuras Geotécnicas”, academic year course delivered in the Departamento de Ingeniería Civil,

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Jan-May 2005.

“ASDSO Technical Seminar: Basic Soil Mechanics”, presented for the Association of State Dam Safety

Officials, Rolla, MO, 2003, Manchester, NH, 2003, Lexington, KY, 2004, and Portland, OR, June 2004.

“Quality Geotechnical Laboratory Testing”, presented at the University of Missouri-Rolla, MO, 2002.

“Geotechnical Earthquake Hazards Using a Spatial Analysis System” presented at the NSF Grantees

Workshop on Natural Hazards, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1995.

“Liquefaction Analysis in a GIS Environment”, presented at the NSF Workshop on Geographic Information

Systems and their Application to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Atlanta, 1993.

Grants Funded

External Sponsors

SWZDI-Iowa State University, “Effects of Road Construction Intensity and Operations on Rural Freeway

Work Zone Capacity”, FY13-14, $49,966 agency, $25,034 match, PI (100%).

Missouri Department of Transportation, “Pavement Preservation Research Program”, FY 12-14,

$583,668 agency, $500,000 match, $1,083,668 total, Co-PI (19%).

Missouri Department of Transportation, “Evaluation of Pile Load Tests for Use in Missouri LRFD

Guidelines”, FY 12-14, $100,226 agency + $17,357, $50,113 MATC match, $150,339 total, PI (100%).

Mid-America Transportation Center, “Micropile Instrumentation and Monitoring”, FY 11-12, $18,937

agency, $33,118 match, $52,055 total, PI (100%).

Geo-engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (UC Berkeley, NSF CMMI-0825734), “2009

Honduras Earthquake Reconnaissance”, FY09, $3,600, travel grant PI (100%).

Association of State Dam Safety Officials, “Structural Behavior Monitoring for Dam Safety”, FY 09-10,

$108,780, PI (60%).

Missouri Department of Transportation, “Transportation Geotechnics Research Program - Task 2”, FY

08-2010, $62,987 agency, $41,991 UTC match, $104,978 total, PI (100%).

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Missouri Department of Transportation, “Transportation Geotechnics Research Program - Task 4”, FY

08-2010, $49,630 agency, $49,630 UTC match, $99,260 total, PI (100%).

Association of State Dam Safety Officials, “Advanced Technical Seminar: Slope Stability Analysis”, FY

08-09, $55,723, PI (60%).

National Science Foundation, “Introduction of GIS into Civil Engineering Curricula”, FY 07-10,

$499,800 agency, $17,000 match, $516,800 total, PI (40%).

Department of Education, “Doctoral Training in Civil Engineering Infrastructure”, FY 07-10, $383,643

agency, $95,910 match, $479,553 total, Co-PI (14%).

Association of State Dam Safety Officials, “Advanced Technical Seminar: Slope Stability Analysis”, FY

07-08, $74,915, PI (60%).

USGS Geographic Science Center, “Data Collection and Dissemination of Storm Damage to the Gulf

Coast – Katrina Hurricane”, FY 05-06, $45,000, PI (19%).

Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, (via SEMA), “UMR Hazards Mitigation Plan”, FY 06,

$79,317 agency, $26,615 match, $105,932 total, Co-PI (50%).

Missouri Department of Transportation, MoDOT, “Comprehensive Shear Wave Velocity Study:

Poplar Bluff, Missouri”, FY 04-05, $101,009 agency, $28,896 UTC match, 129,905 total, Co-PI (33%).

National Science Foundation, “Learning System to Integrate GIS into Civil Engineering Curricula”,

FY04-05, DUE Award# 0341016, $74,935 agency, 7,000 match, $81,935 total, PI (30%).

US State Department, Fulbright Scholar Award, “Landslides – induced by heavy rainfall and seismic

activity”, FY04-05, $30,600, PI (100%)

Department of Interior, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, “Static, Dynamic and Liquefaction Behavior of

Silts”, FY 04-05, $106,765, PI (70%).

Missouri Department of Transportation, MoDOT, “Evaluation of Bridge Approach Slabs Performance

and Design”, FY 02-03, $29,151 agency, $20,164 UTC/UMR match, $49,315 total, PI (100%).

National Science Foundation, “Upgrade of Geodynamics Laboratory”, FY 02-03, $70,179 agency,

$33,702 match, $104,421 total, PI (60%).

Association of State Dam Safety Officials, “Basic Soil Mechanics”, FY 02-03, $66,326 agency, Co-PI

(20%).

AmerenUE, “Lower Osage River Erosion Studies”, FY 02-03, $350,000 agency, Co-PI (25%).

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), “Earthquake Mitigation Research Program for Highway

Systems”, FY 02-04, $800,000 agency, $200,000 match, $1,000,000 total, Co-PI (17%).

Department of Education, "GAANN Fellowship Program on Doctoral Training in Civil Infrastructure

Engineering”, FY 01-04, $409,500 agency, $260,790 match, $670,290 total, Co-PI (22%).

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE), Academic Affairs, “Liquefaction

Demonstration – Research and Design”, FY 01-02, $1,500 agency, $1,000 match, $2,500 total, PI (100%).

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Defence Evaluation Research Agency (via Missouri Enterprise), “Ground Mobility Indicators for Spectral

Data and Image Analysis Phase II”, FY 00-01, $20,500 agency, PI (100%).

National Science Foundation, “Spatial Network of Bioaccumulation in Food Webs”, FY 00-02, $415,488

agency, Subcontract to UMR $80,152, Co-PI (33%).

U.S. Department of Transportation, “CE 401 Health Monitoring and Retrofit of Geotechnical Systems”,

FY 00-01, $6,509 agency, Co-PI (60%).

MoDOT, “Determination and Prioritization of MoDOT Geotechnical Related Problems with Emphasis on

Effectiveness of Designs for Bridge Approach Slabs and Pavement Edge Drains”, FY 00-02, $80,846

agency, $45,648 match, $126,494 total, Co-PI (40%).

Defence Evaluation Research Agency (via Missouri Enterprise), “Ground Mobility Indicators for Spectral

Data and Image Analysis”, FY 00-01, $14,820, PI (100%).

Missouri Research Board, “Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Surface Soils”, FY 00-01, $21,620 agency,

PI (100%).

MoDOT, “Earthquake Hazard Assessment along Designated Emergency Access Routes”, FY 99-00,

$142,500 agency, Co-PI (10%).

Louisiana Board of Regents, “Geomaterials Characterization using Digital Imaging”, FY 99-02, $127,520

agency, PI (100%), $49,236 funded, then declined FY 00-02 funding due to move to UMR.

U.S. DOD – DTRA-EM, “Spatial Network Modeling of the Biological Fate of Aquatic Ecosystem

Contaminants”, FY 99-00, $70,217 agency, $22,160 match, $92,377 total, PI (70%).

National Science Foundation, “Natural Disasters and Industrial Activities in the Urban Environment:

Potential Impacts of Joint Events and Preparedness for Industrial Accidents Caused by Natural Disasters”,

FY 99-02, $241,951 agency, Co-PI (25%).

LaSPACE Consortium - NASA/La Board of Regents, “Imaging Spectroscopy for Geomaterials

Characterization”, FY 99, $9,315 agency, $14,556, $23,881 total, PI (100%).

National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC), Summer Program for Environmental

Engineering and Science (SPEES), FY 98-99, $30,000 agency, PI (50%).

Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC), “Digital Image Analysis Techniques for Pavement

and Soil Materials”, FY 97-98, $19,645 agency, PI (100%).

National Science Foundation, “Research Planning for Spatial Evaluation of Geotechnical Earthquake

Hazards”, FY 97-98, $17,774 agency, $22,124 match, $39,898 total, PI (100%).

U.S. DOE - Tulane-Xavier EM Project, “Fate and Transport Modeling of Radionucleides and

Contaminants in Surface Aquatic Environments - Swamps, Bayous, and Rivers in Louisiana and

Belarus”, FY 97-98, $189,519 agency, Co-PI (15%).

U.S. Navy - Office of the Chief Engineer, Spatial Liquefaction Evaluation of Treasure Island, FY 96-97,

$25,000 agency, Co-PI (50%).

Tulane Lilly Education Endowment, Development of New Undergraduate Course, Waste/Residuals

Facility Design and Management, FY 96-97, $5,000 total, PI (100%).

Ronaldo Luna –


U.S. DOE – Tulane – Xavier EM Project, “Modeling and Assessment of Environmental Quality for

Bayous and Swamps”, FY 96-97, $53,854 agency, $19,382 match, $73,236 total, Co-PI (50%).

Internal OURE Awards

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE), Undergraduate Affairs, Skylar

Knickerbocker, FY 10-11, $1,200, PI (100%).

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE), Undergraduate Affairs, Four (4) Students:

Omar Conte, Paul Hamilton, Daniel Weingart, and Matt Rankins, FY 09-10, $4,400, PI (100%).

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE), Undergraduate Affairs, Two (2) Students:

Yasmin Hassen and Heather Parnell, FY 07-08, $2,200 agency, $2,200 total, PI (100%).

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE), Undergraduate Affairs, “Bender

Elements”, FY 06-07, $1,200, PI (100%).

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE), Undergraduate Affairs, Four (4) OURE

students: C. Beardslee, J. Duehning, J. Keeven, and B. Bowling, FY 04-05, $4,800, PI (100%).

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE), Undergraduate Affairs, “Earthquake

Engineering Assessment of Highway Bridges”, FY 02-03, $1,200 agency, $500 match, $1,700 total, PI

(100%).

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE), Academic Affairs, “Spectral Response of

Civil Engineering Surfaces”, FY 00-01, $1,400 agency, $1,000 match, $2,400 total, PI (100%).

Professional Service and University Citizenship

Professional

Chair, Computational Geotechnics Committee, GeoInstitute, ASCE, 2008-11.

Committee Member, NRC TRB (AFP30), Soil and Rock Properties, 2000-10.

Committee Member, NRC TRB (AFP20) Expl. and Classif. of Earth Materials, 1999-07.

Committee Member, St. Louis Section Geotechnical Committee, ASCE, 2007-present.

Team Member, Geo-Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance, UC-Berkeley, CA, 2007.

Editor, Soil & Rock Behavior and Modeling, ASCE GeoShanghai Int’l. Conference, 2006.

Technical Working Group, St. Louis Earthquake Hazard Mapping Project, USGS, 2006-present

Asociación Guatemalteca de Ingenieros Estructurales y Sísmicos (AGIES), Asociado I, 2005-07.

Committee Member, Computing Geotechnics (Computer Applications) Committee, ASCE Geo-

Institute, 1999-08.

Geotechnical Steering Committee, ASCE, New Orleans Branch, 1997-99.

President, Geotechnical Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993-94.

Engineers without Border Faculty Mentor and Traveler, 2005-08.

Reviewer of Proposals

o National Science Foundation – Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Systems –

Geotechnical and GeoHazards Program: Unsolicited and CAREER proposals.

Ronaldo Luna –


o National Science Foundation – Division of Undergraduate Education – Course, Curriculum

and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI).

o Federal Emergency Management Agency – Disaster Resistant University

o University of Missouri System – Research Board, ~ semi-annual.

o National Science Foundation – Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES):

Small Group and NEESR proposals.

Reviewer of Journal Articles, Conference Papers, and Books

o ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

o ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

o ASCE Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering

o ASCE Natural Hazards Review

o ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering

o Journal of Engineering Education

o Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal, Springer.

o Journal of Soil Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering

o Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Journal

o Journal of Earthquake Engineering

o Canadian Geotechnical Journal

o International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

o Engineering Geology

o National Research Council, Transportation Research Board,

o American Society of Testing and Materials - Geotechnical Testing Journal

o Artificial Neural Networks International Conferences, UMR

o International Conferences in Case Histories, UMR

o GeoShanghai 2006 Conference, GI-ASCE, Shanghai China.

o ASCE Geo-Institute Congress, annual.

o International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Conferences

o McGraw Hill Book Publisher, series in geotechnical engineering.

o Prentice Hall, Civil Engineering Series.

o J. Wiley & Sons, Civil Engineering (geotechnical).

Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla

Assistant Chair for Civil Engineering, 2010-present

Promotion and Tenure Campus Committee, 2012-2014

University Grievance Committee, 2012, and Adhoc committee, 2012-13.

Chair, Promotion and Tenure, Department Committee, 2010-11.

Discipline Specific Curriculum Committee, Engineering, 2010-11.

Chair, Civil Engineering Undergraduate Program Curriculum (CE-UPC) Committee, 2008-11.

Female & Underrepresented Minority Faculty Recruiting & Retention Taskforce, 2006-11.

University Campus Facilities Committee, Missouri S&T, 2008-10.

Faculty Senate Representative, Missouri S&T, 2005-09.

Missouri State University and Missouri S&T, Undergraduate program development, 2008-09.

Faculty Search Committee: Jones Endowed Chair & MSU CE faculty recruitment, 2008-09.

Computer Affairs Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, 1999-09.

Freshmen Engineering Advisor, University of Missouri – Rolla, 2006-08.

OURE Department Coordinator, University of Missouri – Rolla, 2006-09.

Ronaldo Luna –


Faculty Mentor, Engineers without Borders, Missouri S&T Student Chapter, 2005-09.

Advisory Board, Engineers without Borders, Missouri S&T, 2008-09.

Graduate Affairs Committee, Department of Civil Engineering, 1999-07, Chair 2004.

Faculty Advisor, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Missouri S&T, 2004-09.

Faculty Co-Advisor, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Missouri S&T, 2000-08

Faculty Advisor, ASCE Student Chapter, Tulane University, 1995-99.

Thesis/Dissertation Graduate Committee Member:

o Xin Kang, PhD, 2014

o Mohammed Farooq Ahmed, PhD, 2013

o Domenica Cambio, PhD 2012

o Site Onyejekwe, PhD 2012

o Masafumi Iai, PhD 2010

o Daxiao Liu, MSCE 2010

o Jared E. Brewe, PhD 2009

o Adam F. Sevi, PhD 2008

o Ali M. Izadi, PhD 2008

o Chakkaphan Tirasirichai, PhD, 2007

o Honghua Zhao, PhD, 2007

o Chen-Ping Jiang, PhD, 2005

o Danielle K. Stone, PhD, 2004

o Saad Farag, PhD, 2000

o Lori Kindervater, MSCE, 2007

o Ali M. Izadi, MSCE, 2006

o Rachel Mudd, MSCE, 2006

o John M. Sullivan, MSCE, 2004

o Rachel Schiller, MSCE, 2003

o Nick Beckmann, MS GeE, 2002

o Tatiana Angioni, MS Geology, 2002

o Robert Myers, MSCE, 2001

Local Community

Phelps County Disaster Committee, Volunteer.

Optimist International, Friends-of-Youth, Soccer Coach, 2003-05, 2009-11.

Rolla Area Youth Soccer League, Soccer Coach, 2005-06.

Rolla Public Schools, Career Day – Engineering and Science, Volunteer.

Rolla Girl Scouts, International Day Presentations (Guatemala), Volunteer.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Member, U.S. Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research (USUCGER).

Member, Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Member, Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), 2003-07

Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

Member, Chi Epsilon - The National Honor Society of Civil Engineers.

Member, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).

Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Member, National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE).

Member, ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling.

Member, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).

Miembro Asociado I, Asociación Guatemalteca de Ingenieros Estructurales y Sísmicos

(AGIES).

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