Professional Development Workshop

Brina M. Montoya, Ph.D. , PE

Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State 

• Associate Editor for the Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering

• ASCE Geo-Congress 2023 Proceedings Co-Editor 

• Past Chair of the ASCE Soil Properties and Modeling

• Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 2012

• Before graduate studies, worked as a geotechnical consulting engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area

Research interests focus on: 1) Bio-mediated soil improvement to improve soil behavior when subjected to natural and anthropogenic hazards, 2) Material characterization for natural hazard mitigation 

Robert C. Bachus, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE 

Senior Principal engineer, Geosyntec Consultants

• BSCE - University of Illinois Chicago Circle (1974)

• MSCE - University of Illinois Chicago Circle (1975)

• Ph.D. - Stanford University (1982)

• Georgia Institute of Technology (1979 - 1990)

• Geosyntec Consultants (1990 - present)

Research interests focused on laboratory and in-situ testing, geosynthetics, ground modification, and beneficial reuse of coal combustion residuals (CCRs)

Professional practice covers a wide range of geotechnical and geo-environmental practice areas.  Particularly interested in performance of solid waste facilities, engineering properties of soils, rocks, and CCRs, geosynthetics engineering, data management and visualization, and risk assessment.

William M. Camp, III, PE, D.GE 

Vice President and Technical Principal, S&ME 

• BSCE – University of Virginia (1986)

• MSCE – University of Texas at Austin (1988)

• ABD – Georgia Institute of Technology (unlikely)

• S&ME (1988) – Technical Principal/Vice President

• Active in industry associations - Geo-Institute, DFI, PDCA, ADSC, ASCE 

Research interests - Soft ground development, deep foundations, ground improvement, seismic issues.

Ellen Rathje, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE

Professor,  Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

• BSCE - Cornell University (1993)

• MS / PhD - UC Berkeley (1994, 1997)

• Professor, University of Texas (1998 - present)

Research Interests  - Seismic slope stability, Site response analysis, Field reconnaissance (GEER), Remote sensing, Liquefaction consequences, Induced seismicity, Cyberinfrastructure

Erik Jensen, Ph.D., P.E. 

Consultant for Quest Integrity, LLC and Adjunct Professor – CU Boulder

Education:

• BS – 2010 – University of Massachusetts Amherst

• MS – 2013 – University of Colorado Boulder

• PhD – 2017 – University of Colorado Boulder

Work History:

• 2018 – CU Boulder / Los Alamos National Lab Postdoc

GI:

• Founding Member of SLC

• SPC, OEC, EDS, Comp. Geotechnics