COURSES TAUGHT BY DR. GUTIERREZ 

Dr. Gutierrez has taught various undergraduate, graduate, and professional engineering courses. Dr. Gutierrez teaches courses related to soil mechanics and foundation engineering. He has also taught advanced courses related computational geomechanics. His teaching philosophy includes: 1) Emphasize fundamentals - while the practice and applications may change, the underlying theory remains, and common foundations and fundamentals can be applied to various uses. 2) Achieve balance between theory and practice - geotechnical engineering must always achieve a healthy balance between the two. There are many examples of this dichotomy in geotechnical engineering. For example, although we have theories for earth pressures for cohesive soils, in practice, we do not use cohesive backfills for retaining walls. We replace them with cohesionless backfills. 3) The ultimate objective of analysis is design, and although the main requirement is to solve the dilemma of achieving safety while reducing cost, there are other requirements, such as reliability, resilience, sustainability, durability, and ethical considerations, among others. 4) It is important to continue to be curious and fascinated. To do this, case histories can explain why geotechnical engineering is a truly interesting and challenging field of work.  

Dr. Gutierrez is available to give inspirational and motivational lectures on a wide range of topics.