Education

• Ph.D., Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering, 1994, University of Texas at Austin. Emphasis in soil dynamics.

• M. S., (Geotechnical) Engineering, 1987, University of California, Berkeley. Emphasis in rock mechanics.

• B. S., Civil Engineering, December, 1985, University of Texas at Austin, with highest honors.

Professional Registration: Civil Engineer, State of Nevada

Professional Positions

• 1995 to present. Assistant, Associate, and then full Professor (as of 2008) in Civil Engineering, UNLV. Topics of teaching and research encompass geotechnical, geological, and geophysical engineering and sustainable development, with emphasis on geophysical methods for geotechnical site investigation.

• 2007 to present (concurrent).  Adjunct Academic Faculty, Department of Geoscience, UNLV. Director, UNLV Applied Geophysics Center (AGC), a multi-disciplinary entity housed in the Department of Geoscience.  Since 2001, also serving as Director of the Engineering Geophysics Laboratory, which is now a subset of the AGC.

• Academic year 2001-2002. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Assessment, UNLV Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

• Spring, 1995. Lecturer and Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin. Teaching and conducting research in soil dynamics.

• 1990-1994. Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin.

• 1985-1990. Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. In situ geomechanical characterization of rock masses for deep geologic disposal of nuclear waste