What I do:
My job consists of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, attempting to figure
out how things work (research), and the training of engineers on how to build with or on
dirt (soil and rock). My area of expertise is in the branch of Civil and Geological
Engineering called Geotechnical Engineering.
Current research interests are focused on the design of buried flexible pipes (big and
small), how contaminants flow through the subsurface, and trenchless technologies. All
research activities are associated with the University of Waterloo Geomechanics Research
Group and/or the Centre for the Advancement of Trenchless Technology (CATT).
Experience:
 | Joined the University of Waterloo, Department of Civil Engineering, August, 1997 |
| Research Associate/Lecturer, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario,
January 1996 to July 1997 |
| PhD, Queen's University, 1992 to 1996 |
| Environmental Consultant, Arc & Associates LTD, 1992 |
| MScE, University of New Brunswick, 1990 to 1992 |
| Geotechnical Consultant, Jacques Whitford & Associates LTD, 1987 to 1990 |
| Materials and Geotechnical Engineer, New Brunswick Department of Transportation, 1985 to
1986 |
Education:
| PhD: Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1996
Thesis: Physical and numerical modelling of light non-aqueous phase liquid releases into
unsaturated fine sand
Supervisor: Dr. R. J. Mitchell |
| MScE: Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, 1992
Thesis: Performance and analysis of a Waffle-Crete wall
Supervisor: Dr. A. J. Valsangkar |
| BScE: Geological Engineering, University of New of Brunswick, 1984 |
Professional Associations:
| Professional Engineers of Ontario |
| Association of Professional Engineers of New Brunswick |
| Canadian Geotechnical Society |
| International Geosynthetic Society |
| North American Geosynthetic Society |
| Canadian Society of Civil Engineering |
| Engineering Institute of Canada |
| Centre for the Advancement of Trenchless Technology |
Professional Committees:
| Centre for the Advancement of trenchless Technology
 | 2001 Urban Underground research conference organizing committee |
| Seminar and conference committee |
| Research Co-ordinator |
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| Canadian Geotechnical Society Southern Ontario Region
| Executive board member |
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