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Glenn J. Rix

Associate Chair, Finance and Administration and Professor

Affinity Group: Geosystems Engineering
Office: Mason 235
Swing Space: IPST 536
Phone: 404/894-2292
Email: glenn.rix@ce.gatech.edu

Biography

Dr. Glenn J. Rix is a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Rix earned his BSCE from Purdue University in 1982 and his MSCE and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984 and 1988, respectively. His primary research and teaching interests are in soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake [Read More]

Research Interests

  • Geotechnical earthquake engineering
  • Dynamic properties of soils
  • Non-destructive and non-invasive methods for site and material characterization in geotechnical and transportation engineering

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1988.
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1984.
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1982.

Selected Publications

  1. Rix, G. J., DesRoches, R. D., Pansic, N., and Hellstrom, J. (2009). “South Louisiana river and coastal ports: lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina,” TCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment, A.K.K. Tang and S.D. Werner, Eds., ASCE, Reston, VA, pp. 504-515.
  2. Werner, S. D., DesRoches, R. D., Rix, G. J., and Shafieezadeh, A. (2009). “Fragility models for container cargo wharves,” TCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment, A.K.K. Tang and S.D. Werner, Eds., ASCE, Reston, VA, pp. 853-864.
  3. Shafieezadeh, A., DesRoches, R. D., Werner, S. D., and Rix, G. J. (2009). “Seismic response of pile-supported container wharves,” TCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment, A.K.K. Tang and S.D. Werner, Eds., ASCE, Reston, VA, pp. 878-887.
  4. Rix, G. J., Werner, S. D., and Ivey, L. M. (2009). “Seismic risk analyses for container ports,” TCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment, A.K.K. Tang and S.D. Werner, Eds., ASCE, Reston, VA, pp. 888-899.
  5. Ivey, L. M., and G. J. Rix, and S. D. Werner. (2009). “Fragility and repair models for container wharves,” Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: From case history to practice, T. Kokusho, Y. Tsukamoto, and M. Yoshimine, Eds., CRC Press/Balkema, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 1799-1808.
  6. Rix, G. J. (2009). “Risk measures in design of geotechnical structures.” Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: From case history to practice, T. Kokusho, Y. Tsukamoto, and M. Yoshimine, Eds., CRC Press/Balkema, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 269- 272.
  7. Spencer, L. M., and G. J. Rix, (2008). “Small-strain dynamic properties of colloidal silica gel and sand mixtures,” Deformational Characteristics of Geomaterials, S.E. Burns, P. W. Mayne, and J. C. Santamarina, Eds., IOS Press, Amsterdam, Vol. 1, pp. 299-303.
  8. Spencer, L. M., G. J. Rix, and P. M. Gallagher, “Colloidal Silica Gel and Sand Mixture Dynamic Properties,” Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 181, D. Zeng, M. T. Manzari, and D. R. Hiltunen, Eds., American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 10 pp., 2008.
  9. Fernandez, J. A., G. J. Rix, and S. Gowdy, “Inversion Algorithm to Evaluate Velocity Profiles from Downhole Seismic Tests,” Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 181, D. Zeng, M. T. Manzari, and D. R. Hiltunen, Eds., American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 10 pp., 2008.
  10. Fernandez, J. A., and G. J. Rix, “Basin Effects in the Upper Mississsippi Embayment,” Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 181, D. Zeng, M. T. Manzari, and D. R. Hiltunen, Eds., American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 10 pp., 2008.
  11. Fernandez, J. A., and G. J. Rix, “Seismic Hazard Analysis and Probabilistic Ground Motions in the Upper Mississsippi Embayment,” Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 181, D. Zeng, M. T. Manzari, and D. R. Hiltunen, Eds., American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 10 pp., 2008.
  12. Kim, J. H., and G. J. Rix, “Simulation of Geotechnical Site Investigation in a Teaching Environment,” Educational Activities in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 166, Griffiths, D. V., Ed., American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 10 pp., 2007.
  13. Lai, C. G., S. Foti, and G. J. Rix, “Forward and Inverse Modeling of Uncertainty in Surface Wave Propagation,” GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age, DeGroot, D. J., DeJong, J. T., Frost, J. D., and Baise, L. G., Eds., American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 6 pp, 2006.
  14. Rix, G. J. and C. G. Lai, “Model-Based Uncertainty in Surface Wave Inversion,” GeoCongress 2006: Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age, DeGroot, D. J., DeJong, J. T., Frost, J. D., and Baise, L. G., Eds., American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, 6 pp, 2006.
  15. Romero-Hudock, S. and G. J. Rix, “Liquefaction Potential Mapping in Memphis, Tennessee Using Stochastically Simulated CPT Data,” Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization, Viana da Fonseca, A. and Mayne, P.W., Eds., Millpress, Rotterdam, Vol. 2, pp. 1199-2005, 2004.
  16. Meng, J. and G. J. Rix, “Measurement of Strain Rate Effects on Dynamic Soil Properties,” Advances in Geotechnical Engineering: The Skempton Conference 2004, Jardine, R.J., Potts, D.M., and Higgins, K.G., Eds., Thomas Telford, London, Vol. 1, pp. 545-555, 2004.
  17. Rix, G. J., and J. Meng, “A Non-Resonance Method for Dynamic Soil Properties,” Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Di Bennedetto, H., Doanh, T., Geoffroy, H., and Sauzéat, C., Eds., Swets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, Vol. 1, pp. 57-62, 2003.
  18. Foti, S., C. G. Lai, and G. J. Rix, Discussion of “Deformation of Landfill from Measurements of Shear Wave Velocity and Damping,” Géotechnique, 52(6), 465-467, 2002.
  19. Rix, G. J., “Review of Recent Developments in In Situ Seismic Testing,” Pre-Failure Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Jamiolkowski, M., Lancellotta, R., and Lo Presti, D., Eds., Swets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, Vol. 2, pp. 1333-1337, 2001.
  20. Hughes, M. L., L. J. Jacobs, and G. J. Rix, “Nondestructive Determination of Unknown Pile Tip Elevations Using Modal Analysis,” Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol. 20, AIP, Melville, New York, July, 2000.
  21. Rix, G. J., and C. G. Lai, "Simultaneous Inversion of Surface Wave Velocity and Attenuation," Geotechnical Site Characterization, P.K. Robertson and P.W. Mayne, Eds., Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 503-508, 1998.
  22. Baker, N. C., G. J. Rix, C. G. Lai, D. Conrad, and P. Grum, “Applying Geotechnical Soil Property Analysis Techniques to a Knowledge-Based System for Inference of Soil Strength Properties,” Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, April, 1995.
  23. Rix, G. J., “Inference of Classical Soil Properties from Cone Index Measurements Using Artificial Neural Networks,” Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil Engineering, 102 pp. 1994.
  24. Ellington, J. S., and G. J. Rix, “Installation Damage and Creep Tests,” Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil Engineering, 39 pp. 1993.
  25. Rix, G. J., and Stokoe, K. H., II, "Correlation of Initial Tangent Moduli and Cone Penetration Resistance," Calibration Chamber Testing, A.B. Huang, Ed., Elsevier, pp. 351-362, 1991