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CEE Faculty Profile
Paul W. Mayne
Professor
Presentations
- Keynote Presentation: State-of-the-art on Geomaterial Testing & Behavior. Deltares/GeoDelft at TU Delft, Holland on 02 November 2011.
- Keynote Presentation: Modern Geotechnical Site Characterization. ASCE Geotechnical Engineers, National Capital Section, Washington DC on Wednesday 12 October 2011.
- Keynote Presentation: Geotechnical Site Characterization in the Year 2011. The 6th annual Geo3T2 Conference by NCDOT in Raleigh on 05-06 April 2011: http://www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/highway/geotech/geo3t2/
- Invited Speaker: CPT Seminar. Geotechnical Engineers of Central America. Hyatt Hotel, Guatemala City (27 May 2010). Hosted by Swissboring Rodio and Conetec.
- Invited Opening Keynote: Summary of Regional Reports: 2nd International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT'10), Huntington Beach, CA (May 2010).
- Invited Speaker: Geotechnical Exploration using the Seismic Cone, Marriott Residence Hotel, NYC (26 April 2010).
- Invited Speaker: Site Characterization using the Cone Penetrometer, Radisson Hotel, Boston, MA (23 April 2010).
- Invited Speaker: Geotechnical Site Characterization by Seismic Piezocone Tests, Sheraton Hotel, Norfolk VA (16 April 2010)
- Invited Lecture: DFI-PCDA Seminar on Driven Piles, Baltimore, Maryland (March 12, 2010)
- Invited State-of-the Art (SOA-1) Keynote Presentation: Geomaterial Behavior and Testing: The 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt (October 2009).
- Invited Keynote: Applied CPT to Site Investigations. Cone Penetrometer Seminar, Torremirona Club House, Girona, Spain, 21 June 2009, sponsored by iGeotest, Inc.
- Invited Seminar Lecturer: Enhanced In-Situ Testing for Geotechnical Site Characterization (44 participants), Universite Politecnica de Catalunya, 18-19 June 2009.
- Invited Seminar Lecturer: GeoMO'09 - Annual One-Day Seminar, Missouri Univ. Science & Technology (Rolla), 08 May 2009.
- Michael W. O'Neill Lecture, University of Houston, CIGMAT Conference (350 attendees), 09 March 2009.
- Invited Keynote: Piezocone Testing in Maritime Site Investigations, 11th Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference, Gdansk, Poland, 22 Sept. 2008.
- Invited Seminar Lecturer: Enhanced In-Situ Testing for Offshore Investigations, Fugro Engineers BV (30 participants), Leidshendam, The Netherlands, July 2008.
- Invited Lecturer: Montreal Section, Canadian Geotechnical Society, June 2008.
- Invited Keynote: Geo-Omaha Annual Geotechnical Seminar, 15 Feb. 2008.
- Invited Presentation: Overview on In-Situ Test Calibration. Atlanta ASCE Geotechnical Section, Georgia Power Building, April 17, 2007.
- Invited Lecturer: Cross-Canada Lecture Tour, Fall 2007, Canadian Geotechnical Society. Lectures given in Quebec, Ottawa, Kingston (2), Toronto, Fredericton, St. John's, Winnepeg, Edmonton (2), Victoria, and Vancouver.
- Invited Lecture: Interpretation of In-Situ Testing at New Orleans Levees, US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, 19 December 2006.
- Invited Keynote: Overview on In-Situ Testing. Characterization & Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Proceedings Singapore Workshop, Dec. 01, 2006.
- Invited Presentation (with Harry Poulos): Enhanced Geotechnical Site Characterization, Civil Engineering Dept., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, June 2006.
- James K. Mitchell Lecture (05 June 2006), delivered at GeoShanghai Conference.
- Invited Lecture: Interrelationships of CPTU and DMT in Clays. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Flat Dilatometer Test, Hyatt Regency, Arlington VA, May 4, 2006.
- Invited Panelist: Session 1c: In-Situ Testing. (16th ICSMGE), Osaka, Sept. 12-15, 2005.
- Invited Presentation: Enhanced In-Situ Testing by Seismic Cone, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Oct. 2005.
- Invited Keynote: Integrated Ground Behavior: In-Situ and Laboratory Testing, Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, (Proc. Lyon 2003), published in Volume 2 (2005).
- Invited Lecturer: Characterization of Piedmont Residuum, Mini-Workshop, GeoQuebec October 24, 2004.
- Invited Reporter – Session 5: In-situ tests applied to practical problems. 2nd Intl. Site Characterization Conf., Sept. 21, 2004.
- Invited Keynote: ASCE Geotechnical Spring Seminar, North Carolina Section, Charlotte, NC, May 5, 2004.
- Invited Keynote: CIGMAT 2004 (Center for Innovative Geomaterials and Testing), Univ. Houston, March 2004.
- Testing for Embayment Seismic Excitation Experiments (ESEE) by SCPTUs, MAEC Earthquake Center Meeting, San Juan, Jan 2004.
- Invited Keynote: ASCE Geotechnical Section and University of Kentucky, December 9, 2003.
- Invited Lecturer, “Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential by In-Situ Testing”, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Seminar, San Juan, P.R., May 21-22, 2003, for Mid-America Earthquake Center.
- Invited Lecturer, "Enhanced Ground Characterization for Liquefaction Assessment", MoDOT Seminar in Cape Girardeau, MO, sponsored by MAE, March 3-5, 2003.
- Invited Lecturer, Characterization of Natural Soils Workshop, Singapore, Dec. 1-5, 2002.
- Field Demonstration of Cone Penetration Testing, Fugro Geosciences at CERI, Memphis, Sept. 2002.
- Invited Lecture, Padova University, Italy, June 14, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer on Enhanced In-Situ Testing, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May 31, 2002.
- Invited Discussion Leader, Session 1.2, Ground Property Characterization by In-Situ Tests, with M. Fahey, M. Ervin, R. Massarsch, A-B. Huang, & P. Tomukcu, 15th ICSMGE, Istanbul, August 28, 2001.
- Invited Lecturer, "Enhanced Ground Characterization for Geotechnical Investigations", Engineers Society of San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 6, 2001.
- Keynote Lecture. In-Situ 2001, International Conference on In-Situ Measurement of Soil Properties & Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Bali, Indonesia.
- CPTs in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), Mid-America Earthquake Center Meeting, New Orleans, Oct. 2000.
- Liquefaction Response of Soils in New Madrid Seismic Zone by CPT, USGS Hazard Mapping, St. Louis, June 2000.
- Keynote Lecture, Fourth International Geotechnical Engineering Conference, “Applications of Seismic Penetration Testing in Geotechnical Explorations,” January 24 - 27, 2000 by Cairo University, Egypt.
- Keynote Presentation, “Seismic Piezocone Use for Foundation Analysis in the Piedmont”, ASCE Atlanta Geotechnical Section, Georgia Power, November 16, 1999.
- Keynote Lecture, 1999 Annual ASCE Pittsburgh Geotechnical Engineering Seminar, “Enhanced In-Situ Geotechnical Testing”, November 13.
- Keynote Lecture, “Hybrid Geotechnical Testing for Site Characterization,” Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Atlanta, September 9, 1999.
- Invited Reporter, “Ground Property Characterization,” XI Pan Am Conference, Iguassu, Brazil, August 8-13, 1999.
- Invited Presentation, “Seismic Piezocone Results for the Cooper River Bridge”, Joint ASCE Meeting, North Charleston, South Carolina, March 26, 1999.
- Invited Presentation, “Seismic Piezocone Testing for Geotechnical Foundation Analysis”, Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research, Virginia Tech, Feb. 1999.
- Site Characterization by Seismic Piezocone, USGS Workshop with MAEC and CUSEC, St. Louis Univ., Jan. 6-8, 1999.
- Liquefaction Response of Soils by CPT, Workshop by Mid-America Earthquake Center, Memphis, December 2-4, 1998.
- Seismic Piezocone Testing in New Madrid Seismic Zone, Seminar by USGS and CERI, Univ. of Memphis, Nov. 1998.
- Keynote Lecture, 27th Midwest Geotechnical Conference - FHWA Region 5. “In-Situ Geotechnical Testing”; Participating DOTs from MI, IL, IN, OH, MN, NB, IO. Oct. 14 -16, 1998.
- Vibrocone for Evaluating Soil Liquefaction, ASCE Conf. on Earthquake Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Aug. 1998.
- Keynote Lecture, ASCE Annual Nebraska Section Seminar on In-Situ Soil Testing & Analysis, Kiewit Conference Center, Omaha; “Enhanced In-Situ Testing for Geotechnical Explorations,” February 27, 1998.
- Keynote Lecture, 47th Annual Geotechnical Conference, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Feb. 19, 1998: “Enhanced In-Situ Testing for Geotechnical Site Characterization.”
- Invited Presentation, Sociedad Colombiana de Ingenieros, “High-Temperature Plasma Vitrification of Soils”, 9th Colombian Geotechnical Jubilee, Bogota, Oct. 1997.
- Invited Presentation, 1997 Southeast Transportation Geotechnical Engineering Conference, by FHWA and DOTs from TN, GA, FL, KY, AL, SC, and NC, Chattanooga, Oct. 23, 1997: “Enhanced In-Situ Geotechnical Testing.”
- Keynote Lecture (with Prof. R.D. Holtz): “Enhanced In-Situ Testing for Site Characterization” 9th Colombian Geotechnical Jubilee, Bogota, Oct. 15-18, 1997, Ingeominas Society, Colombia.
- Invited Presentation, Cone Tec Seminar on Site Characterization for Environmental & Geotechnical Engineering, Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel, B.C., Oct. 1, 1997; “Plasma Magmavication of Geomaterials”.
- Invited Presentation, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton; Sept. 30, 1997: “High-Temperature Plasma Vitrification of Geomaterials.”
- Invited Presentation, Session 1.2 on Ground Characterization by In-Situ Tests, 14th ICSMFE, Hamburg, Sept. 12, 1997; “Site Characterization Aspects of Piedmont Residual Soils.”
- Site Characterization by Seismic Piezocone and Seismic Flat Dilatometer, Norwegian Geot. Inst., Oslo, Nov. 18, 1996.
- Characterization of Full-Scale Plasma Magmavication of Soils, Norwegian Univ. Science & Tech., Nov. 11, 1996.
- Invited Presentation, Southeast Asian Seminar Series, “Response of Drilled Shafts in Residual Soil and Partially-Weathered Rock”, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, June 17, 1996.
- Baseline Plasma Experiments for Geoenvironmental Restoration, GT Environmental Engrg. Seminar, April 10, 1995.
- Plasma Vitrification of Geomaterials, SE Transportation Geotechnical Engrg Conf., FHWA, Huntsville, AL, Oct. 1995.
- Axial Load Behavior of Two Drilled Shafts in Piedmont Residuum, Schnabel Engineering, Springfield, VA, Feb. 1995.
- Invited Presentation, "CPT Determination of OCR and Lateral Stresses in Clean Quartz Sands", Proceedings, Cone Penetration Testing (CPT'95), Vol. 2, Linköping, Sweden, Oct. 1995, 215-220.
- Seismic Piezocone and Vibrocone Penetrometers, CPT Workshop, U.S. Army Research Office, Austin, June 1994.
- Piezocone Evaluation of Overconsolidation Ratio in Clays, University of Texas/Austin, Texas, June 1994.
- Vitrification of Soils Using Plasma Technology, TRB Comm.A2L02, TRB, Washington, DC, Jan. 1994.
- Keynote Lecture, ASCE Annual Seminar, National Capital Section: “Profiling Overconsolidation Ratio in Clays by Dual-Element Piezocones”, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD., January 27, 1994.
- Magma Aggregates, TRB Committee A2H03, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 1994.
- Site Characterization for Geotech-Environmental, and Liquefaction Evaluation, Westinghouse/Bechtel, S.C., Oct. 1993.
- Field Characterization by In-Situ Test Methods, Georgia Department of Transportation, Forest Park, Georgia, Aug. 1993.
- Stress History Profiling by Piezocone Tests, Law Engineering Companies, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 1993.
- Cavity Expansion/Critical State Model for Piezocone-OCR Mapping in Clays, Golder Assoc., Atlanta, GA, Feb. 1993.
- Site Characterization of Structured/Residual Soils, NSF Workshop, CEMIG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Nov. 1992.
- Behavior of Drilled Shaft Foundations in Piedmont Residuum, ASCE, Atlanta GeotSection, Georgia Power, Nov. 1992.
- In-Situ Testing Techniques in the U.S., NSF Workshop, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Sept. 1992.
- Determining OCR by In-Situ Tests/Piezocone; University of Hong Kong, Civil & Structural Engineering, August 1992.
- NSF Workshop on Ground Modification, Subcommittee on Dynamic Compaction, Univ. Washington, August 1991.
- ASCE Student Chapter Seminar, Ground Modification by Dynamic Compaction, Georgia Inst. Tech, April 1991.
- Drilled Shafts Under Lateral and Moment Loading, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, May 1991.
- Experiments on Lateral-Moment Loading of Drilled Shafts, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, April 1990.
- Response of Shafts Under Lateral and Moment Loading in Clay, University of Texas, San Antonio, March 1990.
- Laterally-Loaded Drilled Shafts in Clay, Northeastern University, Boston, February 1990.
- Lateral and Moment Behavior of Shafts in Clay, Johns Hopkins University, Civil Engineering, Baltimore, February 1990.
- Behavior of Laterally-Loaded Drilled Shafts, Georgia Institute of Technology, January 1990.
Reports
- Larrahondo, J.M., Mayne, P.W., McGillivray, A.V., and Atalay, F. (2007). Final Technical Report: Assessing Highway Underdrain Performance in Georgia. GTI R6038 Report to Georgia Dept of Transportation (Project B02-662), Georgia Transportation Institute, Atlanta: CEE Project No. E-20-K86: 192 p.
- Mayne, P.W. (2006). Interim Report on Reconnaissance Visits: Assessing Highway Underdrain Performance in Georgia. GTI R6038 Report to Georgia Dept of Transportation, Georgia Transportation Institute, Atlanta: 164 p.
- Mayne, P.W., Liao, T., McGillivray, A. and Zavala, G. (2003). In-Situ Testing for Dynamic Compaction: Runway 5 at Atlanta Hartsfield Airport. GTRC Project E20-855 to Archer Western Contractors, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 75 pages.
- Mayne, P.W. and Zavala, G. (2003). Cone Penetration Testing for Evaluating Bridge Pile Response. GTRC Report E20-H71 to Georgia DOT (Project 2021), Forest Park GA: 201 p.
- Mayne, P.W. (2004). Final Report: Seismic Ground Deformation Modeling, Research Project HD-7 to Mid-America Earthquake Center, GT No. E-20-H53 and E-20-3F8, Geosystems Engineering/CEE, Atlanta, GA, 190 pages.
- Mayne, P.W. (2003). Report on Ground Deformation Modeling. MAE Project No. HD-7a, GTRC No. E-20-H53 to Mid-America Earthquake Center, UIUC, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 25 pages.
- Liao, T., Zavala, G., McGillivray, and Mayne, P.W. (2002). USGS Final Report - Seismic Ground Hazard Mapping in New Madrid Seismic Zone by CPT (March 1, 2002). GTRC No. E-20-G42, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.
- Liao, T., Zavala, G., McGillivray, Camp, W. and Mayne, P.W. (2001). Cone Penetration Testing for Seismic Hazards Evaluation in Memphis & Shelby County, TN (28 March, 2001). GTRC No. E-20-F47 to USGS, Reston/VA.
- Liao, T., Zavala, G., McGillivray, and Mayne, P.W. (2001). Seismic Ground Hazard Mapping in New Madrid Seismic Zone by CPT (November 1, 2001). GTRC No. E-20-G42 to U.S. Geological Survey, Reston/VA.
- Liao, T., Zavala, G, Camp, W. and Mayne, P.W. (2000). Results from seismic piezocone tests: Five sites at Mud Island, Memphis, TN. GTRC Project E-20-F47 to U.S. Geological Survey Central District, Memphis.
- Casey, T., McGillivray, A., and Mayne, P.W. (1999). Results of seismic piezocone tests for Marriott expansion, Memphis, TN, GTRC Project E-20-E87 to Dames & Moore, San Francisco, CA, 44 pages.
- Schneider, J.A. and Mayne, P.W. (1998). Results of seismic piezocone and flat plate dilatometer tests in Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee. MAE Project GT-3, GTRC No. E-20-677 to Mid-America Earthquake Center.
- Sabha-Kablawi, H., Mayne, P.W., Celes, J. and McGillivray, A. (1998). Geotechnical Calibration Program for an Optics-Chemical Sensor Module for CPT Detection of BTEX Contaminants, GTRI No. A-5507, CEE E20-601: 255 p.
- Schneider, J.A. and Mayne, P.W. (1998). Results of seismic piezocone penetration tests performed in Memphis TN and West Memphis AR. Interim Report GT-3 to Mid-America Earthquake Center, GIT/CEE, 55 pages.
- Mayne, P.W., Burns, S.E., Hegazy, Y.A., and Kates, G. (1996). Report of seismic piezocone and flat dilatometer tests, Pemiscot & Dunklin Counties, MO. GTRC Report E20-M04 to Missouri DOT, Jefferson City, MO, 85 p.
- Schneider, J., Waggener, K., and Mayne, P.W. (1996). Plasma vitrification experiments on SRS soils, Geosystems Engineering/CEE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.







