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Thomas C. Sheahan, Sc.D., P.E.

 

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Professional Offices Held

 

Co-Editor, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 2002-Present

Editorial Board Member, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Jnl., 1998-2002

Editorial Board Member, ASCE Jnl. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng’g., 1997-2003

Member, Soil Properties Committee, Geo-Institute, ASCE

Member, Committee D-18 on Soil and Rock, ASTM

Chair, TRB Committee AFS20, Soils and Rock Instrumentation, 2000-2006 (member since 1994)

Member, TRB Committee AFP30, Committee on Soil and Rock Properties, 1997-2006

Technical Affiliate, ADSC: The Intl. Association of Foundation Drilling

 

Other Professional Society Activities

Organizing Committee, 7th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Boston, MA, Sept. 24-27, 2007.

Invited Attendee, First Japan-U.S. Workshop on Testing, Modeling and Simulation, Dedham, MA, June 27-29, 2003.  Paper presentation and recorder in session titled “Stress-strain behavior and residual strains obtained from cyclic loading.”

Organizing Committee Member, 12th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Cambridge, MA, June 22-26, 2003.  Paper presentation and co-chair, Session 3.1, “Groundwater seepage problems.”

Invited Attendee, Joint Agencies National Workshop on Future Sensing Systems, Lake Tahoe, NV, August 2002.

Organizing Committee Member, Soil Behavior and Soft Ground Construction Symposium, MIT, Boston, Oct. 5-6, 2001.  Proceedings published in ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 119.

Invited Attendee, ADSC Civil Engineering Faculty Workshop, Ft. Collins, CO, July, 2000.

Organizer and moderator, Session 84, Engineering, Planning, and Installation for Large-Scale Geotechnical Field Projects, TRB Annual Mtg., Washington, D.C, Jan. 1999.

Co-Organizer, Measuring and Modeling Time-Dependent Soil Behavior, Parts I and II, ASCE Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1996.  Proceedings published in Measuring and Modeling Time Dependent Soil Behavior,  ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 61.

Organizer, Sessions 21 and 52A, Small Magnitude Measurements in Geotechnical Engineering,TRB Annual Mtg., Washington, D.C, Jan. 1996.  Proceedings published in Transp. Res. Record No. 1432.

 

External Activities

Instructor, Soil Mechanics, Northeastern University Continuing Education, F.E. Review Course, 1998-2003, 2005, 2006

Instructor, Soils and Foundations, Parts I, II and III, Northeastern University Continuing Education, P.E. Review Course, 1995-2003, 2005, 2006.

Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Corresponding Panel Reviewer, 2004.

National Science Foundation, Panel Reviewer for Civil and Mechanical Systems, 2002, 2004.

Massachusetts Port Authority Designer Selection Panel member, May, 2000-May, 2004

Judge, ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards (Massachusetts), 2002.

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, reviewer for Environmental Science and Engineering grants, Texas Advanced Research/Advanced Technology Programs 1999

Reviewed papers for publication in the following journals and other peer review publications:

ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics

ASCE Natural Hazards Review

ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal and Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

TRB Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section of ASCE, Civil Engineering Practice

Marine Georesources and Geotechnology

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

 

Reviewed papers for the following conference proceedings:

ASCE Geo-Institute Specialty Conference, GeoTrans2004, Los Angeles, July, 2004.

ASCE Geotech. Spec. Publication No. 125 (honoring George G. Goble), 2004.

12th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Cambridge, MA, June, 2003.

ASCE Geo-Institute Specialty Conference, Amherst 2K: Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities, Amherst, MA, Apr. 2000.

ASTM Special Technical Publication No. 1374, Geotechnics of High Water Content Materials, Jan., 1999.

Proceedings, 4th Intl. Symposium on Env. Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development (Associate Editor), Aug., 1998.

ASTM Special Technical Publication No. 1350, Nondestructive and Automated Testing for Soil and Rock Properties, Jan., 1998.

ASCE Specialty Conference, Uncertainty in the Geologic Environment: From Theory to Practice, Madison, WI, Aug., 1996.

ASCE Sessions on Behavior of Gravelly Soils, San Diego, Oct., 1995.

ASCE Sessions on Application of Fracture Mechanics in Geotechnical Engineering, Atlanta, GA, Oct., 1994.

Settlement '94: ASCE Specialty Conference on Vertical and Horizontal Deformations of Foundations and Embankments, College Station, TX, June 16-18, 1994.

 

Advising Activities

Engineers without Borders student chapter faculty advisor, Sept. 2004-2006

ASCE student chapter faculty co-advisor, Sept. 2001-Present

            Advisor Certificate of Commendation, 2003, 2004, 2005

Chapter received National Outstanding Community Service Award, 2002, 2004, 2005

            Attendee, COE Student Leadership Retreat, 2003, 2005

Undergraduate faculty advisor, Jan. 1993-Present

Chief faculty advisor, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 1993-2002.

Acting faculty advisor, Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society, 1997-1998.

 

 

Last updated 12/07/2006