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Thomas C. Sheahan, Sc.D., P.E. |
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Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering |
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Service Activities
(bold denotes leadership position)
Service to the Institution Department: Coordinator and Self-Study report writer, ABET accreditation visit, 2007 Director, Department Undergraduate Program and Undergraduate Advisor, Fall, 1998-Present Instructor, Chi Epsilon F.E. review course, 2008-present Chair, Website Redesign Group, 2005-2006 Chair, Structures Faculty Search Committee, 2005-2006 Department Scholarship Committee, 1996-Present Department Graduate Committee, 1995-2000. Civil Engineering Strategic Planning Committee, 1994-1995
College: Chair, COE Undergraduate Program Review Committee, 2009 Centennial Events Committee, 2008-2009 ABET Working Group, 2006-Present Jonas Chalk Column Editorial Team, 2000-2005 College Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2001-Present Open House Participant and Coordinator, 1995-Present Co-Developer, Minor in Materials Science, 2004 Participant, Connections/Building Bridges Outreach Programs, 1999-2008 College Faculty Council, 1998-1999 College Awards Committee, 1997-2000 Chair, College Academic Standing Committee, 1996-1997 College Academic Standing Committee, 1994-1995
University: Member, ADVANCE external mentor working group, 2008-2010 New England Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation visit, Standard 4 committee, 2007-2008 Chair, Faculty Senate General Education Implementation Committee, 2007-2008 Faculty Senate General Education Implementation Committee, 2006-2007 Drafted assessment plan for university-wide General Education requirement Reviewed Science and Technology Domain courses for inclusion Faculty Development Committee on reform of the Teaching Evaluation Process, 2005-2006 Chair Search Committee, Dept. of Communications Studies, 1998-1999 University Teaching and Learning Commission, 1995-1996
Service to the Discipline/Profession Professional Offices Held: Co-Organizer, Seabed Sediment Pore Pressure: Genesis, Measurement and Implications for Design/Analysis, NSF-sponsored workshop, Oslo, Norway, Mar. 25-26, 2009. Co-Editor, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 2002-2008 ABET Accreditation Program Evaluator (attended training April 26-27, 2008, Charlotte, NC) 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
Professional Society Specific Event Contributions: Organizing Committee, 7th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Boston, MA, Sept. 24-27, 2007. Sponsorship chair and Moderator, “Buildings and Benefits,” Session III. 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.
Other Professional Activities:
Ocean Leadership Program Travel grant awardee (to attend Integrated Ocean Drilling Planning Workshop, INVEST), Bremen, Sept. 22-25, 2009 Attendee, New England Educational Assessment Network (NEEAN) Fall Forum, Nov. 3, 2006, WPI, Worcester, MA. Louisiana Board of Regents Pilot Funding for New Research, corresponding proposal reviewer, 2008. Research Competitiveness Subprogram, corresponding proposal reviewer, 2006. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, corresponding proposal reviewer, 2006. Instructor, Soil Mechanics, Northeastern University Continuing Education, F.E. Review Course, 1998-2003, 2005-2007. Instructor, Soils and Foundations, Parts I, II and III, Northeastern University Continuing Education, P.E. Review Course, 1995-2003, 2005-2007. Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Corresponding Panel Reviewer, 2004. Attendee, Best Assessment Practices IV, March 1-2, 2004, Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology, Terre Haute, IN National Science Foundation, Panel Reviewer Civil and Mechanical Systems, 2002, 2004, 2007 Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program (OISE), 2007 Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Division, 2007 Massachusetts Port Authority Designer Selection Panel member, May, 2000-May, 2004 Selection of engineering design firms for capital improvement projects 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 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (Elsevier) 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 7th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, Boston, MA, Sept. 2007. 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. |
