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Welcome to the homepage of J. Duncan
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 J. Michael Duncan
Director of the Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research
Title : University Distinguished Professor - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Program Area : Geotechnical Engineering
Address : Patton Hall 104
E-mail : jmd(at)vt.edu
Telephone : (540) 231-5103
Professional Registration : Civil Engineer - California and Virginia
Alternate URL for this homepage : http://www.cee.vt.edu/people/duncan.html
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| Areas of Interest : |
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| Education : |
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- B.S. Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech 1959
- M.S. Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech 1962
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley 1965
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| Work Experience : |
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- Project Engineer,
Delta Engineering Company, Tampa, Florida 1959-1960
- Civil Engineer - Soils Division,
U. S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi 1962
- Assistant Professor to Professor of Civil Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley 1965-1984
- Research Engineer (on sabbatical from UC Berkeley),
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway 1971-1972
- W. Thomas Rice Professor of Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1984-1987
- University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech, since 1987
- Geotechnical Engineering Consultant since 1965
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| Professional Honors, Awards, and Recognitions : |
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- Honorary Member of ASCE, 1999
- Pletta Award - Outstanding Engineering Educator in Virginia, VSPE, 1994
- Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni, 1994
- Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993
- ASCE State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991
- Terzaghi Lecturer, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991
- Laurits Bjerrum Memorial Lecturer, Norwegian Geotechnical Society, 1991
- Arthur M. Wellington Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1989
- Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 1985
- Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1980
- George Westinghouse Award, American Society for Engineering Education, 1979
- Walter L. Huber Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1973
- Collingwood Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1972
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| Courses Taught : |
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- Earth Pressures and Foundation Structures
- Foundation Engineering I
- Seepage and Earth Structures
- Seminar
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| Selected Research Projects : |
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- Experimental and analytical investigations of piles and abutments of integral bridges
- Review of computer programs for analysis of deep foundations
- Geotechnical engineering in Piedmont residual soils
- Investigation of shear strength for pseudo-static analyses of repaired landslides
- Comparison of computer programs for analysis of reinforced slopes
- Quality control for ground improvement
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| Selected Publications : |
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- “Factors of Safety and Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering,” (2000), by J. Michael Duncan, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 4, April, 2000, pp. 307-316.
- “The Use of Back Analysis to Reduce Slope Failure Risk,” (1999) by James Michael Duncan, Civil Engineering Practice, Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 14, Number 1, Spring-Summer, 1999, pp. 75-91.
- “Investigation of the Resistance of Pile Caps to Lateral Loading,” (1999) by Robert L. Mokwa and J. Michael Duncan, A Report of Research Performed Under the Sponsorship of the Virginia Transportation Research Council, the Virginia Department of Transportaion, and Nikken Sekkei Ltd., 382 pp.
- “SAGE User’s Guide,” (1999) by David J. Bentler, Clark S. Morrison, J. J. B. Esterhuizen, and J. Michael Duncan, Report of the Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 165 pp.
- “SAGE User’s Guide, Volume II – Soil Properties Manual,” (1999) by J. Michael Duncan and Kai Sin Wong, Report of the Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 165 pp.
- Manual for Geotechnical Engineering Reliability Calculations,” (1999) by J. Michael Duncan, Michael Navin, and Katherine Patterson, Report of a Study Sponsored by the Virginia Tech Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research, December, 1999, 74 pp.
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