Jairo_Yepes-Heredia

Dr. Jairo Edmundo Yepes-Heredia

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  • Geotechnical Engineer

Academia-Professor

  • Earth / Rockfill Dams Deep Excavations Retaining Walls Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls Erosion Shallow Foundations Shaft Foundations
    Pile Foundations Landfill Engineering Seismic Geosynthetics for Reinforcement Seismic Slope Stability Liquefaction Engineering Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) Borehole Logging Laboratory Testing Landslides Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Finite Element / Finite Difference Pavement Risk & Reliability Rock Mass Characterization Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis Soil Dynamics Testing in the Laboratory Settlements Shear Strength of Underground Materials Soil Behavior Modeling Tunneling in Rock

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • Civil Engineering PhD - University of Texas at Arlington : 01/06/2011 - 19/10/2015
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Master of Science in Geptechnical Engineering - Universidad Nacional de Colombia : 01/08/2006 - 15/12/2009
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Civil Engineer - Universidad Nacional de Colombia : 01/09/2000 - 02/02/2006

  • Stem Doctoral Fellowship The University of Texas at Arlington, 2011

  • Missouri S&T : ( 15/05/2024 - 30/07/2025 )
    • Full-time Lecturer

    • Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
      Pavement Design
      Geotechnical Engineering
  • Washington State University : ( 01/08/2023 - 15/05/2024 )
    • Visiting Faculty

    • Geotechnical Engineering
      Pavement Design
  • University of Kentucky : ( 01/07/2022 - 01/06/2023 )
    • Researcher

    • Geotechnical Engineering
  • YH GEOMECANICA : ( 18/01/2021 - 30/07/2022 )
    • CEO

    • Consulting and Research in Geotechnical Engineering
  • Colombian Geotechnical Analysis : ( 01/10/2018 - 30/11/2019 )
    • geotechnical engineer

    • Geotechnical Engineer for the projects that the company develops
  • Texas A&M University : ( 01/07/2018 - 31/10/2018 )
    • Postdoctoral Researcher

    • Hydromechanical Behavior of unsaturated clayey soils
  • The University of Texas at Arlington : ( 01/06/2011 - 16/01/2016 )
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    • Graduate teaching assistant for the following courses: unsaturated soil mechanics, experimental soil mechanics, soil mechanics, constitutive modeling of soils, design of earth structures, soil dynamics.
  • Colombian Geotechnical Analysis : ( 05/01/2009 - 26/05/2013 )
    • geotechnical engineer

    • Geotechnical Engineer for projects related to: foundations, slope stability, pavements, tunnels, bridges, soil mechanics laboratory work.
  • National University of Colombia : ( 01/09/2008 - 31/05/2010 )
    • Professor

    • Professor for the CIvil Engineering Department, teaching the course: Soil Mechanics

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  • Suction stress via thermo-servo/constant-water content ring shear testing
    Journal Article published 2019 Apr 30 in Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication volume 7 issue 2 on pages 110 to 114
    Authors: Ujwalkumar D. Patil, Laureano R. Hoyos, Jairo E. Yepes, Anand J. Puppala, Surya S. C. Congress
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v07.016
  • Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Biochar and Biochar-Amended Soils for Landfill Covers
    Proceedings Article published 2018 Jun 20 in PanAm Unsaturated Soils 2017
    Authors: Girish Kumar, Jairo E. Yepes, Laureano R. Hoyos, Krishna R. Reddy
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784481691.041
  • Reconciling soil-water retention properties and shear strength parameters of compacted clayey soils via suction-controlled ring shear testing
    Journal Article published 2016 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 9 on page 09013
    Authors: Laureano R. Hoyos, Jairo E. Yepes, Anand J. Puppala
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160909013
  • Probabilistic Landslide Hazard for El Salvador
    Book Chapter published 2013 in Landslide Science and Practice on pages 329 to 336
    Authors: Carlos Eduardo Rodríguez-Pineda, Jairo Yepes-Heredia
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31325-7_43


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Suction stress via thermo-servo/constant-water content ring shear testing
Journal Article published 2019 Apr 30 in Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication volume 7 issue 2 on pages 110 to 114
Authors: Ujwalkumar D. Patil, Laureano R. Hoyos, Jairo E. Yepes, Anand J. Puppala, Surya S. C. Congress
http://dx.doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v07.016
Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Biochar and Biochar-Amended Soils for Landfill Covers
Proceedings Article published 2018 Jun 20 in PanAm Unsaturated Soils 2017
Authors: Girish Kumar, Jairo E. Yepes, Laureano R. Hoyos, Krishna R. Reddy
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784481691.041
Reconciling soil-water retention properties and shear strength parameters of compacted clayey soils via suction-controlled ring shear testing
Journal Article published 2016 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 9 on page 09013
Authors: Laureano R. Hoyos, Jairo E. Yepes, Anand J. Puppala
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160909013
Probabilistic Landslide Hazard for El Salvador
Book Chapter published 2013 in Landslide Science and Practice on pages 329 to 336
Authors: Carlos Eduardo Rodríguez-Pineda, Jairo Yepes-Heredia
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31325-7_43
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