Alexandra_Wayllace

Dr. Alexandra Wayllace

Connections 16
Publications 11

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Teaching Associate Professor - Colorado School of Mines

  • Geotechnical Engineer

Academia-Professor

  • Laboratory Testing Landslides Slope Stability Analysis Shear Strength of Underground Materials

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering - Missouri State University : 08/03/2004 - 08/03/2008
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • M.S. Systems Engineering (Civil) - Colorado School of Mines : 08/03/2002 - 08/03/2004

  • ASTM Award for Outstanding Article in the Practice of Geotechnical Engineering ASTM, 2014

  • Colorado School of Mines : ( 15/08/2010 - Present )
    • Teaching Associate Professor

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Spanish High High High
French Medium Low Low

  • Evolution of Strain Localization in Variable-Width Three-Dimensional Unsaturated Laboratory-Scale Cut Slopes
    Journal Article published 2017 Sep in Journal of Engineering Mechanics volume 143 issue 9 on page 04017085
    Authors: Michael S. Morse, Ning Lu, Alexandra Wayllace, Jonathan W. Godt
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)em.1943-7889.0001286
  • Measuring the Soil Water–Retention Curve Under Positive and Negative Matric Suction Regimes
    Journal Article published 2015 Apr 10 in Geotechnical Testing Journal volume 38 issue 4 on page 20140258
    Authors: Nahed Alsherif, Alexandra Wayllace, Ning Lu
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/gtj20140258
  • Closing the Loop of the Soil Water Retention Curve
    Journal Article published 2015 Jan in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering volume 141 issue 1 on page 02814001
    Authors: N. Lu, N. Alsherif, A. Wayllace, J. W. Godt
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0001225
  • Measurement of Thermal Conductivity Function of Unsaturated Soil Using a Transient Water Release and Imbibition Method
    Journal Article published 2014 Sep 19 in Geotechnical Testing Journal volume 37 issue 6 on page 20140046
    Authors: Yi Dong, Ning Lu, Alexandra Wayllace, Kathleen Smits
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/gtj20140046
  • Simultaneous and continuous measurements of thermal and hydrological properties of sand using Transient Release and Imbibition Method
    Book Chapter published 2014 Jun 5 in Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications on pages 1749 to 1754
    Authors: Yi Dong, Ning Lu, Alexandra Wayllace, Kathleen Smits
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17034-255


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Evolution of Strain Localization in Variable-Width Three-Dimensional Unsaturated Laboratory-Scale Cut Slopes
Journal Article published 2017 Sep in Journal of Engineering Mechanics volume 143 issue 9 on page 04017085
Authors: Michael S. Morse, Ning Lu, Alexandra Wayllace, Jonathan W. Godt
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)em.1943-7889.0001286
Measuring the Soil Water–Retention Curve Under Positive and Negative Matric Suction Regimes
Journal Article published 2015 Apr 10 in Geotechnical Testing Journal volume 38 issue 4 on page 20140258
Authors: Nahed Alsherif, Alexandra Wayllace, Ning Lu
http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/gtj20140258
Closing the Loop of the Soil Water Retention Curve
Journal Article published 2015 Jan in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering volume 141 issue 1 on page 02814001
Authors: N. Lu, N. Alsherif, A. Wayllace, J. W. Godt
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0001225
Measurement of Thermal Conductivity Function of Unsaturated Soil Using a Transient Water Release and Imbibition Method
Journal Article published 2014 Sep 19 in Geotechnical Testing Journal volume 37 issue 6 on page 20140046
Authors: Yi Dong, Ning Lu, Alexandra Wayllace, Kathleen Smits
http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/gtj20140046
Simultaneous and continuous measurements of thermal and hydrological properties of sand using Transient Release and Imbibition Method
Book Chapter published 2014 Jun 5 in Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications on pages 1749 to 1754
Authors: Yi Dong, Ning Lu, Alexandra Wayllace, Kathleen Smits
http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17034-255
Infiltration-induced seasonally reactivated instability of a highway embankment near the Eisenhower Tunnel, Colorado, USA
Journal Article published 2013 Jul in Engineering Geology volume 162 on pages 22 to 32
Authors: Ning Lu, Alexandra Wayllace, Seboong Oh
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.05.002
Analysis of rainfall-induced slope instability using a field of local factor of safety
Journal Article published 2012 Sep in Water Resources Research volume 48 issue 9
Authors: Ning Lu, Başak Şener-Kaya, Alexandra Wayllace, Jonathan W. Godt
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012wr011830
A Transient Water Release and Imbibitions Method for Rapidly Measuring Wetting and Drying Soil Water Retention and Hydraulic Conductivity Functions
Journal Article published 2012 in Geotechnical Testing Journal volume 35 issue 1 on page 103596
Authors: L. D. Suits, T. C. Sheahan, Alexandra Wayllace, Ning Lu
http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/gtj103596
Porosity evolution of free and confined bentonites during interlayer hydration
Journal Article published 2010 Jun 1 in Clays and Clay Minerals volume 58 issue 3 on pages 399 to 414
Authors: William J. Likos, Alexandra Wayllace
http://dx.doi.org/10.1346/ccmn.2010.0580310
Modified Direct Shear Apparatus for Unsaturated Sands at Low Suction and Stress
Journal Article published 2010 in Geotechnical Testing Journal volume 33 issue 5 on page 102927
Authors: L. D. Suits, T. C. Sheahan, William J. Likos, Alexandra Wayllace, Jonathan Godt, Ning Lu
http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/gtj102927
Microstructural Fabric Model for Upscaling Interlayer Volume Changes in Expansive Clay
Proceedings Article published 2007 Oct 14 in Advances in Measurement and Modeling of Soil Behavior
Authors: Alexandra Wayllace, William J. Likos
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40917(236)31
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