John A. Howie Profile

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Current Position

Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering - University of British Columbia

Field of Practice

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Academia-Professor

Expertise

Shallow Foundations Geosynthetics for Reinforcement Liquefaction Engineering Deep Dynamic Compaction Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) Pressuremeter

Dilatometer Laboratory Testing Retaining Walls Soil Dynamics In-Situ Settlements Shear Strength of Underground Materials Pile Foundations

PhD or Equivalent
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering - University of British Columbia : 01/09/1983 - 01/05/1991
MSc or Equivalent
- M.Sc. Civil Engineering - Queen's University : 01/09/1976 - 01/09/1978
BSc or Equivalent
- B.Sc. (Honours) - University of Glasgow : 01/10/1972 - 01/06/1976

University of British Columbia : ( 01/07/2020 - Present )
- Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering
- Retired
University of British Columbia : ( 01/08/1997 - 30/06/2020 )
- Associate Professor
- Research on field and lab characterization of soils
  Teaching in soil mechanics and foundation engineering
B.C. Hydro : ( 01/01/1997 - 01/04/1997 )
- Contract Geotechnical Engineer
- W.A.C. Bennett Dam, Sinkhole Investigation Team
Agra Earth & Environmental Limited, Burnaby, B.C. : ( 01/02/1988 - 01/05/1996 )
- Geotechnical Engineer
Ove Arup & Partners, Hong Kong : ( 01/04/1982 - 01/07/1983 )
- Geotechnical Engineer
- Included field review of construction, instrumentation monitoring and back-analysis of instrumentation results of substructure of new headquarters of Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
EBA Engineering Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta : ( 01/08/1979 - 01/02/1982 )

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