I am an Associate Professor and Faculty Director of Distance Graduate Credit Programming in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with specific responsibilities for the Sustainable Systems Engineering and Power Engineering distance degree programs. As the Associate Chair of the Department of Engineering Professional Development, I have overall responsibilities in outreach, research, continuing engineering education, and distance learning in the areas of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, sustainability, and energy geotechnics. I have specialized (consulting, expert support, and research) expertise in foundation investigation, monitoring, and research for wind turbine generator foundations; heat transfer geotechnics for buried power cable design and geothermal exchange systems; and composite geomembranes for the containment of volatile organic compounds and greenhouse gasses. I am the proud recipient of numerous personal and team/project recognitions from ASCE, FHWA, and other organizations including a Dwight D. Eisenhower Research Fellowship, the ASCE Zone III Practitioner Advisor of the Year, and the ASCE Wisconsin Section Outstanding Young Engineer. I direct internationally attended engineering short courses, including Foundation Engineering Design, Slope Stability and Landslides, Solid Waste Landfill Design, and Wind Turbine Foundation and Tower System Design.
