Professor, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
Research Engineer, Texas A&M Research Foundation
Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute
Eppright University Professor
M.E., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, August 25, 1961
B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, May 28, 1960
Educational Experience:
Professor: Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1977 - present,
Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M, 1977-1979.
Research Engineer: Texas A&M Research Foundation,1975 - present, Texas
Transportation Institute, 1977- present.
Associate Professor: Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Architecture, and
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1968-1975.
Associate Research Engineer: Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University,
1963-1975.
Assistant Professor: Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University, 1966-1968,
Departments of Civil Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University,
1963-1968.
Research Assistant: Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University 1960-1963
Industrial Experience:
Engineering Consultant to: Adams & Porter Associates; Alaska Department of Highways; Albritton Engineering
Corporation; Alcoa, Inc.; Alenco, Inc.; AMIS Information Associates; Aramco Services Corp.; Arco; Atlantic Richfield;
B. F. Diamond Construction Co.; Bechtel Power Corp; Benedict, Bowman, Craig & Moos
Engineering Consultants; Bilfinger & Berger Bauakteingesellschaft Overseas Dept.,
Germany; Blauvelt, Inc.; Boeing Computer Service; British Petroleum Development, Ltd.,
London; Brown & Root; Bureau of Management Information, C E Crest Engineering;
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; C. H. Leavell Co.; Chevron Oil; Chevron U.S.A., Inc.;
Chicago Bridge & Iron; Combustion Engineering; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Exec Dept
of Transportation and Construction; ConMaco, Inc.; Consultrix Engenheiros Consultores, Brazil;
Crest Engineering; D'Appolonia Consulting Engineers; Dames & Moore; Det Norske
Veritas, Oslo, Norway; Dow Chemical Co.; EBASCO Services, Georgia; ELF-SNPA, Bureau Commun
Detudes Marines, France; Engineering Associates, Inc.; Espy Huston & Associates; Esso
Production Research; Eustis Engineering; Exxon; Florida Dept of Transportation; Fluor
Ocean Services, Inc.; Frank's Casing, FMC Corporation; Fugro Gulf; Geocon Inc, Calgary, Canada;
Geotechnical Engineering/Testing Inc.; Getty Oil Corp; Goldstone Engineering; Golombek
Engenheiro Civil, Brazil; Gulf Research & Development; Haley & Aldrich, Inc.;
Hardaway Constructors, Inc.; Harris Antenna Corp; Hart-Crowser Associates; Houston Power
& Lighting Co.; Hurlen Construction Co.; Industrial Vehicles, International; J. H.
Pomeroy & Co.; John Bloom Associates; Kaiser Steel Corp.; Koehring Co.; Law
Engineering; Lehigh University; Lewis J. Capozzoli & Associates; Lufkin Prestressed
Concrete Co.; MacAuto United Kingdom, Ltd., London; MacDonald Automation; Marathon Oil;
Maunsell Consultants Aisa (Hong Kong); McClelland Engrs.; Metex Corp.; Michael
Construction, Inc.; Minnesota Department of Transportation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Japan; MKT Corporation; Mobile Research and Development; Morrison Kundsen; National
Research Council, Division of Highways; National Soil Services; P.S. Sarring &
Partners; Peter Kiewit Sons Contractors; Peto MacCallum, Ltd, Canada; Phillips Petroleum;
Pileco, Inc.; Pipeline Technologists; Public Service Electric & Gas of New Jersey;
Ralph M. Parsons Corp.; Raymond Pile Co.; Rohm & Haas Corp; Ramboll & Hannemann,
A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark; Santa Fe Engineering and Construction, Co.; Santa Fe
International; Sergent Houskins & Beckwith Consultants; Shell United Kingdom
Exploration, England; Shell Oil; Shilstone Engineering; Society National des Petroles de
Aquitaine, Pau, France; Soil Testing Engineers, Inc.; Spencer Buchanan, Inc.; State of
Nebraska Department of Roads; State of California Department of Transportation; Synercom,
Inc.; TERA; Testmasters; Texaco, Inc.; Trinity Engineering Testing Corporation; Trunk Line Gas; U. S.
Naval Civil Engineering Labs; U. S. Army Corps of Engineers -
CSS Georgia Ironclad, ; U. S. National Bureau of
Standards; U. S. Steel Corp; U. S. Army Construction Engineering Research Labs; U. S.
Department of Transportation; Union Carbide Corp.; Union Metal Manufacturing Co.; United
Van Lines; University of Houston; University of Surrey, England; Union Metal Manufacturing
Co.; URS/Forrest & Cotton; Walter P. Moore & Associates; Westerhoff & Novak, Inc.;
Woodward-Gardner Engineering, Inc.; Woodward-Krazynski, Inc; Woodward-White & Co.; Zef
Associates, others.
Transportation Research
Board - Committee on Motor Vehicle Technology A3B12
TAMU Mechanics and Materials Committee
TAMU Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Selection Committee
Faculty Tenure & Promotion Committee
Chairman - Excellence in Teaching Committee
TAMU College of Engineering Master Teacher Panel
TAMU Teaching Evaluation Committee
TEES/COE World Wide Web Development Coordination Committee
Publications:
"Why Care About Ethics?", two-part series with Michael J. Rabins and Mark Holtzapple, The
McGraw-Hill Chemical Engineering Magazine,
August and
September 1997
"Unconventional Methods for Shallow Water Flow Conductor Installation - Model
Validation and Improvement", with Juvkam-Wold and Choe, Final Report to the DeepStar
Consortium, DeepStar CRT No. DPIII 3501-D, November 1996.
"The Need for Systems Engineering Education", with Charles H. Samson, Jr.,
Proceedings of the Third Annual International Symposium, National Council on Systems
Engineering, Arlington, Va, July 26, 1993.
"Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Volume 2, Chapter 3", with Samson and Hirsch, J. B. Herbich, Editor, Gulf Publishing Co., 1991.
"Wave Equation Analysis of Vibratory Hammer-Driven Pile", with Chua and
Gardner, Offshore Technology Conference paper OTC 5396, 1987.
The Archaeological and Engineering Study of the C.S.S.
Georgia : Part 1 ; Abstract and Executive Management Summary
by
Ervan G. Garrison; Lee L. Lowery, Jr., Texas A&M Research Foundation,
1980, WorldCat OCLC #36542730.
"Wave Equation Analysis of Piling Behavior," Chapter 8 of Numerical Methods in
Geotechnical Engineering, McGraw Hill Book Company, with H. M. Coyle & T. J. Hirsch, 1977,
pp. 272-296.
"Practical Applications of Pile Driving Analysis by the Wave Equation",
Proceedings, Coastal and Ocean Engineering Short Course, National Sea Grant Program &
the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, Texas, August 2-13, 1971.
"Pile Driving Hammers: Evaluation, Selection, and Operation", Proceedings,
Coastal and Ocean Engineering Short Course, the National Sea Grant Program & the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, Texas, August, 213, 1971.
"Properties of Pile Driving Cushions", Proceedings, Coastal and Ocean
Engineering Short Course, sponsored by the National Sea Grant Program & the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, Texas, August 213, 1971.
"Instrumentation of Pile Foundations", Proceedings, Coastal and Ocean
Engineering Short Course, sponsored by the National Sea Grant Program & the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, Texas, August 213, 1971.
"Instrumentation, Performance, and Method of Installation of Piles", Design
& Installation of Pile Foundations. & Cellular Structures., editors., H. Y. Fang
& T. D. Dismuke, Envo Publ. Co., Inc., Lehigh Valley, Pa., with T. J. Hirsch, H. M. Coyle
& C. H. Samson, Jr., April 1970.
"Pile Driving Analysis by One-Dimensional Wave Theory - State of the Art",
Proc. 49th Ann. Highway Research Board Meeting, p. 103, Washington, D.C.,
with T. J. Hirsch, C.
H. Samson, Jr., & H. M. Coyle, Jan. 12, 1970.
"Lightweight Oil Containment System", Interdisciplinary Report for U.S. Coast
Guard, Project No. DOTCG00, 490A, Wilson Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas, L. L. Lowery,
Jr., et al., October 1970.
"User's Manual for the Computer Program Pile Driving Analysis by the Wave
Equation", TTI Report for the Texas Highway Dept., Research Study No. 256233,
September 1970.
"The Dynamic Response of Projectiles", Texas A&M Research Foundation
Technical Report for Sandia Labs, Project 5961, College Station, Texas, with C. H. Samson, Jr., August 1970
"Prediction of Static Bearing Capacity from Wave Equation Analysis",
Proceedings of the Second Offshore Technology Conference, Paper No. 1202, Houston, Texas,
with H. M. Coyle & R. E. Bartoskewitz, April 1970.
"Field Instrumentation for Piles", Proceedings of the Conference on Design
& Installation of Pile Foundations & Cellular Structures, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pa., C. H. with Samson, Jr., T. J. Hirsch & H. M. Coyle, April 1970.
"Pile Driving Analysis State of the Art", TTI Research Report No. 3313
(Final), with T. J. Hirsch, T. C. Edwards, H. M. Coyle & C. H. Samson, Jr., 1969.
"A Comparison of Dynamic Pile Driving Formulas with the Wave Equation", TTI
Research Report No. 3312, with J. R. Finley & T. J. Hirsch, 1969.
"Selection of Hammer, Pile, and Driving Accessories by the Wave Equation",
presented to the Annual Environmental Engineering Conf. of the ASCE, Chicago, Ill.,
October 16, 1969.
"Use of the Wave Equation to Predict Soil Resistance on a Pile during
Driving", presented to the VII International Conf. on Soil Mechanics & Foundation
Engineering, Paper No. 10, Specialty Session 8, Mexico City, August 1969.
"Computer Study of Dynamic Behavior of
Piling", J. Structural Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 89, No.
ST4, Proceedings Paper 3608, with C. H. Samson & T. J. Hirsch, 1968.
"Energy Output of Impact Pile Driving Hammers", TTI Researcher 4(3),
with T. J.
Hirsch & C. H. Samson, Jr., 1968
"Analysis of Pile Driver Requirements for OffShore Piles by the Wave
Equation", Proc., ASCE Ocean Engineering Conf., Miami, Fla., December 1968.
"Information Required for Pile Driving Analysis by the Wave Equation", Texas
A&M Research Foundation Report on Proj. No. 2555, Research Report No. 5553,
with T. J.
Hirsch, T. C. Edwards & C. H. Samson, Jr., 1968.
"Parameter Study of Large OffShore Foundation Piling by the Wave Equation",
Texas A&M Research Foundation Report No. 5552 on Project No. 2555, 1968.
"User's Manual Pile Driving Analysis by the Wave Equation", Texas A&M
Research Foundation Report No. 5551 on Project No. 2555, with C. G. Lyons, 1968.
"Energy Output of Pile Driver Hammers", presented at the 47th Annual Meeting
of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., T. J. Hirsch, C. H. Samson, & T. C.
Edwards, 1968.
"Use of the Wave Equation to Predict Soil Resistance on a Pile during
Driving", TTI Report No. 3310, with T. J. Hirsch, 1967.
"Tests for Safety of
Outriggers of Alenco's Hydraulic Crane", Albritton Engineering Corp., Bryan, Texas,
1967.
"Pile Driving Analysis, Simulation of Hammers, Cushions, Piles and Soil", TTI
Research Report 339, with T. J. Hirsch & C. H. Samson, 1967.
"Field Instrumentation of Concrete Structures", Gulf Coast Regional Meeting of
the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, Houston, Texas, February 8, 1971.
"The Wave Equation Fundamentals and Uses in Pile Foundation Analysis", Seminar
& Workshop presented to Dames & Moore, Inc., at San Francisco and Los Angeles,
Calif., September 12, 1969.
"Use of the Wave Equation for Pile Driving Analysis", Seminar & Workshop
presented to Kaiser Steel at Oakland Calif., September 2, 1969.
"Use of a Computer Program for Pile Driving Analysis", A Seminar and Workshop
presented to the management of Esso Production Research Co. and its affiliates, Houston,
Texas, May 1968.
"Energy Output of Pile Driver Hammers", 47th Annual Meeting, Highway Research
Board, Washington, D.C., T. J. Hirsch, C. H. Samson & T. C. Edwards, Jan. 1968.
"Driving Stresses in Prestressed Concrete Piles", Structural Engineering
Conf., ASCE, San Francisco, T. J. Hirsch & C. H. Samson, October 1963.
Courses Taught:
Aerospace Engineering
320 - Numerical Methods for Engineers
Architecture 327 - Introductory Structures & Mechanics of Materials
Architecture 328 - Advanced Structures & Mechanics of Materials
Civil Engineering 204 - Statics and Strength of Materials (For Industrial Engineering
students)
Civil Engineering 211 - Statics and Dynamics
Civil Engineering 214 - Statics, Dynamics and Strength of Materials (For Chemical
Engineering students)
