Civil Engineering Assistant

Raj V. Siddharthan, Ph.D., P. E.

Home Page: http://unr.edu/homepage/siddhart/my_page.html

Title: Professor of Civil Engineering

a. Personal Data & Education

Date of Birth: June 30, 1955 SSN: ***-**-****

Married, two children Citizen of the U. S.

Address: Dept. of Civil Engineering

University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, NV 89557

Telephone: 775-***-**** - Off. fax: 775-***-****

775-***-**** - Home e-mail:********@***.***

1977 B.S. (Hons. ), University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka: Major: Civil Engineering

1981 M.S. University of British Columbia, Canada: Major: Civil Engineering

1984 Ph.D. University of British Columbia, Canada: Major: Civil Engineering

1984 (4 months) Post Doctoral Fellow, Univer sity of British Columbia, Canada

b. Academic Experience

1995 - Present Professor, C ivil Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno.

1989 - 1995 Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno (Tenured)

1992 Visiting Associate Professor, Civil Engineering - MIT (Sabbatical)

1984 - 1989 Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Univer sity of Nevada, Reno

1978 - 1984 Teaching Assistant, Univer sity of British Columbia, Canada

1977 - 1978 Assistant Lecturer, Civil Engineering, University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Non-Academic Experience

Involved in a variety of consulting projects for a number fir ms including, Klohn Leonoff Consultants,

Vancouver; Komex Consultants, Calgary; Exxon, Houston; GAB Corporation, Sacramento; Welsh

Engineer s, Denver; Pezonella Associates, Reno; EIC Consultants, Denver; Golder Associates, Denver;

Harding and Lawson Associates, Reno; WESTECH, Reno; Pacific Eng. & Analysis, El Cer rito; Marvin

& Associates, Reno; CNI Consultants, Tucson.

c. Publications (Max. of 10)

Closely Related Publications (5)

1. Siddharthan, R.V., Ganeshwara, V., Kutter, B.L., El-Desouky, M., and Whitman, R.V., Seismic

Deformation of Bar Mat MSE Walls I: Centrifuge Tests, Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-

Environmental Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 130(1), ASCE, January 2004, pp. 14-25.

2. Siddharthan, R. V., Ganeshwar a, V., Kutter, B.L., El-Desouky, M., and Whitman, R.V., Seismic

Deformation of Bar Mat MSE Walls II: A Multi-Block Model, Journal of Geotechnical and Geo-

Environmental Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 130(1), ASCE, January 2004, pp. 26-35.

3. El-Gamal, M., and Siddharthan, R.V., " Stiffnesses of Abutments on Piles in Seismic Bridge Analyses, "

Soils and Foundations, Vol. 38(1), M arch 1998, pp. 77-87.

4. Siddharthan, R.V., El-Gamal, M., and Mar agakis, E. A., Stiffnesses of Abutments on Spread Footing

with Cohesionless Backfill, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 34(5), Oct. 1997, pp. 686-697.

5. Siddharthan, R.V., and El-Gamal, M ., Investigation of Performance of Bridge Abutment Fills in 1994

Northridge Earthquake, Seismic Response of Concrete Bridges, ACI Publication No. SP-187, 1999,

pp. 69-88.

Other Significant Publications (5)

1. Siddharthan, R.V., Krishnamenon, N., El-Mously, M., and Sebaaly, P.E., Investigation of Tire Contact

Stress Distributions on Pavement Response, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 128(2),

March/April, 2002, pp. 136-144.

2. Siddharthan, R.V., El-Mously, M., Krishnamenon, N., and Sebaaly, P.E., Validation of a Pavement

Response Model using Full-Scale Field Tests, International Journal in Pavement Engineering, Vol. 3(2),

2002, pp. 85-93.

3. Siddharthan, R.V., and Sebaaly, P.E., Investigation of AC Layer Strains from Wide-Base Tires,

Transportation Research Record No. 1655, 1999, pp. 168 - 174.

4. Siddharthan, R.V., Yao, J., and Sebaaly, P.E., Pavement Strain from Moving Dynamic 3-D Load

Distribution, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 124(6), 1998, pp. 557-566.

5. Siddharthan, R.V., El-Gamal, M., and Maragakis., E.A., " Investigation of Performance of Bridge

Abutments in Seismic Regions," Journal of Struct. Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 120(4), April 1994, pp. 1327-

1346.

Dr. Siddharthan has authored more than 125 publications.

d. Synergistic Activities

(1) Presented five short courses in Nevada and California on Liquefaction, Seismic Bridge Abutment

Design, and Seismic Response; Delivered as many as 70 presentations in conferences, meetings, and

seminars.

(2) Received 1997 Shamsher Prakash Foundation Citation for the work on Dynamic Soil-Structure

Interaction and Stability of Retaining Structures under Earthquakes.

(3) Investigator (PI and Co. PI) of projects totaling more than $2.4 million from a wide variety of sources

including, federal (NSF, ARO, DOE, NCHRP, Engineering Foundation), state (Nevada, C alifornia, South

Dakota), and other sources (e. g. SCEC, EPRI, MC EER).

(4) Developed many software- notable ones are TARA, MOVLOAD, and 3-D MOVE. A modified version

of TARA program is routinely used by WES in their seismic r esponse analyses of dams.

(5) Served as a Member of many ASCE Technical Committees (Soil Dynamics, Computer Applications,

Shock and Vibratory Effects) and EERI and had been a reviewer of proposals and reports for the NSF,

ASCE, and US Army.

e. Collaborators & Other Affiliations

Collaborators:

J. Anderson (U NR), J. Brune (UNR), J.A. Epps (Granite), M. El-Gamal (PSI), B.L. Kutter (UC Davis),

S. Kramer (U of W), E.M. Maragakis (UNR), D. Newcomb (U. of Minnesotta), P. E. Sebaaly (UN R),

J.P. Singh (J.P. Singh Associates), I. Towhata (U. of Tokyo), D. van Zyl (UNR), R. Whitman (MIT), Z.

Zafir (Kleinfelder)

Graduate Advisor: Professor W. D. Liam Finn (Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia,

Canada)

Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor (last 8 years):

Z . Zafir (Kleinfelder), S. Ara (Kleinfelder), M. El-Gamal (PSI), R. Anooshehpoor (UNR), A. Ong

(Golder Associates), G. Bhandarkar, N. Krutz (City of Sparks), M. Javaregowda (SAP), R. Vallacheni

(AGRA), S. Obeid (DOE), T. Ambhaipalan(Caltrans), J. Yu (U. of San Diego), J.Yao, V. Ganeshwara

(Leighton Associates), S. Ni (Taiwan Power), M. El-Mousley (Caltrans), Ron Meis(UNR), N.

Krishnamenon (Woodword and Clyde).

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