Timothy D. Stark is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with an expertise in Geotechnical Engineering. Dr. Stark has been conducting interdisciplinary research and teaching on the static and seismic stability of natural and manmade slopes, such as dams, levees, floodwalls, embankments, and waste containment facilities, geosynthetics and geomembranes, soil liquefied strength, and railroad geotechnics.
Dr. Stark has been involved in a number of projects on these topics, which has facilitated the transfer of his research results to practice. He is currently researching two and three-dimensional slope stability, soil shear strengths, heating events in waste containment facilities, and drilled shaft integrity testing. Dr. Stark has received a number of awards for his research, teaching, and service activities including: 2022 T.H. Wu Lecture at The Ohio State University; 2019 George H. Norman Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Best Paper in Geosynthetics International Journal, 2016; Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, ASCE, 2013 and 1998; Associate Editor Award, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 2012; R.M. Quigley Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society, 2003, Walter L. Huber Research Prize, ASCE, 1999, and Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award, ASCE, 1992.
Preliminary Schedule (subject to change)
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Topic |
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December 17, 2022 |
Kansas City |
“What is Independent Peer Review–Recent cases” |
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January 17, 2023 |
Metropolitan Section (New York) and Kapp Lecture |
Topic being selected |
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February 21, 2023 |
Atlanta & Georgia Tech |
Topic being selected |
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February 23, 2023 |
Pittsburgh |
“Drilled Shaft Design in Weak Rock/Shales” |
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April 5, 2023 |
Hershey, PA |
“What is Independent Peer Review–Recent cases” |
Topics for Cross-USA Lecture Tour 2022-2023
- Case Histories: (alphabetical)
- 3D Analysis of Forest City Landslide
- 3D Analysis of Yeager Airport Reinforced Soil Slope Failure
- Cement-bentonite and jet grouting cutoff wall performance
- Fundão Tailings Dam Failure
- Highway Embankment Failure on Soft Clay
- Housing Development Slope Failure
- Hurricane Katrina: IHNC Floodwall Failures and Ruling
- Oso, Washington Landslide: Failure Mechanism and Runout Analyses
- Port of Anchorage Design
- Seismic remediation of Tuttle Creek Dam
- Toe excavation and deep bedrock landslide
- Underwater Port Facility Failure
- Technical Topics: (alphabetical)
- 3D Slope Stability Analyses in Practice
- Behavior of Textured Geomembrane/Nonwoven Geotextile Interfaces
- CSL and TIP Testing for Drilled Shafts
- Geothermal Wellbore and Borefield Numerical Modeling
- Elevated Temperatures in Landfills – Recent Cases
- Expansive Soil Design – Depth of Wetting
- Field Monitoring of Fouled Railroad Ballast
- Field Verification of Railroad Ballast Modulus Measurements
- Design Geosynthetic Interface Strengths for Landfill Stability
- Liquefied Strength Assessment for Dams and Embankments
- Mobilized Fully Softened Strength Case
- Mobilized Shear Strength of Seattle Clays
- Modified Standard Penetration Test for Drilled Shaft Design
- Peak, Fully Softened, and Residual Shear Strengths for Slope Stability Analyses
- Shear Strength Selection for Static Slope Stability Analyses
- Shear Strength Selection for Seismic Slope Stability Analyses
- Unsaturated and Transient Seepage Analyses for Levees and Floodwalls
- Ethics Case Study:
- What is Independent Peer Review – Recent cases