JOHN S. MCCARTNEY, Ph.D., P.E :
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, B.S. (high distinction), 2002
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Civil Engineering, M.S., 2002
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., 2007
b. APPOINTMENTS
11/14 – Present, Associate Professor, University of California San Diego (UCSD)
07/13 – 08/14, Lyall Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder (CU)
05/13 – 10/14, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder (CU)
08/08 – 05/13, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder (CU)
08/08 – 07/12, Barry Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder (CU)
08/07 – 08/08, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UA)
c. PUBLICATIONS
i. Five Most Related Publications
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils I: Critical assessment of volume change mechanisms.” Computers and Geotechnics. 80(December), 26-40. 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.06.009.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils II: Constitutive modelling.” Computers and Geotechnics. 80(December), 16-25. 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.06.010.
Alsherif, N. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Yielding of silt at high temperature and suction magnitudes.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 34(2), 501-514.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “High-pressure thermal triaxial cell for evaluation of the impact of temperature on soil volume change mechanisms.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 39(2), 217-234. 10.1520/GTJ20150114.
Alsherif, N.A. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Nonisothermal behavior of compacted silt at low degrees of saturation.” Géotechnique. 65(9), 703-716.
ii. Five other Significant Publications
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Constitutive model for the drained compression of unsaturated clay to high stresses.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 04017014-11-11. 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001662.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Constitutive model for the undrained compression of unsaturated clay.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 1-10. 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001635. 04016117.
Chen, D. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Calibration parameters for load transfer analysis of energy piles in uniform soils.” ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics. 04016159-1-17. 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000873.
Goode, J.C., III and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Centrifuge modeling of boundary restraint effects in energy foundations.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 141(8), 04015034-1-04015034-13.
Khosravi, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Impact of hydraulic hysteresis on the small-strain shear modulus of unsaturated soils.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 138(11), 1326–1333.
d. SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
• Selected Honors and Awards:
o Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize (ASCE), 2016
o Practical Journal Paper Award from TC106 on Unsaturated Soils (ISSMGE), 2014
o Arthur Casagrande Award (ASCE), 2013
o ASTM President’s Leadership Award (ASTM), 2013
o Shamsher Prakash Found. Prize for Excellence in Teaching of Geotechnical Eng., 2012
o Young Professor Paper Award (Deep Foundations Institute), 2012
o J. James R. Croes Medal (ASCE), 2012
o NSF Faculty Early Development (CAREER) Award, 2011
o Best Paper of 2010 in Geosynthetics International, 2011
o Richard S. Ladd D18 Standards Development Award (ASTM), 2011
o International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) Young Member Award, 2008
o NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002-2005
• Service to Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):
o Vice-Chair, Unsaturated Soils Committee, 2013-present
o Chair of sessions on thermal behavior of soils and geostructures at GeoCongress 2012, GeoCongress 2014, IFCEE 2015, GeoChicago 2016, Geotechnical Frontiers 2017
o Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Eng., Associate Editor of the Year 2012
