Sherif L. Abdelaziz Associate Professor Thermal and energy geotechnics, energy foundations, soil improvement, multiscale soil behavior from microstructure to large-scale, coupled phenomena in earth materials, resilient infrastructure. Address:111-B Patton Hall E-mail:saziz@vt.edu Tel.:(540) 231-5477   Thomas L. Brandon Professor, Director of W.C. English Geotechnical Research Laboratory Measurement of soil properties, laboratory testing, in-situ testing, slope stability, shear strength, steady state and transient seepage Address:Patton Hall 22 E-mail:tbrandon(at)vt.edu Tel.:(540) 231-4454   Joseph E. Dove Associate Professor of Practice Ground Improvement Direct and Remote Sensing for Geotechnical Applications Address:110 Patton Hall E-mail:jodove(at)vt.edu Tel.:(540) 231-2307   J. Michael Duncan University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Slope Stability, Shear Strength, Seepage, Finite Element Analysis of Soil-Structure Interaction   George M. Filz Charles E. Via, Jr., Professor Emeritus Foundation Engineering; Earth Retention; Embankments, Dams, and Slopes; Soil Improvement; Soil-Structure Interaction; Seepage Barriers   Russell A. Green Professor Fundamental and applied research in all aspects of earthquake engineering, particularly for the Central and Eastern United States: paleoliquefaction analyses; seismic hazard analyses; ground motion selection and scaling; numerical site response analyses; liquefaction evaluation; soil improvement; in situ characterization of soil properties; dynamic soil-structure-interaction. Address:120B Patton Hall E-mail:rugreen@vt.edu Tel.:(540) 231-9826   James K. Mitchell University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Soil Properties and Behavior, Ground Improvement, Environmental Geotechnics, In-situ Testing, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering   Adrian Rodriguez-Marek Professor Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Performance Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering Dr. Rodriguez-Marek's research is in the general area of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. His research focuses on advancing the state of the art for non-ergodic seismic hazard assessment. His research projects address the quantification of the standard deviation of earthquake induced ground motions (sigma) accounting for repeatable path or site effects, and studies on the application of non-ergodic seismic hazard analysis including various effects such as surface topography or soil nonlinearity. Other current research projects include collaborative research with Dr. Russell Green on liquefaction triggering using energy-based methods within a probabilistic framework. Address:214 Patton Hall E-mail:adrianrm(at)vt.edu Tel.:(540) 231-5778   Joseph P. Vantassel Assistant Professor Address:111-B Patton Hall Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061 E-mail:jpvantassel(at)vt.edu Tel.:(540) 231-4308   Alba Yerro-Colom Assistant Professor Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering; Material Point Method, Slope stability, Failure initiation and run-out prediction; Soil-water-structure interaction Address:111-A Patton Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061 E-mail:ayerro(at)vt.edu Tel.:(540) 231-2036