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Dr. Ron D. Andrus
Office: 222 Lowry Hall
Phone: (864) 656-0488
FAX: (864) 656-2670
email Dr. Andrus
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
and Graduate Program Coordinator
Areas of Interest:
Geotechnical Engineering
Soil Dynamics
Site Characterization
Non-Destructive Testing
Earthquake Engineering
Earthquake Hazard Mapping
Liquefaction
Education:
B.S., Geology and Mathematics, 1983, Brigham Young University
M.S., Civil Engineering, 1986, Brigham Young University
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1994, The University of Texas at Austin
Classes typically taught:
CE 321 Geotechnical Engineering
CE 424/624 Earth Slopes and Retaining Structures
CE 821 Advanced Soil Mechanics
CE 825 Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Professional Registration
Professional Engineer in South Carolina
Professional Society Membership
American Society of Civil Engineers
Geo-Institute (GI)
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
American Society for Engineering Education
Seismological Society of America
Sample Publications:
Hayati, H., and Andrus, R.D. (2008), "Liquefaction Potential Map of Charleston, South Carolina Based on the 1886 Earthquake," Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 134(6), in press.
Hayati, H., Andrus, R.D., Gassman, S.L., Hasek, M., Camp, W.M., Talwani, P. (2008), "Charactering the Liquefaction Resistance of Aged Soils," Proc., Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamic IV, ASCE, Sacramento, California, May 18-22.
Zhang, J., Andrus, R.D., and Juang, C.H. (2008), "Model Uncertainty in Normalized Shear Modulus and Damping Relationships," Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 134(1), 24-36.
Andrus, R.D., Mohanan, N.P., Piratheepan, P., Ellis, B.S., and Holzer, T.L. (2007). "Predicting Shear-Wave Velocity from Cone Penetration Resistance," Proc., 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 25-28, 2007, paper No. 1454.
Andrus, R.D., Fairbanks, C.D., Zhang, J., Camp, W.M., Casey, T.J., Cleary, T.J., and Wright, W.B. (2006), "Shear-Wave Velocity and Seismic Response of Near-Surface Sediments in the Charleston, South Carolina," Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 96(5), 1897-1914.
Zhang, J., Andrus, R.D., and Juang, C.H. (2005), "Normalized Shear Modulus and Material Damping Ratio Relationships," Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 131(4), 453-464.