Cross-USA Lecture #1: Kyle Rollins: Lateral Resistance of Piles and Pile Groups Behind MSE Walls

The Geo-Institute of the ASCE provides the Cross-USA Lecture Tour to local G-I chapters and GSOs as an ongoing program to enhance the prestige of the geoprofession. The Cross-USA G-I Lecturer will be a nominated distinguished geoprofessional. Since 2010, our Cross-USA lecturers have traveled the country, and since 2020, delivered lectures on the G-I UA-cam channel.
The 2023-24 lecturer is Kyle Rollins of Brigham Young University. His topic in June will be "Lateral Resistance of Piles and Pile Groups Behind MSE Walls."
Kyle Rollins received his BS degree from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. After working as a geotechnical consultant, he joined the Civil Engineering faculty at BYU in 1987 following after his father who was previously a geotechnical professor. His research has involved geotechnical earthquake engineering, deep foundation behavior, bridge abutments, collapsible soils, and soil improvement techniques. He has published over 190 technical papers and supervised over 130 graduate students. He was recognized as the engineering educator of the year by the Utah State Engineers Council and received a Governor's Award for Science and Technology in 2017. ASCE has recognized his work with the Huber research award, the Wellington prize, the Wallace Hayward Baker Award, and the Seed Lecture. In 2009, he was the Cross-Canada Geotechnical lecturer for the Canadian Geotechnical Society and in 2013 he received the Jorj Osterberg Award for innovation in foundation testing from the Deep Foundation Institute.
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[@Jaggith]

Stress influence limited to less than 4B strikes again. Would be really interested to see this in cohseive materials.