JOHN T. GERMAINE
(12/24/2014)
CITIZENSHIP
U.S.A.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Science (1982), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Science (1980), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (1976), Worcester Polytechnic Institute
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Senior Research Associate
Principal Research Associate
Research Associate
Lecturer
Graduate Instructor
Geotechnical Laboratory Director
Teaching/Research Assistant
MIT Civil Environmental Eng.
MIT Civil & Environmental Eng.
MIT Civil Engineering
MIT Civil & Environmental Eng.
MIT Civil Engineering
MIT Civil Engineering
MIT Civil Engineering
HONORS AND AWARDS
Department of Civil Engineering Effective Teaching Award
Sowers State of the Practice Lecture
ASTM Professor of the Year
ASTM Committee D18 Honorary Member
ASTM Woodland G. Shockley Memorial Award
Department of Civil and Environmental Engr. Special Service Award
ASTM A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award
Standards Development Award, ASTM D-18
ASTM A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award
Chi Epsilon New England District, J.M. Robbins
Excellence in Teaching Award
Standards Development Award, ASTM D-18
Department of Civil Engineering Effective Teaching Award
Hogentogler Award, ASTM D-18 Outstanding Paper on Soil and Rock
Graduate Student Council Teaching Award, MIT
TEACHING HISTORY
Advanced Soil Mechanics (1.361-G)
Geomaterials and Geomechanics (1.032-U)
Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design (1.102- U)
Geotechnical Measurements and Exploration (1.37- G)
Mechanics of Structures and Soils (1.035-U)
Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory (1.103- U)
Structural Engineering Laboratory (1.105- U)
Constructed Facilities Project Laboratory (1.53- U)
Geotechnical Laboratory (1.312- U)
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2006-Present
1989 -2006
1988-1989
1982-Present
1981-1982
1980-1982
1976-1980
2013
2010
2009
2008
2008
2004
2004
2001
2000
1994
1992
1991
1990
1985
2014
2014
2007-Present
1982-Present
2006-Present
1999-2005
1997-1998
1984-1998
1982-1983
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE HISTORY
ASTM Committee D18 Chairman
2014-Present
ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations
2011-2013
International Ocean Drilling Tech. Advisory Panel
2003-2009
ASTM D-18 Executive Subcommittee (and several technical committees)
1992-Present
Freshman Advising Program
1985-2012
Chi Epsilon Honor Society Advisor
1984-1998,2001-Present
Department Safety Coordinator
2001-2014
Department Safety Committee
1983-2014
Concrete Canoe Competition Advisor (about every third year)
1989-2005
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASTM International, Fellow
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineers
Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Section of ASCE
Chi Epsilon
Tau Beta Phi
RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION
Bachelor's Theses:
1.
Irvine, David, " Development of a design and operations model for the sequencing batch reactor,"
June 1994
Master's of Engineering Theses:
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6.
Alden, Dan, " Subsurface characterization of the Massachusetts Military Reservation main base
landfill Superfund site," June 1997
Lee, Yew Shoong Patrick, " Numerical modeling of constant rate of strain consolidation tests,"
June 2003
Mazzei, David, " Investigation of mechanical properties of Gulf of Mexico Sediments," June 2008
Moniz, Safia, " The Influence of Effective Consolidation Stress on the Normalized Extension
Strength Properties of Resedimented Boston Blue Clay," June 2009
House Robert, " A Comparison of the Behavior of Intact and Resedimented Boston Blue Clay,"
June 2012
Arop, Julius, " Geomechanical review of hydraulic fracturing technology," June 2013
Master's of Science Theses:
1.
*Bensari, Jamal, "Stress-strain characteristics from undrained and drained triaxial tests on
resedimented Boston blue clay," June 1984
2.
*Sauls, David, "Strength-deformation properties of Harrison Bay Arctic silts," September 1985
3.
*Yin, Edward, "Consolidation and direct simple shear behavior of Harrison Bay Arctic silts,"
September 1985
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Pyatt, Dale, "Consolidation of aluminum oxide particulate systems," February 1986
5.
*Fayad, Philipe, "Aspects of the volumetric and undrained behavior of Boston Blue Clay,"
September 1986
6.
*Young, Gretchen, "The strength deformation properties of Smith Bay arctic silts," September
1986
7.
*Andersen, Glen, "Tilting response of centrifuge-modeled gravity retaining wall to seismic
shaking," June 1987
8.
*Pahwa, Anil, "Quick release tests on centrifuge of wall retaining saturated sand backfill," June
1988
9.
*Sheahan, Thomas, "Modification and implementation of a computer controlled triaxial
apparatus," June 1988
10. *Walbaun, Marcus, "Procedure for investigation of sample disturbance using the direct simple
shear apparatus," June 1988
11. *Ahmed, Imtiaz, "Investigation of normalized behavior of resedimented Boston Blue Clay using
Geonor direct simple shear apparatus," June 1990
12. *Werner, Robert, "The influence of load history on the response of Arctic silt to undrained cyclic
and monotonic direct simple shear," June 1990
13. *Ting, Nai-Hsiun, "Effects of disturbance on consolidation with vertical drains," February 1991
14. *Estabrook, Anne, "Comparison of recompression and SHANSEP strength-deformation
properties of undisturbed Boston blue clay from automated triaxial testing," January 1991
15. *de La Beaumelle, Axel, "Evaluation of SHANSEP strength-deformation properties of
undisturbed Boston blue clay from automated triaxial testing," June 1991
16. Zreik, Diana, "Determination of the undrained shear strength of very soft cohesive soils by a new
fall cone apparatus," June 1991
17. *Lawrence, J. Colman, "The response of arctic silt in cyclic and post cyclic monotonic undrained
direct simple shear," September 1991
18. Ortega, Octavio, "Computer automation of the consolidated-undrained direct simple shear test,"
February 1992
19. Andrews, Jonathan, "The design of a rotating annular flume to study the erosion of cohesive
sediments," June 1993
20. Cauble, Douglas, "The behavior of resedimented Boston blue clay at OCR4 in cyclic and postcyclic undrained direct simple shear," June 1993
21. *Berman, Debra, "Characterization of the engineering properties of Boston blue clay at the MIT
campus," September 1993
22. Covarrubias, Sergio, "Characterization of the engineering properties of Mexico City clay,"
February 1994
23. Henderson, Elizabeth, "Evaluation of the time response of pore pressure measurements," June
1994
24. Santagata, Marika, "Simulation of sampling disturbance in soft clays using triaxial element tests,"
June 1994
25. Sinfield, Joe, "An experimental investigation of sampling disturbance effects in resedimented
Boston blue clay," June 1994
26. Bialon, Jason, "Characterization of the physical and engineering properties of the Aberjona
wetland sediment," June 1995
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27. *Ramsay, Brad, "A modified triaxial permeameter for physical characterization of parameters
affecting contaminant transport through wetland deposits," May 1996
28. *Tawil, M. Rami, "Engineering properties of iron mine slimes for tailings dam stability," January
1997
29. Force, Erin, "Factors controlling pore pressure generation during Ko consolidation of laboratory
tests," August 1998
30. *Hwang, Grace, "Feasibility study of micro-laser induced breakdown spectroscopy applied to
lead identification in metal alloys and environmental matrices," February 1998
31. *Ng, Nicky, "Characterization of consolidation and creep properties of Salt Lake City clays,"
February 1998
32. Gonzalez, Jorge, "Experimental and theoretical investigation of constant rate of strain
consolidation," May 2000
33. Korchaiyapruk, Attasit, "Development of framework for soil model input parameter selection
procedures," May 2000
34. *Alexander, Desma, "Evaluation of present and emerging MSW landfill technology," January
2001
35. *Vladimir, Ivanov, "Measurements and interpretation of wetting front infiltration in soils," May
2001
36. *Fidalgo Valverde, Beatriz, "Evaluation and Improvement of a Modified Permeameter to
Characterize Dual Porosity Media," February 2002
37. *Toker, Nabi Kartal, "Improvements and Reliability of MIT Tensometers and Studies on Soil
Moisture Characteristic Curves," February 2002
38. *Paonessa, Michael, "A model for predicting air flow during in-situ air sparging," September 2003
39. *Pei, Jianyong, "Effect of Disturbance in Opalinus Clay Shales," September 2003
40. *Brooks, James, "Rapid development of a wireless infrastructure monitoring system," June 2004
41. Aw, Eng Sew, "Novel monitoring system to diagnose rail track foundation problems," June 2004
42. Tan, Brian, "Geotechnical Characterization of Sediments from Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia
Continental Margin," June 2004
43. Chartier, Matthew, "The Design and Field Evaluation of a New Dual Pressure and Temperature
Tapered Probe," May 2005
44. *Meyer, Patrik, "High Frequency / Low Energy Seismic Waves: An Unaccounted For Source of
URM Damage," May 2006
45. Lee, Jaehoon, " Measurement of Shear Wave Velocity," May 2010
46. Jones, Cullen, "Engineering Properties of Resedimented Ugnu Clay from the Alasken North
Slope," May 2010
47. Grennan, John, "Characterization of a Reconstituted Low Plasticity Silt," May 2010
48. Johnson, Sean, "Modeling a bender element test using Abaqus Finite Element Program," May
2011
49. Adams, Amy, "Laboratory evaluation of the constant rate of strain and constant head techniques
for measurement of the hydraulic conductivity of fine grained soils," May 2011
50. Casey, Brendan, "The significance of specimen end restraint in high pressure triaxial testing of
cohesive soil," May 2011
51. Horan, Aiden, "The mechanical Behavior of Normally Consolidated Soils as a function of Pore
Fluid Salinity," May 2012
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52. Marjanovic, Jana, "The study of shear and logitudinal velocity measurements of sands and
cohesive soils," May 2012
53. Vargas, Albilara, "The Mechanical Behavior of Heavily Overconsolidated Resedimented Boston
Blue Clay," May 2013
54. Agaiby, Shehab, "Fracture Characterization of Clays and Clay-Like Materials Using Flattened
Brazil Test," May 2013
55. Fahy, Brian, “The Influence of Salinity on Mechanical Behavior of High Plasticity Soils,” May
2014
* indicates co-supervisor
Doctoral Theses, Supervisor
1.
*DeGroot, Don, "The multidirectional direct simple shear apparatus with application to design of
offshore Arctic structures," August 1989
2.
*Seah, Tian Ho, "Anisotropy of resedimented Boston Blue Clay," February 1990
3.
*Sheahan, Thomas, "An experimental study of the time-dependent undrained shear behavior of
resedimented clay using automated stress path triaxial equipment," August 1991
4.
*Andersen, Glen, "Physical mechanisms controlling the strength and deformation behavior of
frozen sand," June 1991
5.
*Larson, Douglas, "A laboratory investigation of load transfer in reinforced soil," August 1992
6.
*Swan, Chris, "Physical mechanisms controlling the strength and deformation behavior of unfrozen
and frozen Manchester fine sand," June 1994
7.
*Chauhan Samir, "Laboratory measurements of load-transfer in geosynthetic reinforced soils,"
November 1995
8.
*Zreik, Diana ,"Behavior of cohesive soils and their drained, undrained, and erosional strengths at
ultra-low stresses," November 1995
9.
*Zeeb, Peter, "Piezocone mapping, groundwater monitoring, and flow modeling in a riverine
peatland : implications for the transport of arsenic," August 1996
10. *Cauble, Douglas, "An experimental investigation of the behavior of a model suction caisson in a
cohesive soil," November 1996
11. *Sinfield, Joe, "Fluorescence of contaminants in soil and groundwater using a time-resolved
microchip laser system," November 1997
12. *Santagata, Marika, "Factors affecting the initial stiffness and stiffness degradation of cohesive
soils," December 1998
13. *Aref, Lana, "Flow and transport in wetland deposits," August 1999
14. *Sutabutr, Twarath, "Analyses and interpretation of tapered piezoprobe and application to offshore
pile design," February 1999
15. *DaRe, Gregory, "Physical mechanisms controlling the pre-failure stress-strain behavior of frozen
sand," May 2000
16. Sjoblom,Kurt, "The mechanisms involved during the desaturation process of a porous matrix,"
September 2000
17. *Pahuja, Sanjay, "Capping of very weak dredged materials in confined aquatic disposal: modeling
of strength and transport behavior," May 2001
18. *Marulanda, Catalina, "A study of air flow through saturated porous media and its applications to
in-situ air sparging," May 2001
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19. *Zhang, Guoping, "Laboratory Characterization of a Highly Weathered Old Alluvium in San Juan,
Pureto Rico," February 2002
20. *Levy, Laurent, "Experimental and Theoretical Modeling of DNAPL Transport in Vertical
Fractured Media," December 2003
21. *Yoon, Joon Sik, "Discrete Particle Behavior in Porous Media: Direct Observations of Physical
Mechanisms Influencing Particle Behavior," January 2005
22. *Ho, Chu Eu, "Turbulent Fluid Jet Excavation in Cohesive Soil with Particular Application to Jet
Grouting," May 2005
23. *Zhu, Yan, "Modeling of Plume Geometry during Air Sparging," (Columbia U.), May 2006
24. *Toker, Kartal, "Strength of unsaturated soils and the role of soil suction," May 2007
25. *Long, Hui, "Interpretation of Hydrostatic Pore Pressures using a Dual Pressure Tapered Probe,"
(Penn. State U.), May 2007
26. Korchaiyapruk, Attasit, "Hydraulic Gradient and Scaling Effects on Consolidation of Soft Clay,"
May 2007
27. *Aw, Eng Sew, "A Generic Monitoring System to Effectively Diagnose Problemic Railbed," May
2007
28. *Schulte, Kathryn, “A new scaling relationship for Sorptivity,” (Columbia U.), May 2007
29. *Abdulhadi, Naeem, “An Experimental Investigation into the Stress-Dependent Mechanical
Behavior of Cohesive Soil with Application to Wellbore Instability,” September 2009
30. Kontopoulos, Nikolaos, “The Effects of Sample Disturbance on Preconsolidation Pressure for
Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated Clays”, June 2012
31. Adams, Amy, “Permeability Anisotropy and Resistivity Anisotropy of Mechanically Compressed
Mudrocks,” June 2013
32. Casey, Brendan, “The Consolidation and Strength Behavior of Mechanically Compressed FineGrained Sediments,” June 2013
* indicates co-supervisor
Doctoral Theses, Reader
1.
Morrison, Michael, "In Situ Measurements on a Model Pile in Clay," February 1984
2.
Soon, K., "Behavior of Pressure Confined Concrete in Monotonic and Cyclic Loading," June 1987
3.
Malek, Azziz, "Cyclic Behavior of Clay in Undrained Simple Shearing and Application to Offshore
Tension Piles," June 1987
4.
Whittle, Andrew, "A Constitutive Model for Overconsolidated Clays with Application to the Cyclic
Loading of Friction Piles," June 1987
5.
Triantafillou, Thanasis, "Multiaxial Failure Criterion for Cellular Materials," June 1989
6.
Bellwald, Phillip, "Swelling Properties of Shale," June 1990
7.
Iglesia, Geraldo, "Trapdoor Experiments on the Centrifuge: A Study of Arching in Geomaterials
and Similitude in Geotechnical Models," February 1990
8.
Tonyon, Timothy, "Mechanical Behavior of Cementitious Foams," December 1990
9.
Nanthikesan, S., "On the Fracture Behavior of Polycrystalline Ice," August 1992
10. Aristarenas, George, "Time Dependent Behavior of Tunnels Excavated in Shale," May 1992
11. Jeng, Fu Shu, "Deep Penetration into Frictional Ductile and Brittle Materials," January 1992
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12. Plevris, Nikolas, "Time Dependent Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete and Wood
Structures Strengthened with FRP Laminates," April 1993
13. Solo-Gabriele, Helena, "Metal Transport in the Aberjona River System: Monitoring, Modeling and
Mechanisms," February 1995
14. Pastana-Nascimento, Juan, "A Unified Constitutive Model for Clays and Sands," May 1994
15. Gu, Chunguang, “Constitutive equations for granular materials : application to dry sand and
powder metal,” (MIT-ME), June 2000
16. Suwanswat, Suchatvee, "Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) Shield Tunneling in Bangkok: Ground
Response and Prediction of Surface Settlements Using Artificial Neural Networks," June 2002
17. Camilli, Richard, "Creation and Deployment of the Nereus Autonomous Underwater Chemical
Analyzer and Kemonaut, an Odyssey Class Submarine," March 2003
18. Heukamp, Franz, "Chemomechanics of Calcium Leaching of Cement –Based Materials at Different
Scales: the Role of CH-Dissolution and C-S-H-Degradation on Strength and Durability Performance
of Materials and Structures," February 2003
19. Constantinides, Georgios, "Experimental and theoretical micromechanics of natural composites:
cement-based materials and shales," May, 2005
20. Nikolinakou, Maria, "A Constitutive Model for the Compression Behavior of Old Alluvium," June
2008
21. Vandamme, Matthieu, "The Nanogranular Origin of Concrete Creep: A Nanoindectation
Investigation of Microstructure and Fundamental Properties of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrates," June,
2008
22. Bobko, Christopher, "Assessing the Mechanical Microstructure of Shale by Nanoindentation: The
Link Between Mineral Composition and Mechanical Properties," September, 2008
23. Wong, Ngai Yuen, "Crack Coalescence in Molded Gypsum and Carrara Marble," February 2008
24. Dawson, Matthew, “Modeling the Dynamic Response of Low-Density, Reticulated, Elastomeric
Foam Impregnated with Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids,” June, 2008
25. Pei, Jianyong, "Strength of Transversely Isotropic Rocks," May 2008
26. Akl, Sherife, “Wellbore instability mechanisms in clays,” June 2011
27. Winter, Amos, “Biologically Inspired Mechanisms for Burrowing in Undersea Substrates,” (MITME), June 2011
28. Zhao, Jianbing, “Energy Conversion System Using Nanoporous Materials: A Joint Study of
Experiments and Numerical Simulations,” (Columbia University), 2010
29. DeJong, Matthew, “Seismic assessment strategies for masonry structures,” (MIT-Arch), June 2009
30. Schneider, Julia, “Compression and Permeability Behavior of Natural Mudstones,” (UT Austin),
December, 2011
31. Sawyer, Derek, “Failure Mechanics, Transport Behavior, and Morphology of Submarine
Landslides,” (UT Austin), December, 2010
32. You, Yao, “Dynamics of Dilative Slope Failure,” (UT Austin), December, 2013
33. Brooks, Zenzile, “Fracture Process Zone : Microstructure and Nanomechanics in Quasi-brittle
Materials,” June, 2013
34. Corral, Gonzalo, “Meth Methodology for updating numerical predictions of excavation
performance,” June, 2103
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