Over 20 years of experience both in academia and consultancy in Mexico, U.S.A. and EU. Consultancy experience spread over a diversity of projects which range from materials testing and certification to environmental impact and risk assessment studies and permitting. Recently, professional services have been focused in solving excavations and slope stability issues with different analytical tools and reinforcement solutions.
Specialties: Geotechnical Testing and Design, Foundation Engineering, Slope stability analysis, Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment (Permitting and Field work), Environmental Permitting in Mexico, Materials testing, University teaching experience. Supervisors: D.I. STEWART, G.R. ANDERSEN, and T.W. COUSENS
Apuntes de la clase del curso introductorio de Mecanica de Suelos en la Fac. de Ing. Civil UANL, ... more Apuntes de la clase del curso introductorio de Mecanica de Suelos en la Fac. de Ing. Civil UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
In industry, particulate waste materials may be disposed of by mixing with water and then pumping... more In industry, particulate waste materials may be disposed of by mixing with water and then pumping to a void where the particles will sediment out and the excess water will be decanted. This waste disposal method can result in very large volumes of material which are described as being 'hydraulically placed fills'. The waste material often consists of very fine particles, which can have a wide variety of composition, shape and size. The final sediments may have a very high moisture content and be difficult materials for sampling and testing and for construction purposes. The hydraulically placed fills covered in this study, pulverized fuel ash (PFA) and I ' fluorspar tailings, consist mainly of particulate material in the fine' sand to silt range. The study focuses on the compressibility and shear strength characteristics of these materials and was based on laboratory testing of reconstituted specimens. A water pluviation technique was used for specimen preparation wh...
Many industrial processes result in the production of silt sized waste materials which may be dis... more Many industrial processes result in the production of silt sized waste materials which may be disposed of by being pumped as a slurry to settling lagoons where the solids settle to form fills which often have a high voids ratio. These are described as hydraulic fills. These processes are commonly found in the coal based power generation and mining and mineral processing industries, amongst others. The geotechnical behaviour of such deposits is of interest with respect to the integrity and safety of the impoundment systems and possible future use and redevelopment of the sites. Such deposits are very difficult to sample and in many cases it is almost impossible to obtain notionally undisturbed samples, and so it is necessary to prepare samples in the laboratory using techniques which simulate field conditions. The paper describes the results of a series of one dimensional compression tests, up to very high stress levels, on pulverised fuel ash (PFA) and fluorspar mine tailings. Sampl...
Many industrial processes result in the production of silt sized waste materials which may be dis... more Many industrial processes result in the production of silt sized waste materials which may be disposed of by being pumped as a slurry to settling lagoons where the solids settle to form fills which often have a high voids ratio. These are described as hydraulic ...
Use of games and recreational activities for the teaching of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics cours... more Use of games and recreational activities for the teaching of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics courses. Uso de la ludica en la enseñanza de la geotecnia.
Presentacion de Conferencia sobre riesgo en excavaciones profundas en el Area Metropolitana de Mo... more Presentacion de Conferencia sobre riesgo en excavaciones profundas en el Area Metropolitana de Monterrey. (2021). ExpoConstructo, Monterrey, N.L.
Resumen de diversas pruebas de campo y geofisicas aplicables en la geotecnia. En la práctica se h... more Resumen de diversas pruebas de campo y geofisicas aplicables en la geotecnia. En la práctica se ha encontrado que se tienen conceptos erróneos de los alcances de las pruebas de campo, sobre todo de qué es aquello que miden (y lo que no pueden medir). Este resumen es parte del curso de Mejoramiento de Suelos impartido en la carrera de Ing. Civil de la Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, México.
Summary of various field and geophysical tests applicable in geotechnics. In practice, it has been found that there are misconceptions about the scope of field tests, especially about what they measure (and what they cannot measure). This summary is part of the Soil Improvement course taught in the Civil Engineering program at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Apuntes de clase acerca de tipos de asentamientos y calculo de sobrecargas para estimar asentamie... more Apuntes de clase acerca de tipos de asentamientos y calculo de sobrecargas para estimar asentamientos por consolidacion unidimensional.
Apuntes de la clase del curso introductorio de Mecanica de Suelos en la Fac. de Ing. Civil UANL, ... more Apuntes de la clase del curso introductorio de Mecanica de Suelos en la Fac. de Ing. Civil UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
In industry, particulate waste materials may be disposed of by mixing with water and then pumping... more In industry, particulate waste materials may be disposed of by mixing with water and then pumping to a void where the particles will sediment out and the excess water will be decanted. This waste disposal method can result in very large volumes of material which are described as being 'hydraulically placed fills'. The waste material often consists of very fine particles, which can have a wide variety of composition, shape and size. The final sediments may have a very high moisture content and be difficult materials for sampling and testing and for construction purposes. The hydraulically placed fills covered in this study, pulverized fuel ash (PFA) and I ' fluorspar tailings, consist mainly of particulate material in the fine' sand to silt range. The study focuses on the compressibility and shear strength characteristics of these materials and was based on laboratory testing of reconstituted specimens. A water pluviation technique was used for specimen preparation wh...
Many industrial processes result in the production of silt sized waste materials which may be dis... more Many industrial processes result in the production of silt sized waste materials which may be disposed of by being pumped as a slurry to settling lagoons where the solids settle to form fills which often have a high voids ratio. These are described as hydraulic fills. These processes are commonly found in the coal based power generation and mining and mineral processing industries, amongst others. The geotechnical behaviour of such deposits is of interest with respect to the integrity and safety of the impoundment systems and possible future use and redevelopment of the sites. Such deposits are very difficult to sample and in many cases it is almost impossible to obtain notionally undisturbed samples, and so it is necessary to prepare samples in the laboratory using techniques which simulate field conditions. The paper describes the results of a series of one dimensional compression tests, up to very high stress levels, on pulverised fuel ash (PFA) and fluorspar mine tailings. Sampl...
Many industrial processes result in the production of silt sized waste materials which may be dis... more Many industrial processes result in the production of silt sized waste materials which may be disposed of by being pumped as a slurry to settling lagoons where the solids settle to form fills which often have a high voids ratio. These are described as hydraulic ...
Use of games and recreational activities for the teaching of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics cours... more Use of games and recreational activities for the teaching of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics courses. Uso de la ludica en la enseñanza de la geotecnia.
Presentacion de Conferencia sobre riesgo en excavaciones profundas en el Area Metropolitana de Mo... more Presentacion de Conferencia sobre riesgo en excavaciones profundas en el Area Metropolitana de Monterrey. (2021). ExpoConstructo, Monterrey, N.L.
Resumen de diversas pruebas de campo y geofisicas aplicables en la geotecnia. En la práctica se h... more Resumen de diversas pruebas de campo y geofisicas aplicables en la geotecnia. En la práctica se ha encontrado que se tienen conceptos erróneos de los alcances de las pruebas de campo, sobre todo de qué es aquello que miden (y lo que no pueden medir). Este resumen es parte del curso de Mejoramiento de Suelos impartido en la carrera de Ing. Civil de la Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, México.
Summary of various field and geophysical tests applicable in geotechnics. In practice, it has been found that there are misconceptions about the scope of field tests, especially about what they measure (and what they cannot measure). This summary is part of the Soil Improvement course taught in the Civil Engineering program at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Apuntes de clase acerca de tipos de asentamientos y calculo de sobrecargas para estimar asentamie... more Apuntes de clase acerca de tipos de asentamientos y calculo de sobrecargas para estimar asentamientos por consolidacion unidimensional.
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Uso de la ludica en la enseñanza de la geotecnia.
Este resumen es parte del curso de Mejoramiento de Suelos impartido en la carrera de Ing. Civil de la Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, México.
Summary of various field and geophysical tests applicable in geotechnics. In practice, it has been found that there are misconceptions about the scope of field tests, especially about what they measure (and what they cannot measure).
This summary is part of the Soil Improvement course taught in the Civil Engineering program at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Uso de la ludica en la enseñanza de la geotecnia.
Este resumen es parte del curso de Mejoramiento de Suelos impartido en la carrera de Ing. Civil de la Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, México.
Summary of various field and geophysical tests applicable in geotechnics. In practice, it has been found that there are misconceptions about the scope of field tests, especially about what they measure (and what they cannot measure).
This summary is part of the Soil Improvement course taught in the Civil Engineering program at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.