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Thomas F. Wolff, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1410 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 355-5128
Fax: (517) 432-1827
E-Mail: wolff@egr.msu.edu
Web: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~wolff/
Courses Taught:
- Soil Mechanics
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Reliability-based Design in Civil engineering
- Mechanical Properties of Soils
- Advanced Geotechnical Design
- Selected Topics in Geotechnical Engineering (Earth Structures)
Recent Research:
- Geotechnical Reliability of Dam and Levee Embankments, sponsored by U.S. Army
Waterways Experiment Station.
- Reliability of Existing Levees, sponsored by U.S. Army Waterways Experiment
Station.
- Test method to Determine the Existence of Segregation in Bituminous Mixtures,
with Dr. G.Y. Baladi, sponsored by Michigan Department of Transportation.
- Engineering Characteristics and Maintenance of Golf Putting Greens, with Dr. J.
Crum (Crop and Soil Science), sponsored by United States Golf Association.
Interests:
Dr. Wolff performs research in the application of reliability analysis and
other statistical, numerical and computer methods to the assessment of
engineering systems. He has had significant involvement in the application of
engineering reliability analysis to the evaluation of the geotechnical aspects
of existing and aging dams, levees and other hydraulic structures for the Army Corps
of Engineers.
He is also currently involved in the use of expedient statistical
applications to assess segregation in asphalt pavements, and in the development
of improved specifications for sands for athletic fields to improve stability.
As an experienced designer of dams, levees and other hydraulic structures, Dr.
Wolff has a strong interest in undergraduate and graduate teaching, and is
maintaining connections between the classroom and engineering practice.
Education:
Purdue University: Ph.D., Geotechnical
Awards and Honors:
- Withrow Teaching Excellence Award, College of Engineering, 1992, 1993.
- Chi Epsilon Great Lakes District Excellent-in-Teaching Award, 1993.
Selected Publications:
- Spreadsheet Applications in Geotechnical Engineering, PWS-Kent, Boston,
1995.
- Probabilistic Assessment of Pile Interference, Journal of Geotechnical
Engineering, ASCE, Vol.119, No.3, March 1993, pp. 525-542.
- Probabilistic Slope Stability in Theory and Practice, in Uncertainty in
the Geologic Environment: From Theory to Practice, Proceedings of
Uncertainty ’96 ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 58, C.D. Shackelford,
P.P. Nelson, and M.J.S. Roth, eds., pp. 419-433.
- Reliability Assessment of Dike and Levee Embankments, in Uncertainty in
the Geologic Environment: From Theory to Practice, Proceedings of
Uncertainty ’96, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 58, C.D.
Shackelford, P.P. Nelson, and M.J.S. Roth, eds., pp. 636-650.
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