Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jeffrey C. Evans

 

Professor and Chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: (570) 577-1371
Fax: (570) 577-3415
evans@bucknell.edu

Educational Background:

  • B.S.C.E., Clarkson University
  • M.S.C.E., Purdue University
  • Ph.D., Lehigh University

Teaching Experience:

  • Lehigh University, 1984 - 1985
  • Bucknell University, 1985 - Present
  • Visiting Academic, University of Nottingham, 1998 - 1999

Teaching Specialties:

  • soil mechanics
  • foundation engineering
  • environmental geotechnology
  • ground improvement

Research Interests:

  • hazardous waste management
  • environmental geotechnics
  • slurry trench cutoff walls
  • waste site remediation, in situ testing

Books: 

  • LaGrega M. L., Buckingham, P. L., and Evans, J.C., Hazardous Waste Management, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Evans, J. C., ed., In Situ Remediation of the Geoenvironment, Proceedings of the Conference, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 71, February, 1997. 

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications: 

  • Evans, J. C, “The TRD Method: Slag-Cement Materials for In Situ Mixed Vertical Barriers, “  ASCE Specialty Conference:  New Peaks in Geotechnics, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. TBA, February, 2007
  • Henning, J., Evans, J. C. and Shackelford, C. D., “Membrane Behavior of Soil-Bentonite Slurry Trench Cutoff Wall Backfill,” ASCE J. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 132, No. 10, pp. 1243-1249.
  • Evans, J. C. and Opdyke, S. M., “Strength, Permeability, and Compatibility of Slag-Cement-Bentonite Slurry Wall Mixtures for Constructing Vertical Barriers,” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnics, Cardiff, Wales, June 26-30, 2006, Thomas Telford Publishing, UK.
  • Evans, J. C., and McGinnis, R. G., “Short-term Study Abroad:  Engineering in a Global and Societal Context, Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition:  Excellence in Engineering Education; Chicago, Ill,  USA, June 18-21, 2006.
  • Yeo, S.-S., Shackelford, C. D., and Evans. J. C., ”Consolidation and Hydraulic Conductivity of Nine Model Soil-Bentonite Backfill,” ASCE J. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 131, No. 10, pp. 1189-1198.
  • Opdyke, S. M. and Evans, J. C. “Slag-Cement-Bentonite Slurry Walls,” ASCE J. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 131, No. 6, pp. 673-681.
  • Yeo, S.-S., Shackelford, C. D., and Evans. J. C., ”Membrane Behavior of Model Soil-Bentonite Backfill Mixtures,” ASCE J. of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 131, No. 4, pp. 418-429.
  • Evans, J. C. and Ryan, C.  “Time-Dependent Strength Behavior of Soil-Bentonite Slurry Wall Backfill’” Waste Containment and Remediation: Proceedings of the Geo-Frontiers 2005 Congress,  Geotechnical Special Publication No. 142, January, 2005.

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