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1 Gajan Page 1/10 8/8/2013 SIVAPALAN GAJAN Associate Professor Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering North Dakota State University NDSU Dept. 2470, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND , USA Phone: Fax: URL: EDUCATION Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Geotechnical), University of California, Davis, 2006 M.S., Civil Engineering (Geotechnical), University of California, Davis, 2001 B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1999 RESEARCH INTERESTS Foundation Engineering for Sustainable Infrastructures Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Dynamic Soil Foundation Structure Interaction Numerical Modeling of Geo Systems Probabilistic Seismic Performance of Foundations TEACHING INTERESTS Soil Mechanics Foundation Engineering Slope Stability and Retaining Walls Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Numerical Methods and Scientific Computation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Associate Professor, Dept. Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo August 2012 to present Assistant Professor, Dept. Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo August 2006 to

2 Gajan Page 2/10 8/8/2013 Associate Instructor, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis January to March, 2006 Research Assistant, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis 2000 to 2005 Teaching Assistant, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis Winter 2005, Winter 2004, and Spring 2001 Lecturer, Dept. Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, January to July 2000 Instructor/Demonstrator, Dept. Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, September to December 1999 Civil Engineering Intern, City Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 3 months 1998, and 3 months 1999 AWARDS AND HONORS Teacher of the Year, College of Engineering and Architecture, NDSU, 2013 Recipient of the UC Davis Prize for Excellence in Geotechnical Engineering Award, University of California, Davis 2005 Recipient of CITRIS Research Fellowship Award (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society), California Institutes of Science and Innovation 2003 Recipient of Best Student Paper Award Behavior of Laterally Loaded Piles, Engineering Jubilee Congress, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2000 First Class Honors in BS, Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 1999 Non Resident Tuition Fellowship, University of California, Davis 2000 to 2006 RESEARCH RELATED EXPERIENCES Geotechnical Centrifuge Modeling Constitutive Modeling of Soil Shallow Foundation Systems for Dynamic Loading Numerical Modeling in OpenSEES (Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulations) Instrumentation and Data Processing Graduate Students Advising TEACHING RELATED EXPERIENCES Curriculum Development Course Assessment Coordinator, Civil Engineering, NDSU Peer Review of Teaching (Mentor and Mentee) Undergraduate Students Advising Summer Mentorship Program Coordinator 2

3 Gajan Page 3/10 8/8/2013 Students Rating of Instruction at NDSU (SROI out of 5.0) Year Foundation Engineering Slope Stability & Retaining Walls Geotechnical EQ Engineering Enrollment Instructor Course Enrollment Instructor Course Enrollment Instructor Course PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Refereed Journal Reviewer o Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE (from 2003) o Earthquake Spectra, EERI (from 2010) o Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE (from 2007) o International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE (from 2010) o Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Elsevier (from 2009) o Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier (from 2011) o International Journal of Physical Modeling in Geotechnics, Japan (from 2007) o Engineering Structures, Elsevier (from 2008) o Journal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTM (from 2010) o Canadian Geotechnical Journal (from 2011) o Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM (from 2012) Conference Moderator/Reviewer o Conference Session Moderator and Lead Reviewer Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18 22, 2008 o Reviewer GeoRisk 2011, Atlanta, Georgia, June 26 28, 2011 o Reviewer GeoCongress, Oakland CA, 2012 o Reviewer ASEE Regional Conference, Fargo, ND, 2013 Research Proposal Reviewer o Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulations (NEES), National Science Foundation (NSF), May 2009 Professional Committee o Course Assessment Coordinator, Dept. Civil Engineering, NDSU, 2013 Present 3

4 Gajan Page 4/10 8/8/2013 o University Senate Member, NDSU, o Promotion, Tenure, and Evaluation Committee Member, Dept. Civil Engineering, NDSU, 2012 Present o Member of Graduate, Research, and Extension Committee, College of Engineering and Architecture, NDSU, from September o Member of Academic Affairs Committee, College of Engineering and Architecture, NDSU, from September 2013 Present o Program Fee Committee Member, Dept. Civil Engineering, NDSU, 2011 Present PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Publications (Published) Number of Published Journal Papers = 13 Times Cited (in Journal Papers) = 69 (from Web of Science) h index = 5 (five papers were cited five or more times (28, 18, 7, 6, and 5) from Web of Science) 1. Kayser, M. and Gajan, S. (2014). Application of probabilistic methods to characterize soil variability and their effects on the bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations: State of the art, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 8 (2) 2. Han, C S., Gajan, S., Lee, S. K., Buchholz, C. E., and Odden Heide, C. (2014). Summer mentorship pilot program for prospective engineering students with disabilities, European Journal of Engineering Education (accepted for publication) 3. Gajan, S. and Saravanathiiban, D. S. (2011). ʺModeling of energy dissipation in structural devices and foundation soil during seismic loadingʺ, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 31 (8), pp Times Cited: 1 (from Web of Science) 4. Gajan, S. (2011). Normalized relationships for depth of embedment of sheet pile walls and soldier pile walls in cohesionless soils, Soils and Foundations, Vol. 51 (3), pp Kim, J., Gajan, S., and Saafi, M. (2011). Settlement rehabilitation of a 35 year old building: A case study integrated with analysis and implementation, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE, Vol. 16 (4), pp Kim, J., Chu, X., and Gajan, S. (2011). Flood of the Red River Basin in 2009 and effectiveness of rapid mitigation efforts, Natural Hazards Review, ASCE, Vol. 12 (1), pp 1 5 4

5 Gajan Page 5/10 8/8/ Gajan, S. and McNames, C. L. (2010). Improved design of embedment depths for transmission pole foundations subject to lateral loading, Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE, Vol. 15 (1), pp Times Cited: 1 8. Gajan, S., Raychowdhury, P., Hutchinson, T. C., Kutter, B. L., and Stewart, J. P. (2010). ʺApplication and validation of practical tools for nonlinear soil foundation interaction analysisʺ, Earthquake Spectra, EERI, Vol. 26 (1), pp Times Cited: 7 (from Web of Science) 9. Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2009b). ʺEffects of moment to shear ratio on combined cyclic loaddisplacement behavior of shallow foundations from centrifuge experimentsʺ, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 135 (8), pp Times Cited: 4 (from Web of Science) 10. Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2009a). ʺContact interface model for shallow foundations subjected to combined cyclic loadingʺ, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 135 (3), pp Times Cited: 5 (from Web of Science) 11. Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2008). ʺCapacity, settlement, and energy dissipation of shallow footings subjected to rockingʺ, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134 (8), pp Times Cited: 18 (from Web of Science) 12. Gajan, S., Phalen, J. D., Kutter, B. L., Hutchinson, T. C. and Martin, G. (2005). ʺCentrifuge modeling of load deformation behavior of rocking shallow foundationsʺ, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 25 (7 10), 2005, pp Times Cited: 28 (from Web of Science) 13. Kutter, B. L., Gajan, S., Balakrishnan, A., and Manda, K. K. (2004). ʺEffects of layer thickness and density on settlement and lateral spreadingʺ, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 130 (6), 2004, pp Times Cited: 6 (from Web of Science) 5

6 Gajan Page 6/10 8/8/2013 Peer Reviewed Conference Publications 1. McNames, C. L. and Gajan, S. (2009), ʺAlternate design methods for direct embedded round wood pole foundationsʺ, Proc. Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, 8 12 November, Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2008), ʺNumerical simulations of rocking behavior of shallow footings and comparisons with experimentsʺ, Proc. British Geotechnical Association (BGA) International Conference on Foundations, Dundee, Scotland, June, 2008, Paper No Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2008), ʺEffect of critical contact area ratio on moment capacity of rocking shallow foundationsʺ, Proc. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18 22, 2008, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 181, Geo Institute, ASCE, paper No Deng, L., Erduran, E., Ugalde, J., Gajan, S., Kunnath, S., and Kutter, B. L. (2008), ʺDevelopment of innovative foundation systems to optimize seismic behavior of bridge structuresʺ, Proc. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18 22, 2008, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 181, Geo Institute, ASCE, paper No Ugalde, J. A., Kutter, B. L., Jeremic, B., Gajan, S., and Deng, L. (2008), ʺCentrifuge modeling of rocking of shallow foundations for bridgesʺ, Proc. Intl. Conf. Urban Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, Japan. March 4 5, Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2007), ʺA contact interface model for nonlinear cyclic momentrotation behavior of shallow foundationsʺ, Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Paper No. 1458, Thessaloniki, Greece. June 25 28, Ugalde, J. A., Kutter, B. L., Jeremic, B., and Gajan, S. (2007), ʺCentrifuge modeling of rocking behavior of bridges on shallow foundationsʺ, Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Paper No. 1484, Thessaloniki, Greece. June 25 28, Chang, B., Raychowdhury, P., Hutchinson, T. C., Thomas, J. M., Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2007), ʺEvaluation of the seismic performance of combined frame wall foundation structural systems through centrifuge testingʺ, Proc. 4th Intl. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Paper No. 1497, Thessaloniki, Greece. June 25 28,

7 Gajan Page 7/10 8/8/ Chang, B., Raychowdhury, P., Hutchinson, T. C., Thomas, J. M., Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2006), ʺCentrifuge testing of combined frame wall foundation structural systemsʺ, 8th National Conf. Earthquake Engineering, Paper #998, San Fransisco, Calif., April Kutter, B. L., Jeremic, B., Mahin, S., Ugalde, J., Gajan, S. and Hu, G., (2006), ʺSeismic energy dissipation by foundation rocking for bridge SFS systemsʺ, 5th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, Abstract #B14, San Francisco, Calif., Sept., Gajan, S., Kutter, B. L. and Thomas, J. (2005), ʺPhysical and numerical modeling of cyclic moment rotation behavior of shallow foundationsʺ, Proc. 16th Intl. Conf. Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka, Japan, Sept., 2005, Vol. 2, pp Gajan, S., Phalen, J. D., Kutter, B. L., Hutchinson, T. C. and Martin, G. (2004), ʺCentrifuge modeling of nonlinear cyclic load deformation behavior of shallow foundationsʺ, Proc. 11th Intl. Conf. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering and 3rd Intl. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. Jan Vol. 2, pp Ananthanathan, P. J., Gajan, S., Kanagalingam, T., and Seneviratne, H. N. (2000). ʺBehavior of laterally loaded pilesʺ, Proc. of the Engineering Jubilee congress ʺEngineering Beyond 2000ʺ, 29th June 1st July 2000, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Vol. 1, pp PEER, EERI, and NEES Reports 1. Gajan, S., Hutchinson, T. C., Kutter, B. L., Raychowdhury, P., Ugalde, J. A., and Stewart, J. P. (2008), ʺ Numerical models for the analysis and performance based design of shallow foundations subjected to seismic loading ʺ, PEER report no. 2007/04, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), University of California, Berkeley, pp Kutter, B.L., Martin, G., Hutchinson, T. C., Harden, C., Gajan, S., and Phalen, J.D. (2006), ʺWorkshop on modeling of nonlinear cyclic load deformation behavior of shallow foundationsʺ, PEER report no. 2005/14, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), University of California, Berkeley, pp Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2003), ʺCentrifuge modeling of settlement and lateral spreading with comparisons to numerical analysesʺ, PEER report no. 2002/10, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), University of California, Berkeley, pp 90 7

8 Gajan Page 8/10 8/8/ Gajan, S., Thomas, J.M. and Kutter, B. L. (2005), ʺPhysical and analytical modeling of cyclic load deformation behavior of shallow foundationsʺ, extended abstract, 57th annual meeting of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Feb Ixtapa, Mexico 5. Chang, B., Raychowdhury, P., Hutchinson, T. C., Thomas, J. M., Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L. (2007), ʺFrame wall foundation system tests using the UC Davis NEES centrifugeʺ, 5th Annual meeting of Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulations (NEES), Snowbird, Utah, June 19 21, 2007 Presentations in Professional Meetings 1. McNames, C. L. and Gajan, S. (2009), ʺAlternate design methods for direct embedded round wood pole foundationsʺ, Proc. Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, 8 12 November, 2009 (Presented by C. McNames) 2. Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L., Effect of Critical Contact Area Ratio on Moment Capacity of Rocking Shallow Footings, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18 22, 2008 (Presented by S. Gajan) 3. Deng, L., Erduran, E., Ugalde, J., Gajan, S., Kunnath, S., and Kutter, B. L., Development of innovative foundation systems to optimize seismic behavior of bridge structures, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18 22, 2008 (Presented by L. Deng) 4. Breakout Session: Shallow Foundations and Soil Structure Interaction, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18 22, 2008 (Session Moderated by S. Gajan) 5. Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L., A contact interface model for nonlinear cyclic moment rotation behavior of shallow foundations, 4th Intl. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece. June 25 28, 2007 (Presented by S. Gajan) 6. Ugalde, J. A., Kutter, B. L., Jeremic, B., and Gajan, S., Centrifuge modeling of rocking behavior of bridges on shallow foundations, 4th Intl. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece. June 25 28, 2007 (Presented by B. L. Kutter) 7. Chang, B., Raychowdhury, P., Hutchinson, T. C., Thomas, J. M., Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L., Evaluation of the seismic performance of combined frame wall foundation structural systems 8

9 Gajan Page 9/10 8/8/2013 through centrifuge testing, 4th Intl. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece. June 25 28, 2007 (Presented by B. Chang) 8. Chang, B., Raychowdhury, P., Hutchinson, T. C., Thomas, J. M., Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L., Centrifuge testing of combined frame wall foundation structural systems, 8th National Conf. Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, Calif., April 2006 (Presented by B. Chang) 9. Gajan, S., Kutter, B. L. and Thomas, J., Physical and numerical modeling of cyclic momentrotation behavior of shallow foundationsʺ, 16th Intl. Conf. Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Osaka, Japan, Sept., 2005 (Presented by B. L. Kutter) 10. Gajan, S., Modeling of Nonlinear Cyclic Load Displacement Behavior of Shallow Foundations, North Dakota State University, Fargo, November, 2005 (Presented by S. Gajan) 11. Gajan, S., Large Displacements of Solids Based upon Data from Multiple Sensors, Lecture to International Research Training Groupʹs (Technical University, Kaiserslautern, Germany) tour to NEES Geotechnical Centrifuge in University of California, Davis, July, 2005 (Presented by S. Gajan) 12. Gajan, S., Modeling of Cyclic Load Deformation Behavior of Shallow Foundations Supporting Rocking Shear Walls, UC Davis Prize for Excellence in Geotechnical Engineering Award Seminar, University of California, Davis, June, 2005 (Presented by S. Gajan) 13. Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L., Modeling of Cyclic Load Deformation Behavior of Soil Foundation Interface, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Centerʹs Annual Meeting, Walnut Creek, California, April, 2005 (Presented by S. Gajan) 14. Gajan, S., Modeling of Cyclic Load Deformation Behavior of Shallow Foundations Supporting Shear Wall Structures, University of Missouri, Rolla, March, 2005 (Presented by S. Gajan) 15. Gajan, S., Phalen, J. D., Kutter, B. L., Hutchinson, T. C. and Martin, G., Centrifuge Modeling of Nonlinear Cyclic Load Deformation Behavior of Shallow Foundations, 11th Intl. Conf. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering and 3rd Intl. Conf. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, January, 2004 (Presented by S. Gajan) 16. Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L., Modeling of Nonlinear Cyclic Load Deformation Behavior of Shallow Foundations: Macro Element, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Workshop, University of California, Davis, March, 2003 (Presented by S. Gajan) 9

10 Gajan Page 10/10 8/8/ Gajan, S. and Kutter, B. L., Centrifuge Modeling of Cyclic Mobility and Lateral Spreading, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Meeting, University of California, Berkeley, May, 2001 (Presented by S. Gajan) 18. Ananthanathan, P. J., Gajan, S., Kanagalingam, T., and Seneviratne, H. N., Behavior of Laterally Loaded Piles, Engineering Jubilee Congress Engineering Beyond 2000, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, June, 2000 (Presented by S. Gajan) 10