Ray, Richard P.

Title

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina

 

Address

300 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29208 -0001
Telephone: (803) 777-7086     Facsimile: (803) 777-0670

 


EDUCATION

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 1983

MSE, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan 1978

BSE, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 1977

 


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1988-present, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina

1995-present, Faculty Affiliate, School of the Environment, University of South Carolina

1983-1988, Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina

1978-1980, Project Geotechnical Engineer, Fugro-McClelland Inc. Houston, TX

 


RESEARCH
Specialization

Geotechnical, Geoenvironmental Engineering.

 

Interests

Soil dynamics and earthquake engineering, field extraction of soil contaminants, field testing and data logging, laboratory testing for dynamic soil properties, laboratory testing for unsaturated flow behavior.

 

Sample Projects

Evaluation of Building Settlement on Friction Piles, New Orleans

Liquefaction Potential at a Coastal SC Site, Beaufort SC

Slope Stability of Lake Murray Dam during drawdown and construction, Columbia, SC

Soil Vapor Extraction at an Underground Storage Tank, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Contaminant Migration at a RCRA/CERCLA Site, Westinghouse Savannah River Site.

Effects of Air Phase on 1-D Infiltration, U.S. Department of Energy.

 


COURSES TAUGHT

ENGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering
ECIV 111 - Graphics for Civil Engineers
ECIV 200 - Statics
ECIV 301 - Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
ECIV 303 - Civil Engineering Materials
ECIV 330 - Introductory Soil Mechanics
ECIV 405 - Civil Engineering Systems
ECIV 466 - Dam Design
ECIV 470 - Civil Engineering Design
ECIV 731 - Lateral Earth Pressures and Slope Stability
ECIV 732 - Theoretical and Numerical Methods in Soil Mechanics
ECIV 733 - Physico-Chemical Properties of Soils
ECIV 734 - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
EMCH 290 - Thermodynamics
SCCC 380 - Philosophy of Technology

 


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers
The GeoInstitute
Soil Science Society of America
Ameican Society for Testing and Materials
American Geophysical Union
Registered Professional Engineer, South Carolina

 


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

E. Montemayor, R.P. Ray (2005) “Displacement Measurements for Cyclic Triaxial Tests Using Digital Image Correlation” Geofrontiers 2005, Austin TX. 

Ray, Richard P. “Use of Improved Computational Methods for Determining Strong Motion Response in Deep Sediments”, presented to EarthScope, Memphis TN.

Davis Baird, Otavio Bueno, Steve Lynn, Richard Ray, and Chris Robinson: "Visual Images in NanoScience/Technology", USC NanoCenter Symposium V, Columbia, SC, November 21, 2003 (Poster presentation).

Ray, R.P. “Modeling Earthquake Response in Deep Soil Deposits” (2002) Numerical Models in Geomechanics (NUMOG VIII), edited by Pande & Pietruszczak, Swets & Zeitlinger, The Netherlads, pages 667-71, ISBN 90 5809 359X

Ray, R.P. and Montemayor, E. (2001) “Strain-Controlled Testing for Subgrade Resilient Modulus,” Accepted for publication, XV International Conferenced on Soil Mecanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey. 4 pp.

Gassman, S.L., Schroeder, A.J. and Ray, R.P. (2002). “Field Performance of HDPE Culvert Pipe,” ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering , Vol. 131, Issue 2, pp. 160-167

Gassman, S.L., Schroeder, A.J. and Ray, R. P., (2002) “Performance Evaluation of High-Density Polyethelene Pipe,” Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Wahsington,D.C., Jan 13-17, 2002, pp.1-26 and Transportation Research Record No. 1814 Design of Structures. TRB, pp 171-178.

Franz, J.A., Peng, J., Flora, J.R.V., Meadows, M.E., and Ray, R.P. "Bio-electrochemical Enhancement of Natural Attenuation at a Former Manufactured Gas Plant," presented at the 9th South Carolina Environmental Conference held March 14-17, 1999, at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Widdowson, M.A., Haney, O.R., Reeves, H.W., Aelion, C.M., Ray, R.P. (1997), “Multilevel Soil-Vapor Extraction Test for Heterogeneous Soil,” Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol 123, No. 2, pp. 160-168.

Aelion, C.M., Ray, R.P., Shaw, J.N., Widdowson, M.A., Reeves, H.W. (1996) "The Use of Simplified Methods for Monitoring Petroleum-Contaminated Ground Water and Soil Vapor", Journal of Soil Contamination, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 225-242.

Ray, R.P. and Morris, K.B., "Automated Laboratory Testing for Soil/Water Characteristic Curves", Proceedings, 1st International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Paris, Sept. 1995, Vol. 2, pp. 547-552.

Morris, K.B., Gribb, M.M., and Ray, R.P. "Integrated Full-Scale Model Validation of Unsaturated Flow Behavior", Proceedings,1st International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Paris, Sept. 1995, Vol 1, pp. 399-404.

Ray, R.P., Widdowson, M., Aelion, C.M. "Final Report on Soil Vacuum Extraction/Air Sparging Remediation at EMRO Site #288" to S.C. Department of Environmental Control, Groundwater Protection Division, May, 1995, 77 pp.

Aelion, C.M., Ray, R.P., Shaw, J.N., Widdowson, M.A., Reeves, H.W. "The Use of Simplified Methods for Monitoring Petroleum-Contaminated Ground Water and Soil Vapor", Journal of Soil Contamination, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 225-242.

Widdowson, M.A., Ray, R.P, Reeves, H.W., Aelion, C.M. and Holbrooks, K.D. "Investigation of Soil Venting-Based Remediation at a UST Site in the Appalachian Piedmont," Bioremediation of Pollutants in Soil and Water, ASTM STP 1235, Brian S. Schepart, Ed. American Society of Testing and Materials.

Morris, K.B., Ray, R.P., Meadows, M.E. "Automated Measurement of Soil Moisture Hysteresis", Paper No. 942041, Int'l Summer Mtg. American Soc. of Agricultural Engineers, Kansas City, MO, June, 1994

Scaturo, D.M., Widdowson, M.A. and Ray, R.P. "Evaluation of a Multi-level Drive Point Sampler for Hydraulic Conductivity Analysis," submitted to Journal of the Geotechnical Division, American Society of Civil Engineers.