EPA-G2008-P3-Z1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title: Bridge to Market: Assessment and Design of a Sustainable Mobility Plan for Moving Agricultural Products over a Rain Swollen River in the Bolivian Highlands Sorting Code: P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet – EPA-G2008-P3-Z1 (Agriculture) Faculty Advisor: David Schaad, [email protected], Christine Beaule, [email protected], Joseph Nadeau, [email protected]Page A. Table of Contents 1 B. Abstract 2 C. Research Plan 3-8 D. Budget and Budget Justification 9 E. Resumes 10-13 F. Current and Pending Support 14
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EPA-G2008-P3-Z1
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title: Bridge to Market: Assessment and Design of a Sustainable Mobility Plan for Moving Agricultural Products over a Rain Swollen River in the Bolivian Highlands Sorting Code: P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet – EPA-G2008-P3-Z1 (Agriculture) Faculty Advisor: David Schaad, [email protected], Christine Beaule, [email protected], Joseph Nadeau, [email protected] Page A. Table of Contents 1 B. Abstract 2 C. Research Plan 3-8 D. Budget and Budget Justification 9 E. Resumes 10-13 F. Current and Pending Support 14
EPA-G2008-P3-Z1
1. Sorting Code: P3 Award: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet – EPA-G2008-P3-Z1 (Agriculture)
2. Title: Bridge to Market: Assessment and Design of a Sustainable Mobility Plan for Moving Agricultural Products over a Rain Swollen River in the Bolivian Highlands
4. Institutions: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 5. Student Represented Departments: Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and University Writing Program 6. Project Period: August 4, 2008 – April 1, 2009 7. Project Amount (EPA): $10,000 8. Total Project Amount: $10,000 9. Project Summary: During the rainy season in the mountains of Bolivia, nine
villages, which function primarily on an economy of subsistence farming, are isolated from potential markets because of a swollen river which flows through the valley bordering these communities. Additionally, this water course also isolates community members from their fields and crossing the river necessitates dangerous fordings. This compromises their ability to improve their quality of life as well as hampers their farming effectiveness. Unfortunately, the inability to develop economical and safe stream crossings is a challenge facing many communities in the developing the world. The focus of this proposal is to travel to Bolivia, map the area in question, determine the flow characteristics of the river during the rainy (and dry) season, the ecological constraints of the local environment, and the long-term needs of the communities. The outcome of the first phase of the P3 competition will be to develop an economical, technologically appropriate, and sustainable bridge for crossing the river in question. The bridge will be designed to enhance the mobility options for the community, improving their access to markets and their crops, and elevating their quality of life. Furthermore, the design will be developed to minimize the ecological footprint and will work harmoniously with the catchment system. The measurement objectives for the success of the project will be three fold: a) does the developed plan meet the needs of the community for increasing and enhancing mobility? b) is it technologically appropriate (meaning that it can be constructed and maintained with locally available materials and construction techniques)? c) does the design minimize or have negligible ecological impacts? To address these issues and develop the design, select students in the University Writing Program, Integrated Environmental Design (the Environmental Engineering and Waster Resources capstone design class in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering), and students enrolled in the Engineering Sustainable Design and Construction and Reinforced Concrete Design courses will undertake this project.
10. Supplemental Keywords: bridge, agricultural mobility, sustainable development
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Bridge to Market: Assessment and Design of a Sustainable Mobility Plan for Moving Agricultural Products over a Rain Swollen River in the Bolivian Highlands
Research Plan
1.0 Project Description The community of Condor Chinoka, Bolivia, which survives primarily on subsistence farming, annually experiences transportation and mobility problems when the river flowing adjacent to the village is choked with water during the rainy season. The conveyance transforms from a shallow stream during the dry season to an impassable river during the rainy season. The onset of the rains separates the local community from their pasture and fields on the opposite bank. Without any way to cross, the locals must take a detour of several miles, and make the crossing at a point that is still unsafe for their livestock, their equipment, and for themselves. Additionally, this is a problem facing many subsistence agricultural communities in developing nations. They are located adjacent to water courses for irrigation and water supply, but the seasonal fluctuations can make mobility difficult at best and treacherous at worst. This project seeks to design and construct a safe and sustainable bridge that will serve Condor Chinoka and eight other nearby communities by allowing them to transport their agricultural products and equipment across the river during the rainy season. To assist with this task, students enrolled in a number of courses will participate in the project and be exposed to sustainable design elements, techniques, and applications in a real-world situation. With the Condor Chinoka project’s integration into this course, student engineers will be able to apply their knowledge to develop an innovative bridge design that meets the challenges of the area and the needs of the local community.
Dry season in Bolivian highlands – flood stage stream banks are visible on either side of the baseflow stream – a portion of the
village of Condor Chinoka in the background (Photo courtesy of Dr. Christine Beaule)
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1.1 Challenge Definition The annual rainy season between November and April transforms the nearly dry riverbed adjacent to Condor Chinoka into a vast river five feet deep and approximately 100 feet wide. Without a crossing, people in the village cannot reach their crops and grazing fields that lie on the other side. The rainy season is a crucial time for the village to plant crops, and the difficulties of crossing the river lower their agricultural yield while putting their lives at risk. Also, as their livestock are confined to one bank for almost half of each year, the available pasture on the village side of the river becomes exhausted, and villagers must find a way to bring their livestock across to the other side to graze. In addition to this, the region is at very high altitude—about 3800 m above sea level—so the natural pasturage is sparse at best. This means the herds have to move more often than is necessary in lusher lowland regions. The primary challenge for this project lies in building a bridge which meets the agricultural transportation needs of Condor Chinoka and the surrounding villages. This proposed bridge must also fit within other constraints. Though many of the modern materials commonly used for bridge construction, such as concrete, steel, and pipes, are available in Oruro, a city thirty minutes away, students will investigate the use of alternative materials due to transportation limitations and cost. Also, the bridge design must be constructed using the skills of local laborers and without large machinery such as bulldozers and concrete mixing trucks, which are not readily available in this location. By meeting these constraints and using sustainable and appropriate technology, the innovations for this bridge design can be easily duplicated by other villages and resolve agricultural transportation issues in the region.
1.2 Innovation and Technical Merit As previously mentioned, the design and implementation are imperative to the health of the local farmers’ crops as well as their livestock. With a bridge in place, a long detour and unsafe crossing will not be necessary to reach the crops on the other side of the river. It will also be easier for farmers to give their crops the necessary attention, consequently increasing harvest yield and prosperity. To reduce the project’s footprint on the planet, sustainable and locally available materials will be used to construct the bridge and its supporting components. One of the options to be considered by the students for the construction of the bridge is geosynthetic reinforced soil, made up of layers of compacted soil separated by geosynthetic sheets and held within common gray cinder blocks. The technique may be a more cost and time-efficient method of bridge construction, compared to the more widespread method of reinforced concrete or steel. This project can be technically analyzed in a variety of ways and is a very well-defined engineering problem. Stress analyses of tension, compression, bending, and shear at critical locations must be carried out; this will require mainly static load determinations as well fluid dynamics calculations. Failure analyses of material yield, fatigue, and fracture will also be completed. Finally, the bridge’s structural integrity as well as its economic efficiency will be determined.
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With the twin goals of building a sustainable structure using appropriate technology to serve the mobility needs of the community, the largest innovation and obvious technical merit is the transferability of this technology to other similar locations. Once the design is developed (and then ideally implemented as part of Phase II of the P3 competition), the constructed product will serve as a prototypical model of agricultural mobility, which can be replicated in other developing areas of the world.
1.3 Measurable Results, Evaluation Method, and Implementation Strategy
The degree to which the final design is sustainable will be evident even before implementation. One metric for evaluating proposed designs will be the similarities between the group’s design and the existing bridges in rural areas of Bolivia. While some novel elements will exist in the bridge’s design, similarities in construction techniques and materials are important as they will help ensure that the community holds a major role in the project’s success. These similarities allow local knowledge, labor, materials, and tools to be used. A high level of community participation will also affirm Condor Chinoka’s ownership of the bridge, a necessity for the long term success of the design. Residents with a personal stake in the bridge will feel a strong sense of obligation to keep it in working condition. This is something with which residents have previous experience. They participated in the construction of an irrigation system in 2007 to pump water from the river into community reservoirs for agriculture and personal use during drier years. Their participation in the construction of the bridge will guarantee that they are knowledgeable of the structure’s important features and how it is affected by the surrounding environment, especially the river. This knowledge will ensure that maintenance and repairs of the bridge can be performed by the community members and without external technical assistance. Results of the bridge’s construction will manifest in the increased income of the local farmers and shepherds. Passage across the river will afford Condor Chinoka residents and the members of other nearby towns a safe method of transporting equipment and themselves to their crops and grazing lands. Productivity will increase for these farmers that previously used several hours’ worth of time and fuel to find a safe place to ford the river. Residents of Condor Chinoka currently earn about $400 annually; an increase in income could translate into a marked increase in their quality of life. Another tangible measure of the project’s outcome is the spread of the bridge’s design. If the bridge is sufficiently low cost and appropriate to the region, its design may be repeated elsewhere in the area (and the world). The project will also be considered successful if community members are able to maintain the bridge on their own. As measurement objectives for the success of Phase I of this project, the following questions will be addressed:
a) does the developed plan meet the needs of the community for increasing and enhancing mobility?
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b) is it technologically appropriate (meaning that it can be constructed and
maintained with locally available materials and construction techniques)?
c) does the design minimize or have negligible ecological impacts? 2.0 Integration of P3 Concepts as an Education Tool The project will be dealt with in four curricular offerings and one extra curricular student organization: Courses:
o Writing 20: Households: Past and Present o CE 133: Reinforced Concrete Design o EGR183: Engineering Sustainable Design and Construction o CE193: Integrated Environmental Design (capstone course in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering) Extra-Curricular Student Organization: Engineers without Borders In the course “Households: Past and Present” students will examine the household as the basic unit of social and economic organization, the household is the context within which culture is passed down and transformed. Our gendered, ethnic, class, economic, and social behavioral patterns are shaped through our experiences in this most private, but critical cultural setting. Taking theoretically broad perspectives from readings in archaeology, cultural anthropology, urban studies, women’s studies, environmental engineering and sociology, students will tackle issues concerned with sustainability, household architecture, forms of the family, wealth and status differences, the organization of labor, and gender and age-based social divisions, among others. Culturally specific responses to environmental stress will also be explored, including how households and communities design and modify food production systems (e.g., irrigation and nomadic herding strategies), shape migration patterns, and respond to large-scale natural disasters or infrastructural projects. Another class examining the project will be “Reinforced Concrete Design” where students are instructed in the analysis and design of selected reinforced concrete structural elements according to strength and design methodology. Mechanics forming the foundation of the methodology is featured. Laboratory work on properties of aggregates, concrete, and reinforced concrete are also examined. Students will work on the design of the bridge as part of their term project for the course. This mobility project will also be woven into an engineering elective course entitled “Engineering Sustainable Design and Construction.” By enrolling in the class, students will gain the practical experience of completing a real engineering project while receiving mentoring and feedback in a classroom environment. In this way, the engineering principles students have learned can be implemented in a real-life project.
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The effects of engineering design on people, prosperity, and the planet can be taught conceptually and formally in the classroom as well as empirically in the project implementation. In this class, students will design and test solutions to the problem in the context of service learning. Students will be instructed in technical design principles; sustainable and engineering best practices; prototype formation, testing and evaluation; and establishment of research and analysis methodologies in a community based research experience. Teams will work in partnership with the leaders of Condor Chinoka and participate in an experiential learning process by engineering a designed solution for an identified community need. Evaluation will be focused on design deliverables, fabricated prototypes and a critical reflection of the experiential learning process. The final course where students will address these issues is ”Integrated Environmental Design” (the capstone course for students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering concentrating in water resources/environmental engineering. In this course student design teams complete a preliminary design of an actual environmental engineering project and present the design to a panel of civil engineering faculty and practitioners. A written technical report is required. Topics which are covered include: sustainability, the design process; cost estimation; legal, ethical, and social aspects of professional engineering practice; short-term and long-term design and serviceability considerations. In addition to the classroom component, this project will also be one of the Engineers Without Borders tasks – which will engage students across all four departments in the School of Engineering as well as humanities students (i.e., public policy, economics, etc.) who are members of EWB. In all of these curricular and extra-curricular endeavors, students will have the ability to work with faculty with relevant experience to apply to the project. 2.0 Project Schedule
• Fall Semester 2008 – Student groups research and develop preliminary bridge design based on current knowledge of the area
• December 2008 – Small student group travels to Condor Chinoka, Bolivia to
perform site assessment during the rainy season
• January 2009 – Preliminary design modified based on site assessment • February-March 2009 – Bridge model constructed and tested; design
modifications based on testing completed
• April 2009 – Final report completed and P3 Design Contest attended in Washington, D.C.
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• Summer 2009 – Project Implementation 4.0 Partnerships Currently, there is a partnership between Dr. Beaule, a Duke professor, and the community of Condor Chinoka. Dr. Beaule travels to the village every summer to perform research at her archaeological site in the area, and she has gained the trust of the village residents. Her inclusion in the implementation team will greatly facilitate community interaction. Through the course of the project, partnerships between the community leaders and the student group will also need to be solidified to ensure the success of the bridge construction. The team will also be collaborating with Duke University’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders, a student group that has implemented several international projects. Moreover, this would allow students who choose not take the design course to still be involved. 5.0 References Koklanaris, Maria. “Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Structures Can Carry the Load.” USDOT, July 2000. Accessed Dec 11, 2007 from: http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/julaug00/grs.htm
Civil and Environmental Engineering DepartmentPratt School of EngineeringDuke UniversityDurham, North Carolina
Other Costs:Supplies Research Supplies 510$ 510$ International Travel Airfare, mileage, meals and allowances 3,800$ 3,800$ Travel to P3 Comp. Mileage, meals and allowances 2,100$ 2,100$ Total Other Costs 6,410$ 6,410$
Equipment N/A
Total Direct Costs Personnel and Other 6,410$ 6,410$ Indirect Costs 56% of Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) 3,590$ 3,590$ Total Project Costs Direct and Indirect 10,000$ 10,000$
JUSTIFICATION:1. Supplies: Hardware and Software to design/build/test prototype models.2. International Travel to/from Project Site in Bolivia.
(a) Includes air fare, ground transportation, food and lodging for three studentsand the PI to travel to Bolivia to collect assessment data.
2. Travel to/from Project Site and Washington, DC for P3 Competition.(a) Includes ground transportation, food and lodging for ten students and the
PI to travel to Washington, DC to participate in the P3 competition inApril 2009.
Title: Bridge to Market: Assessment and Design of a Sustainable Mobility Plan for Moving Agricultural Products over a Rain Swollen River in the Bolivian Highlands
David Schaad, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE Education
o Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 1998 o M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991 o B.A., Physics and Mathematical Sciences (Double Major), Denison University 1990
Professional Experience
o Adjunct Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair (December 2003-Present), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
o Construction Operations Manager (June 2006-Present), Royall Contractors, LLC, Durham, North Carolina
o Senior Design Engineer (Dec. 2003-Dec. 2006); Vice President – Civil Engineering (Oct. 2000 – Nov. 2003), Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina
o Project Design Engineer (November 1999 – September 2000), Appian Consulting Engineers, P.A, Wake Forest, North Carolina
o Branch Manager (April – October 1999); Senior Project Engineer (April 1997 – March 1999), Marshall Miller & Associates, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina
o Research Assistant (May 1996 – April 1997), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
o Project Engineer (June 1991 – August 1995), Parsons Engineering Science, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
o “A Perfect Storm: Examining Natural Disasters by Combining Traditional Teaching Methods with Service Learning and Innovative Technology,” D.E. Schaad, L.P. Franzoni, C. Paul, A. Bauer, and K. Morgan, accepted by the International Journal of Engineering Education, anticipated publication, Spring 2008.
o “Design and Performance of a Multi-Purpose Constructed Wetland and Flow Equalization Basin,” D.E. Schaad, W. 'Brent' Chambers, J.M. Halley and S. Denson, accepted by Journal of Environmental Engineering, anticipated publication February 2008.
o “Protecting Off-Site Populations and Site Workers from Vapor Discharges During Shallow Soil Mixing at the NCSU NPL Site,” D.E. Schaad, J.M. Halley, and V. Alaimo, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 57:1038-1049, September 2007.
o “Using UCS as a Surrogate Performance Standard at the NCSU NPL Site,” D. E. Schaad, J.M. Halley, and S.A. Wilson, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 132:1355-1365, October 2006.
o “Dipole Flow Test with a Tracer: A New Single-Borehole Tracer Test for Aquifer Characterization,” D.J. Sutton, Z.J. Kabala, D.E. Schaad, and N.C. Ruud, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 44:71-101, January 2000.
Professional Certifications
o Registered Professional Engineer in: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
o Board Certified Environmental Engineer (Hazardous Waste), American Academy of Env. Engineers o North Carolina Contractor’s Exam Qualifier: Highway, Public Utilities and Building
Courses Taught
o CE100 - Practical Methods in Civil Engineering o EGR183 – Engineering Sustainable Design and Construction o CE193 - Integrated Environmental Design o CE198.01 – EE Design and Fabrication: Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water o CE198.02 – EE Design and Fabrication: Energy Recovery from a Dairy Farm o CE198.03 – EE Design and Fabrication: Treatment of Pond Water for Bacteria and Viruses o EGR60/PPS107/ENV161 – Science and Policy of Natural Disasters o EGR61/PPS109/ENV162 - Natural Catastrophes: Rebuilding from Ruins o CE265.02 - Advanced Living Technology Design (Co-Instructors: Board, Rose, Nadeau, Kielb, and
Brooke) o CE292 and CE293 - Structural and Environmental Eng. Project Management (Co-Instructor: Nadeau)
Experiential Learning
o “DukeEngage in New Orleans,” Pilot Program, June 10 – August 5, 2007 – 19 students participating o P3 Student Design Contest, Sponsored by EPA
“TA Brown Mechanical Aerator,” 2006 – Honorable Mention “Constructing Sustainable Homes Following Natural Disasters,” 2006 “The DELTA Smart House: Cross Disciplinary Projects Within the Design Framework of
Sustainable Construction,” 2005 o Engineers Without Borders: Uganda Trip – July-August 2007; Indonesia Trip – August 2005 o Initiated Departmental “First Friday” Field Trips – 2005
Faculty Advisor
o WERC Student Design Team (2005, 2006, 2007) o Engineers Without Borders (2005-Present)
Honors and Awards
o Blue Ribbon “Teamwork” Award (DukeEngage Team) – 2007 o Top 10 “Dukies of the Year” – Towerview Magazine – 2006 o Earl I. Brown II Outstanding Civil Engineering Faculty Award – Chi Epsilon – 2006 o Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Pratt Sch.of Eng.–
2006 o Outstanding Volunteer Advisor - Leading at Duke Awards, Office of Student Activit. and Facilities –
2006 o HOPE Professor - Residence Life and Housing Services – 2006 o Pi Mu Epsilon, National Mathematics Honorary – 1990 o Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honorary – 1990 o Sigma Xi, National Scientific Research Society - 1990
University Committees
o Campus Sustainability Committee, Fall 2007 - Present o DukeEngage Faculty Advisory Committee, Spring 2007 - Present
Key Projects:
o Uganda Rainwater Harvesting – Worked with Central Buganda University to design and fabricate 10,000 liter rainwater harvesting tanks to supplement drinking water supplies for the school and surrounding villages (Kanoni and Kasaka). Tanks were constructed of concrete with reinforcing steel and poultry fencing. Rainwater capture strategy required adding tin gutters to buildings and constructing a “first flush” system to prevent particulates from being washed into the tanks. Led a team of six students who also participated in these activities.
o DukeEngage in NOLA – Faculty Coordinator for one of the pilot DukeEngage experiences where 19 students invested eight weeks engaged in service internships in the New Orleans, Louisiana area. Weekly large group meetings with an invited speaker and additional reflection sessions were used to further enhance the experience. Students worked with the following community partners: City of New Orleans Public Works Dept., Public Health Dept., Public Schools, Water and Sewerage Board, Providence Community Housing, Concordia, St. Bernard Parish Engineering Department, and Habitat for Humanity and lived at Xavier University.
o Hurricane Katrina Response, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana – Led a team of 140 students to participate in demolition activities in 33 homes over Spring Break. Work included removal of mud and flood debris, destroyed white goods, chemicals, and home materials. Care was exercised to not dispose of personal effects from the home which might possess personal significance. Coordinated meetings with the Army Corps of Engineers to visit levee construction sites in the Lower Ninth Ward and adjacent to the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO). (March 2006)
o Southeast Asia Tsunami Response – Participated in engineering rebuilding teams in the area near Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Specifically worked with local Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and relief teams with respect to water supply and waste disposal placements, home reconstruction, and livelihood restoration. Led a team of six students who also participated in these activities, specifically the development of a mechanical aerator to assist shrimp farmers.
Christine D. Beaule Professional Preparation
• Northwestern University, B.A., 1993. • University of Pittsburgh, M.A. 1999. • University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., 2002.
Appointments
• Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, University Writing Program, Duke University, 2005-present.
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Bloomsburg University, 2005. • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Academic Affairs, Pennsylvania State University, 2003-
2004. • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-2004. • Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 1994-
2002. Publications
• “Trading Up: Interregional Exchange and Inter-household Wealth Differentiation in Two Highland Bolivian Villages,” in final preparations for submission to the Journal of Field Archaeology.
• "Archaeological Faunal Remains in their Social Context and the Origins of Wealth Differences at Jachakala, Bolivia," in preparation for submission to Research in Economic Anthropology.
• “A Comparative Perspective on the Domestic Economy of Highland Bolivian Households,” coauthored with Alana DeLoge, Society for American Archaeology 71st Annual Meeting, 2006.
• “Household organization and the domestic economy of Condor Chinoka, Bolivia,” coauthored with Alana DeLoge, Society for American Archaeology 71st Annual Meeting, 2006.
• Beaule, C.D. Inter-Household versus Intra-Community Comparisons: Dissecting an Incipient Political Economy at Jachakala, Bolivia. In Ancient Households of the Americas: Conceptualizing What Households Do, edited by J.G. Douglas and N. Gonlin. University Press of Colorado, in press.
• Beaule, C.D. Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Jachakala, Inti Raymi: Boletin Informativo de Inti Raymi S.A., 4(7): pp. 24. Oruro, Bolivia, 1998.
Synergistic Activities Dr. Beaule specializes in household archaeology and manifestations of Tiwanaku in small village societies in the central Bolivian highlands. She has been working in the Andes since 1995 on projects that have included settlement pattern survey in Colombia, intensive surface collections in eastern India, and extensive household excavations on Formative through Tiwanaku period sites in the Bolivian altiplano. Her recent research in Bolivia has been a collaborative effort involving archaeologists from the Bolivian government, students from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres in La Paz and the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Beaule has presented her research in a number of conference symposia, invited lectures, and publications in preparation. Collaborators and Other Affiliations Collaborators: Marc P. Bermann (University of Pittsburgh), William Castellon (Unidad Nacional de Arqueologia, BO), Robert D. Drennan (University of Pittsburgh), Jason R. Fox (University of Pittsburgh), Monica L. Smith (University of California at Los Angeles), Gil J. Stein (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) Graduate Advisor: Marc P. Bermann (University of Pittsburgh)
Joseph C. Nadeau • Education o Ph.D. Civil and Environ. Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1996 o S.M. Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991 o B.S. Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 1989 • Professional Experience
o Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2005-Present
o Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, l997-2005
o Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1996-1997
• Sample Publications
o Nadeau, J. C. (2003). “A Multi-Scale Model for Effective Moduli of Concrete Incorporating ITZ Water-Cement Ratio Gradients, Aggregate Size Distributions, and Entrapped Voids.” Cement and Concrete Research, 33:103-113.
o Dolbow, J. E. and Nadeau, J. C. (2002). “On the use of effective properties for the fracture analysis of microstructured materials.” Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 69:1607-1634.
o Nadeau, J. C. (2002). "Water-to-cement ratio gradients in mortars and corresponding effective elastic properties." Cement and Concrete Research, 32(3):481-490.
o Nadeau, J. C. and Ferrari, M. (2001) "On Optimal Zeroth-order bounds with application to Hashin-Shtrikman bounds and anisotropy parameters." International Journal of Solids and Structures, 38:7945-7965.
o Nadeau, J. C. and Meng, X. N. (2000). "On the Response Sensitivity of an Optimally Designed Functionally Graded Layer." Composites: Part B, 31:285-297.
• Courses Taught
o EGR 75L. Mechanics of Solids o CE 133L. Concrete and Composite Structures o CE 192. Integrated Structural Design o CE 265: Advanced Living Technology Design o CE 202. Continuum Mechanics o CE 205. Mechanics of Composite Materials o CE 292: Structural Engineering Project Management
• Honors and Awards
o Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke, 2007. o Earl I. Brown, II Outstanding Civil Engineering Faculty Award, Duke University Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004. o ASCE Faculty Advisor Reward, ASCE Committee on Student Activities, 2000. o 1999 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Assoc. Universities, 1999. o D. Jackson and Sara-Louise Faustman Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley, 1992-93. o Arthur Gould Tasheira Scholarship, University of California at Berkeley, 1991-92. o Hugh B. Williams Scholarship, Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors, 1989-90. o John B. Carson Prize, Lehigh University, 1989. o John S. Morrison Jr. Civil Engineering Award, Pennsylvania Engineering Foundation, May 1988. o Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi
• Professional and Service Activities
o Registered Professional Engineer, NC 030427 o Member, ASEE, ASCE, ACI, and AISC
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