Doctor of Philosophy, Geotechnical and Transportation Materials
Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. 1979
Master of Science, Geotechnical Engineering
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. 1976
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
University of the Andes, Bogota, Colombia. 1973
A.S. Saada, L. Liang, J.L. Figueroa and C.T. Cope "Bifurcation and
Shear Band Propagation in Sands," accepted for publication, Geotechnique,
October 1998.
Liang, A.S. Saada, J.L. Figueroa and C.T. Cope "The Use of Digital Processing
in Monitoring Shear Band Development," ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal,
Vol 20, Number 3, September, 1997, pp.324-339.
Figueroa, A.S. Saada, D. Kern, and L. Liang "Shear Strength and Shear Modulus
Degradation Models Based on the Dissipated Unit Energy" Proceedings, XIVth
International Conference on Cope "Bifurcation and Shear Band Propagation
in Sands," under Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Hamburg, Germany,
Sept. 1997, pp. 291-294.
J.L. Figueroa, A.S. Saada, and L. Liang, "Evaluation of Soil Liquefaction
by Energy Principles," Closure. Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering
Division, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 3, pp. 244, 1996.
J.A. Acosta, J.L. Figueroa and R.L. Mullen, "Algorithms for Pavement Distress
Classification by Video Image Analysis," Transportation Research Record
1505, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, pp.
27-38, 1995.
J.L. Figueroa, A.S. Saada, M.D.Rokoff and L. Liang, "Influence of Grain-Size
Characteristics in Determining the Liquefaction Potential of a Soil Deposit
by the Energy Method," Accepted for Presentation and Publication in the
Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Physics and Mechanics
of Soil Liquefaction. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland,
September 10-11, 1998. Invited Paper.
J.L. Figueroa A.S. Saada, H. Dief and C. P. Dietz "Development of the Geotechnical
Centrifuge at Case Western Reserve University," Proceedings of the International
Conference: CENTRIFUGE 98, pp. 3-9.Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1998.
J.L. Figueroa A.S. Saada and L. Liang, "The Ground Deformations and Failures
in the Van Norman Complex after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Part III
- Laboratory Investigation, Soil Characterization and Evaluation of Liquefaction
Potential Using the Unit Energy Method." Proceedings of the NEHRP Conference
and Workshop on Research on the Northridge, California Earthquake of January
17, 1994. Vol II - Earth Sciences, pp II-108 to II 116. Oct. 1998.
L. Liang, J.L. Figueroa and A.S. Saada, "Effect of the Amplitude of Shear
Strain on the Energy Density at the Onset of Liquefaction" Proceedings
of the 7th International Conference in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering,
pp. 133-146, Crete, Greece, May, 1995.
Scientific and Professional Societies:
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMFE)
1984 - present
