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Education

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering , Northwestern University 12/2002

M.Eng. in Civil Engineering ,  Howard University  5/1992

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Florida A&M University  5/1987

Academic and Professional Experience

Assistant Professor                              University of Kentucky                       8/2006 – present

Assistant Professor                              Ohio University                                   11/2001 – 6/2006

GE Faculty Intern                               Northwestern University                     9/2000 – 9/2001

Teaching and Research Assistant        Northwestern University                     9/1998 – 9/2000

Geotechnical Engineer                        CH2M HILL, Inc.                               1/1992 – 9/1998

Research Engineer                               Federal Highway Administration         1/1990 – 1/1992

Research Engineer                               Los Alamos National Laboratory        1/1989 – 1/1990

Selected Publications

• Bryson, L.S. and Gomzez-Guteuerrez, I. C.¹, (2011). “Development of a new durability index for compacted shale,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoevironmental Engineering, ASCE, in review.
• Bryson, L.S. and Salehian, A.¹, (2011). “Performance of constitutive models in predicting behavior of remolded clay,” Acta Geotechnica,  in review.
• Bryson, L.S. and Zapata-Medina, D.G.¹ (2011). “Method for estimating system stiffness for excavation support walls,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoevironmental Engineering, ASCE,  in review.
• Bryson, L.S. and Kotheimer, M.J.¹ (2010). “Cracking in Walls of a Building Adjacent to a Deep Excavation,” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, in print.
• Bryson, L.S. and Zapata-Medina, D.G.¹ (2010). “Finite Element Analyses of Secant Pile Wall Installation,” Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, ICE, Vol. 163, No. 4, pp. 209-219.
• Bryson, L.S. and Bathe, A.¹ (2009). “Determination of Selected Geotechnical Properties of Soil using Electrical Conductivity Testing,” Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 252-261.
• Bryson, L.S. and Zapata-Medina, D.G.¹ (2010). “Direct Approach for Designing an Excavation Support System to Limit Ground Movements,” Earth Retention 2010 Conference, Bellevue, WA, 1-4 August, 8 pp.
• Anderkin, M.¹ and Bryson, L.S. (2010). “Critical State Parameters of Kentucky Clay,” GeoShanghai International Conference, Shanghai, China, 3-5 June, 6 pp.
• Bryson, L.S., Lutz, T.¹ and Barnes, A.¹ (2010). “Issues of Signal Strength of Wireless Sensors for Civil Infrastructure Monitoring,” SPIE Symposium on SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, San Diego, USA, 7-11 March, 8 pp.
• Bryson, L.S., Barnes, A.¹ and Lutz, T.¹ (2009). “Deformation Obtained from Wireless Sensor Motes,” 4^th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring on Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-4), Zurich, Switzerland, 22-24 July, 9 pp.