Robert D. Holtz
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Professor 132F More Hall, Box 352700 |
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Bob Holtz, Ph.D., P.E., is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. He previously was on the faculty at Purdue University for 15 years, and California State University, Sacramento, for 1.5 years. He has worked for the California Dept. of Water Resources, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, NRC-Canada, and as a consulting engineer in Chicago, France, and Italy. His research has been sponsored by NSF, FHWA, U.S. Air Force, Indiana Dept. of Highways, Washington State Dept. of Transportation, and several geotextile and soil reinforcement manufacturers, and contractors and professional associations. He is author, co-author, or editor of 22 books and book chapters, and author or co-author of more than 260 technical papers, discussions, reviews, and major reports.
EDUCATION
PhD (Soil Mechanics), Northwestern University 1970
Special Program in Soil Mechanics, Harvard University, 1966
MS (Civil Engineering), University of Minnesota, 1962
BS (Civil Engineering), University of Minnesota, 1960
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Geosynthetics
Soil improvement (soil nailing, wick drains, stone columns)
Laboratory and in situ testing; instrumentation
Foundation Engineering
CLASSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate Courses
CEE 366 Basic Soil Mechanics
CEE 436 Foundation Design
CEE 442 Structural Geotechnical Design Project
Graduate Courses
CEE 521 Seepage and Consolidation
CEE 522 Shear Strength and Slope Stability
CEE 523 Advanced Foundation Engineering
CEE 524 Lateral Earth Pressures and Retaining Structures
CEE 527 Advanced Geotechnical Laboratory
CEE 528 Geosynthetic Engineering
CEE 529 Foundation Soil Improvement
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
Books and Book Chapters
Holtz, R. D. and Kovacs, W. D. (1981) An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N. J., 733 p. (now in its 40th printing, with translations into Chinese, Bahasa Malaysian, French, and Turkish.)
Christopher, B. R. and Holtz, R. D. (1985), Geotextile Engineering Manual, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D. C., FHWA-TS-86/203, 1044 pp.
Christopher, B. R. and Holtz, R. D. (1989) Geotextile Design and Construction Guidelines, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Institute, Washington, D.C., Report No. FHWA-HI-90-001, 297 pp.
Holtz, R. D., Jamiolkowski, M., Lancellotta, R. and Pedroni, S. (1991) Prefabricated Vertical Drains: Design and Performance, Butterworths/CIRIA co-publication series, CIRIA, Butterworths-Heinemann, London, England, 131 pp.
Holtz, R. D., Christopher, B. R., and Berg, R. R. (1996) Geosynthetic Design and Construction Guidelines, U.S. Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Institute, Washington, D. C., Publication No. FHWA-HI-95-038, 396 pp.
Holtz, R. D., Christopher, B. R., and Berg, R. R. (1997) Geosynthetic Engineering, BiTech Publishers, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., 451 pp.
Holtz, R. D. (1991) “Pressure Distribution and Settlement”, Chapter 5, Foundation Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, H. Y. Fang, editor, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp. 166-222.
Holtz, R. D. and Schuster, R. L. (1996) “Stabilization of Soil Slopes”, Chapter 17 in Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation, Special Report No. 247, A. K. Turner and R. L. Schuster, editors, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D. C., pp. 439-473.
Holtz, R. D., Shang, J. Q., and Bergado, D. T. (2001) “Soil Improvement”, Chapter 15 in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Handbook, R. K. Rowe, Editor, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 429-462.
Holtz, R. D. (2003) “Geosynthetics” Chapter 24 in Civil Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, W. F. Chen and J. Y. R. Liew, editors, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 24-1-24-14. Norris, G. N. and
Holtz, R. D., editors (1981) Cone Penetration—Testing and Experience, Proceedings of a session sponsored by the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE National Convention, St. Louis, 496 pages.
Holtz, R. D., editor (1988) Geosynthetics for Soil Improvement, Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by the Geotechnical Engineering Division and the North American Geosynthetics Society, ASCE Spring Convention, Nashville, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 18, ASCE, 213 pp.
Holtz, R. D., editor (1990) Guide to Earthwork Construction, State of the Art Report 8, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 107 pp.
Borden, R. H., Holtz, R. D. and Juran, I., editors (1992) Grouting, Soil Improvement and Geosynthetics, Proceedings of the ASCE Specialty Conference sponsored by the Geotechnical Engineering Division, New Orleans, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 30, ASCE, 1453 pp.
Dakoulas, P., Yegian, M., and Holtz, R. D., editors (1998) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics III, Proceedings of a specialty conference sponsored by the Geo-Institute of the ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 75, ASCE, 1582 pp.
Papers (last 6 yr)
Henry, K. S. and Holtz, R. D. (2001) “Geocomposite Capillary Barriers Reduce Frost Heave in Soils”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 678-694.
Finley, C. A. and Holtz, R. D. (2001) “Investigation and Modeling of Two Composite Landfill Covers”, Geosynthetics International, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 97-112.
Bergado, D. T., Balasubramaniam, A. S., Fannin, R. J., and Holtz, R. D. (2002) “Prefabricated Vertical Drains (PVDs) in Soft Bangkok Clay: A Case of the New Bangkok International Airport Project”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 304-315 (received Honorable Mention for the R.M.Quigley Award for Best Paper in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2002).
Allen, T. M., Bathurst, R. J., Holtz, R. D., Walters, D., and Lee, W. F. (2003) “A New Working Stress Method for Prediction of Reinforcement Loads in Geosynthetic Walls”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 976-994 (received Honorable Mention for the 2003 Sir Casimir Gzowski Medal. The medal is awarded annually for the best technical paper on a civil engineering subject in the areas of surveying, structural engineering and heavy construction. This is the highest medal of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering for a Technical Paper, and there is one winner and one honorable mention given annually.)
Fang, Y.-S., Chen, T.-J., Holtz, R. D., and Lee, W.-F. (2004) “Reduction of Boundary Friction in Model Tests”, Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, Vol 27, No. 1, pp 1-10.
Allen, T. M., Bathurst, R. J., Holtz, R. D., Lee, W. F., and Walters, D. (2004) “A New Working Stress Method for Prediction of Reinforcement Loads in Steel Reinforced MSE Walls”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 130, No. 11, pp 1109-1120.
Harney, M. D., Bailey, T. D., and Holtz, R. D. (2006) "Clogging Potential of Geotextile Filters Using the Flexible Wall Gradient Ratio Test", Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM (in press).
Haxton, W.C., Holtz, R.D., Long, P., and Wilkerson, J. F. (2006) “Arguments for a ‘U.S. Kamioka’: SNOLab and its Implications for North American Underground Science Planning,” Los Alamos National Laboratories Archives, Nucl-ex/0604004 (URL), 23 pp.
Ahmet H. Aydilek, A. H., D’Hondt, D., and Holtz, R. D. (2006) “Comparative Evaluation of Geotextile Pore Sizes Using Bubble Point Test and Image Analysis,” Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, (accepted).
Henry, K. S., Stormont, J. C., and Holtz, R. D. (2000) “Geosynthetic Capillary Barriers in Pavements”, Performance Confirmation of Constructed Geotechnical Facilities, Proceedings of the ASCE Geo-Institute Specialty Conference, Amherst , Geotechnical Special Publication 94, ASCE, pp. 350-364.
Saidin, F., Race, R., and Holtz, R. D. (2001) “Stress Distribution and Deformations Modular block Faced GRS Walls Subjected to Increasing Surcharge”, Proceedings of Geosynthetics Conference 2001, Portland, Oregon, Industrial Fabrics Association International, pp. 509-522.
Harney, M. D. and Holtz, R. D. (2001) “Flexible Wall Gradient Ratio Test”, Proceedings of Geosynthetics Conference 2001, Portland, Oregon, Industrial Fabrics Association International, pp. 409-422.
Haggard, K. K., Holtz, R. D., and Mann, G. (2001) “Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Small Diameter Steel Pipe Piles”, Foundations and Ground Improvement, Proceedings of the Geo-Odyssey 2001 Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia, Brandon, T. L., Editor, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 113, ASCE, pp. 380-394.
Holtz, R. D., Kramer, S. L., Hsieh, C. W., Huang, A. B., and Lee, W. F. (2001) “Failure Analysis of an 80 m High Geogrid Reinforced Wall in Taiwan”, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, Volume 2, pp 1159-1162.
Petek, K., Holtz, R. D., and Felice, C. (2002) “Capacity Analysis of Large Diameter Drilled Shafts with Defects”, Deep Foundations 2002, Proceedings of the International Deep Foundations Congress 2002, Orlando, Florida, O’Neill, M. W., and Townsend, F. L., Editors, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 116, ASCE, pp 1120-1135.
Holtz, R. D. (2002) “Geosynthetics Organizations”, Proceedings 16th GSI/GRI Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 311-318.
Henry, K. S. and Holtz, R. D. (2003) “Long Term Gradient Ratio Tests,” Proceedings of the Two Rivers Conference--56th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 2003 NAGS Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (6 pp. on compact disc).
Saidin, F. and Holtz, R. D. (2003) “Behavior of a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Back-to-Back
Wall,” NAGS Contributions, Proceedings of the Two Rivers Conference--56th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 2003 NAGS Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (8 pp. on compact disc).
Perez, A. and Holtz, R. D (2004) “ Seismic Response of Reinforced Steep Soil Slopes: Results of a Shaking Table Study”, Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects,
Proceedings of Geo-Trans 2004 Conference, Los Angeles, California, Yegian, M. K. and Kavazanjian, E, Editors, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 126, ASCE, pp 1664-1672.
Holtz, R. D. (2004) “Geosynthetics R&D--The “Early” Days (1960s to Circa 1985)”, Proceedings of the Koerner Research Symposium, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Collins, B. M. Mahoney, J. P. and Holtz, R. D. (2005) “FWD Analysis of Pavement Sections with Geotextile Separators”, Proceedings of the Geo-Frontiers 2005 Conference, Geotechnical Special Publication 130 (CD-ROM), ASCE.
Bailey, T. D., Harney, M. D., and Holtz, R. D. (2005) “Rapid Assessment of Geotextile Clogging Potential Using the Flexible Wall Gradient Ratio Test”, Proceedings of the GRI-18 Conference, Austin, Texas (CD-ROM), ASCE.
Vestberg, G., Mann, G., and Holtz, R. D. (2005). “Penetration Resistance and the Bearing Capacity of Small-diameter Steel Piles”, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechncial Engineering, Osaka, Japan, pp 2057-2060 (CD-ROM).
Harney, M. D. and Holtz, R. D. (2005) “Case History: Failure of the Geotextile Turbidity Curtain”, NAGS2005/GRI-19 Cooperative Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada (CD-ROM).
Harney, M. D. and Holtz, R. D. (2006) “Mechanical Properties of Geotextile Reinforcement from Sweden, 30 Years After Installation”, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Geosynthetics, Yokohama, Japan (to be published).