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Members
Cadden selected for
distinguished Virginia Tech
alumni
Allen Cadden, P.E., D,GE, M.ASCE
,
was recently selected for induction as
a member of the Academy of Distin-
guished Alumni for the Virginia Tech
Via Department of Civil and Envi-
ronmental Engineering. This honor
recognizes the career contributions to
the profession of engineering, to the
communities, and to the nation.
Cadden currently serves as Director
of Strategic Development for the firm,
responsible for formulation and imple-
mentation of the strategic direction of
the firm, including oversight of emerg-
ing technical trends and supervision of
firm wide business development and
marketing support services. His expe-
rience includes geotechnical investi-
gations, design, instrumentation, and
construction monitoring services. As a
Designer, Project Manager, and Senior
Reviewer, Cadden has worked on a
variety of geotechnical challenges
ranging from commercial develop-
ments to water resource and infra-
structure projects that involve shallow
and deep foundations, geostructural
engineering and ground improvement.
As an active member of the Geo-
Institute Board of Governors, ADSC,
ASCE, and DFI, and chairman for the
International Society for Micropiles,
he is positioned on the cutting edge of
the state of practice in these specialty
areas and has become a distinguished
speaker for these societies.
Meehan awarded Fulbright U.S.
scholar grant
Professor Christopher L. Meehan,
M.ASCE
, a faculty member in the
Department of Civil and Environmen-
tal Engineering at the University of
Delaware, is a recipient of a 2012-
2013 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant.
The “Fulbright-Tampere University of
Technology Scholar Award” will allow
Professor Meehan to teach and con-
duct research for one year as a visiting
faculty member at Tampere University
of Technology in Finland.
Meehan said he selected Finland
because while the energy consump-
tion patterns are higher for Finnish
industrial and construction industries,
the country possesses a greater focus
on renewable energy technologies than
is typical in the U.S., particularly in its
use of geothermal heat pump (GHP)
systems.
Meehan plans to combine GHP
technology with building foundation
systems to reduce these up-front costs.
Making use of building foundations,
which are always installed in the
ground, he intends to use the founda-
tions as a means to exchange heat with
the ground for cooling in the summer
and for heating in the winter. If suc-
cessful, the technology could lead to
the construction of “heat-exchanging”
foundations that will enhance a build-
ing’s sustainability.
“Energy consumption is among the
most significant problems facing
humanity in the next century. It is
imperative that civil engineers con-
sider the direct and indirect costs asso-
ciated with heating and cooling over
the useful life of a structure as part
of any sustainable building design,”
Meehan said.
Teaching geosynthetics by Bob
Koerner (Drexel/GSI)
A new 6th edition of the textbook
“Designing With Geosynthetics”
became available on January 2012. It
is a two-volume, 914-paged set. Xli-
bris is the “on-demand” publisher.
The volumes are available in hard-
back, softback, and e-book. The
current price, compared to the more
than $155 for the 5th Edition from
a traditional textbook publisher, is
favorable, particularly the e-book
version. The 6th edition volumes sell
for approximately $19 - $35 each as a
hardbook; $14 - $24 as softback; and
$3.39 as an e-Book.
To facilitate faculty use, particularly
for students using the e-book version,
GSI is offering a FREE CD containing
approximately 1,000-slides in Power-
Point format of the entire book.
Christopher L. Meehan