Deborah J. GoodingsProfessor, Co-Director of Engineering and Public Policy Program | ![]() |
| Education: | Ph.D. Geotechnical Engineering, Cambridge University, UK., 1979. B.A.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 1975 |
| Research Interests: | geotechnical engineering; engineering and public policy; international development engineering; cold regions geotechnique; cratering by explosives; hot soil geotechnique; ground improvement-grouting; river scour; sinkholes; embankment dam design; contaminant fate and transport; reinforced soil; small scale geotechnical centrifuge modeling; scale effects; slope stability; soil strength characterization |
| Phone: | (301) 405-1960 |
| Fax: | (301) 405-2585 |
| Email: | goodings at eng.umd.edu |
| Address: | Department of Civil Engineering University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 20742 |

