B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1957
M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1962
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 1967
| Year | Employment |
|---|---|
| July 2002 to Present | Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan |
| January 2002 to 2010 | Melchor Distinguished Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame |
| 2001 (Oct) to 2002 (June) | Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan |
| 1996 (July) thru 2001 (June) | Professor and Chairman, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan. |
| 1994 (Nov) thru 1996 (June) | Professor and Interim Chairman, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan. |
| 1987 to 1994 (Nov) | Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan. |
| 1976 to 1987 | Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan. |
| 1971 to 1976 | Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan. |
| 1967 to 1971 | Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan. |
| 1964 to 1967 | Graduate Student, University of Michigan; supported on NSF Traineeship. |
| 1963 to 1964 | Instructor, Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. |
| 1962 to 1963 | Project Engineer, (GS-11), Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirkland, AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico; supervised contracts which were directed at determining engineering properties of soils under dynamic loads. |
| 1960 to 1962 | Graduate Student, University of Notre Dame, teaching assistantship; taught surveying including camp. |
| 1957 to 1960 | Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps., Camp Pendleton, California; six months as platoon leader, movable bridge company; remainder of service as hydraulic engineering officer preparing evidence for water rights litigation. |
| Year | Appointments |
|---|---|
| 1969 to 1970 | Staff Engineer, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Orange, California; summer employment to gain experience in consulting engineering practice. Rock Tunneling – Tahachapi Pass, California |
| 1971 | Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India; advised in establishing basic soil dynamics laboratory and course on dynamic soil properties. |
| 1972 | Visiting Professor, Institute for Soil and Rock Mechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany; taught Soil Dynamics and advised in establishing soil dynamics laboratory. Performed research on Propagation of Rayleigh Waves in region of obstacles. |
| 1976 | Fugro Fellow, University of Florida; on sabbatical leave from University of Michigan; investigated use of static one penetrometer with built-in pore pressure transducer to predict liquefaction potential of sands. |
| 1977 | Invited Principal Lecturer, NATO sponsored International Symposium on Dynamical Methods in Soil and Rock Mechanics, Karlsruhe, Germany. |
| 1979 to 1984 | Chairman, Policy Board of National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility (NSF Funded). |
| 1980 to 1986 | Newsletter Correspondent, Geotechnical Engineering Division ASCE News Correspondent. |
| 1983 | Visiting Research Professor, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. |
| 1986 | Appointed to four year term on Geotechnical Engineering Division Executive Committee, ASCE. |
| 1989 | Chairman, ASCE Geotechnical Engineering Division Executive Committee. |
| 1987 | Secretary, United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research (USUCGER). |
| 1989 | President, United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research (USUCGER). |
| 1990 | Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; application of centrifuge to modeling of pile groups under dynamic loads. |
| 1990 | Invited NATO Lecturer, Shear Waves in Sea Floor Materials, La Spazia, Italy. |
| 1992 | United Nations Lead Evaluator, Central Materials Testing Station, Lahore, Pakistan. |
| 1992 to 1994 | Visiting Professor of Earthquake Engineering, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia. |
| 1993 to 1997 | System Director, National Geotechnical Experimentation Sites, sponsored by NSF and FHWA |
| 1994 | Invited Special Lecturer, Brazilian National Society of Geotechnical Engineers, Annual Convention. |
| 1996 | External Reviewer, College of Engineering, University of Colorado, Denver. |
| 2000 | Special Advisor for Formation of new Department of Civil Engineering, Petronas University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2002 | Melchor Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, Notre Dame University, Winter Term, 2002 |
| 2004 | Blue Ribbon Panelist, review of School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University. |
| 2006 to 2010 | Melchor Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, Notre Dame University, Winter Terms. |
| Year | Awards And Honors |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Collingwood Prize American Society of Civil Engineers |
| 1983 | ASCE News Correspondent Award |
| 1985 | Outstanding Civil Engineer Award, Michigan Section, ASCE |
| 1987 | Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Michigan, College of Engineering |
| March 1990 | Ardaman Lecturer (22nd), University of Florida |
| 1995 | Outstanding Civil Engineer Award, Ann Arbor Branch, ASCE |
| 1997 | Terzaghi Lecturer, ASCE Geotechnical Engineering Division |
| 1998 | Distinguished Scientist Award, 8th Great Lakes Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Conference. |
| Fellow, ASCE | |
| 2000 | Life Member ASCE |
| February 2002 | The Civil and Environmental Engineering Award for Outstanding Accomplishment, Department and College of Engineering. |
| April 2002 | Distinguished Engineering Alumni, College of Engineering, Notre Dame University |
| 2001-2002 | Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, |
| elected February 2003 | Univ. of Michigan Member of National Academy of Engineers, (NAE) |
| Elected May 2004 | Honorary (Distinguished) Member ASCE |
| January 2005 | Two technical sessions named for R.D. Woods at Geo-Frontiers 2005, Austin, TX. |
| November 2008 | Frank E. Richart Distinguished Lecturer, University of Michigan. |
| Feb. 2009 | Elected to Academy of Geo-Professionals. |
| May 2010 | G.A. Leonards Lecturer, Purdue University. |
| 2012 | GeoInstitute “HERO” of the year, Geo Congress, Oakland, CA. |
1973 to present
2009 to present
American Society of Testing and Materials
American Society for Engineering Education
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
National Society of Professional Engineers
Society for Exploration Geophysics
Chi Epsilon
Society of the Sigma Xi
ADAC, International Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors
Deep Foundations Institute
Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
American Underground-Space Association
ASFE
National Academy of Engineering (NAE-2003)
Academy of Geo-Professionals (D.GE) 2009
Paper Review Chairman, ASCE Speciality Conference, “Geotechnical Practice for Disposal of Soil Waste Materials,” Ann Arbor, MI, June 1977.
NSF, National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility Proposal Review Panel Member, 1978 and 1984.
NSF, Chairman, Advisory Panel, National Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility, Univ. of California, Davis, CA,
NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Workshop on Earthquake Engineering Research Potential, Invited Participant, February 1979.
NSF, Invited Participant, NASA-NSF Centrifuge Workshop, August 1979.
NSF, University of Texas, Review Committee member for NSF Sponsored Project, “Dynamic Stiffness of Pile Foundations,” Nov. 1981.
Session Moderator, “International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotech-nical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics,” St. Louis, MO, May 1981.
Invited Participant, Cambridge University Workshop on Centrifuge Application in Geotechnical Engineering, Cambridge, England, June 1981.
Session Chairman, International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Southampton, England, July 1982.
Invited Participant, NASA-NSF, Workshop on Earthquake Simulator for Centrifuge Applications, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., July 1982.
Invited Lecturer, Zhejiang University and Nanjing Hydraulics Institute, People’s Republic of China, October 1983.
FRANCE/USA (NRS/NSF) Workshop on Research Cooperation in Civil Engineering, Participant, Paris, October 1983.
Session _Chairman, International Workshop on Soil Structure Interaction, Roorkee, India, November 1983.
Session Chairman, “Measurement and Use of Shear Wave Velocity for Evaluating Dynamic Soil Properties,” ASCE Convention, Denver, Colorado, May 1985.
Session Chairman, RICHART COMMEMORATIVE LECTURES, ASCE October Convention, Detroit, Michigan, October 1985. Editor, Proceedings of Specialty Conference, Geotechnical Practice For Waste Disposal, 1987
Session Chairman, Vibration of Machine Foundations, 3rd International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, June 1987.
ASCE Liaison Member, Geotechnical Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering, 1987-1990.
NSF Workshop, Soil Improvement and Foundation Remediation for Seismic Hazards, Participant, Seattle, 1991.
NSF Workshop, Experimental Needs for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Participant, Albuquerque, N.M. 1991.
NSF/France Geotechnical Workshop, Participant, Paris, 1992.United Nations Development Program.
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Advisor for Central Soil and Materials Research Station, New Delhi, 1989-1994.
United Nations Development Program, Soil Dynamics Laboratory Advisor to Central Materials Testing Laboratory, Lahore, Pakistan, 1993.
NSF Workshop, Geophysical Techniques for Site and Material Characterization, Organizer,_Atlanta, 1993.
NSF Review Panel Member, NSF Young Investigator Awards, 1993
NSF/Scandinavia Geotechnical Engineering Workshop, Participant, Trondheim, Norway, 1994.
NSF/CERF Workshop: Defining Geo-Engineering for the 21st Century, Participant, May 1994.
NSF Review Panel Member, NSF Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), 1996.
NSF Review Panel Member, NEESR Small Group Proposals, 2004
Proceedings Editor, US Member Society papers for 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt, 2009