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FIELDS OF INTEREST
Geotechnical engineering, geosynthetics, landfills, soil mechanics, liquefaction, erosion control, foundation engineering, pavement evaluation, soils magic, geotechnical education.

HONORS and AWARDS
USUCGER nominee for the NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar (2003)
North American Geosynthetics Society, Vice President, 2002 - 2006
North American Geosynthetics Society - President-Elect 2006 - present
USUCGER Board of Directors, 2001 - 2005
ASCE National Student Geotechnical Competition Committee, 2001-present
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2002)
ASCE Geo-Institute nominee for the ASCE ExCEEd Career Award for Excellence in Teaching (2002)
USUCGER Distinguished Educator Award (2002, the inaugural one), Orlando, FL, February.
Fred Burggraf Award of the Transportation Research Board, for paper "Expert System for Diagnosing Hot Mix Asphalt Segregation", 1989, presented and published at the 1989 TRB annual meeting. $1000 (the only one of four possible awarded in 1990).
IGS Service Award (2000) from the International Geosynthetics Society (inaugural award)
Who's Who in Engineering Education (2002)
Utah State University teaching commendation (2002)
Alabama Professional Engineer's License 18198

PATENT
"Non-contact Road Profilometer and Deflection Meter", U.S. patent no. 4,571,695, 18 Feb 1986.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Book: Elton, D.J. (2001) Soils Magic, Geotechnical Special Publication 114, book and CD-ROM, American Society of Civil Engineers, Alexandria, VA.

            Book Chapter: The Teton Dam Failure, invited chapter in When Technology Fails, 1993, Gale Research, Inc., Detroit (also televised).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
International Geosynthetics Society; American Society of Civil Engineers;  National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board Committees;  Past President - North American Geosynthetics Society; Former Board Member - U.S. Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research.

 

Continuing Education Short Courses Taught by Dr. Elton

These videos by Auburn University give accredited CEUs / PDHs from Auburn University.

1.     Soils Basics for Engineers *** BEST SELLER***

2.     Erosion Control Using Geosynthetics

3.     Landfills: Basics of Design and Operation

4.     Shallow Foundations: Part 1 - Geotechnical Aspects of Design

5.     Unpaved Low Volume Road Design, Construction and Maintenance

6.     Foundations of Buildings - Basics

7.     Soil Classification for Roads and Engineering

8.     Geosynthetics: An Overview of Designs

9.     Engineering Economic Analysis

10.   Soils For Pavements

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Last Updated 5/15/11