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Jack Montgomery

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Alice H. and John M. Ozier Associate Professor (Geotechnical)

203A Ramsay Hall

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Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of California-Davis
M.S. Civil Engineering, University of California-Davis
B.S. Civil Engineering, California Polytechnic State University

Research Interests

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Landslides
Dam Engineering
Advanced Site Characteristics
Sinkholes

In The News

Civil and environmental associate professor using drilling data to improve road safety

Auburn civil engineers are using Measurement While Drilling data to help ALDOT design safer, more efficient roads and bridges across Alabama.

Civil and environmental engineering assistant professor to use AI and satellite data to predict ground movement

Auburn engineer partners with MnDOT to develop an AI and satellite-based system that detects early signs of highway ground movement in Minnesota.

From rain gauges to relationships: Auburn Engineers build more than infrastructure in Bolivian village

Auburn's Engineers Without Borders chapter installed more than half a mile of irrigation pipeline in a remote Bolivian village and taught children to collect rainfall data as part of a multi-year project to capture mountain spring water for agriculture.

Auburn engineering doctoral student named 2025 Trailblazers in Engineering fellow

Olaniyi Afolayan, a doctoral student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected as a 2025 fellow for the Trailblazers in Engineering (TBE) program, a national initiative supported by the National Science Foundation's Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award.

CEE graduate students receive Dams Kim de Rubertis Student Scholarship

Brock Huner and Lili Rahimikhameneh, graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, were named finalists for a national scholarship aimed at developing practical solutions to design and construction challenges related to dams, levees and other water resources.

'Build something that matters': Auburn Engineers Without Borders student chapter changing lives in Central America

Members of Auburn's Engineers Without Borders student chapter recently installed more than 6,000 feet of pipe — infrastructure capable of delivering clean, running water to hundreds of homes — that reached more than 1,000 villagers living in remote, Guatemalan mountain terrain.

Auburn Engineering students solving water issues domestically and abroad

Auburn's Engineering Without Borders chapter helping residents in rural Tennessee, Guatemala and Bolivia.

A solid foundation: Finding more than education in Advanced Structural Engineering Lab

Amy Diekmann was well into a doctoral program at a different institution when, in April 2020, the family moved to Fairhope. Five months later, as Amy and her husband, Tim, welcomed a third daughter, Amy desired to transfer and complete her degree elsewhere. She applied to several schools, including Auburn.