Publications

Abstracts

  1. Gaspard, K., Zhang, Z., Gautreau, G., Hanifa, K., Zapata, C., and Abufarsakh, M. (2018). Modeling the In-situ behavior of Unsaturated Soils.

Articles

  1. Zapata, C.E. and Houston, W.N.* (2009). Application of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics to Pavement Subgrade Design. Geo-Strata, Geo-Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers, May/June Issue, 3 pages.
  2. Darter, M.I., Mallela, J.*, Titus-Glover, L., Rao, C., Larson, G., Gotlig, A., Von Quintus, H., Khazanovich, L., Witczak, M., El-Basyouny, M., and Zapata, C.E. (2006). Research Results Digest 308: Changes to the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide Software through Version 0.900. National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, September 2006, 22 pages.

Book Co-Edited

  1. Miller, G.A., Zapata, C.E., Houston, S.L., and Fredlund, D.G. (Eds.). (2006). Unsaturated Soils. Geotechnical Special Publication No. 147. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, April 2–6, Carefree, AZ. Contribution: 30%.

Book Chapters Published

  1. Jiang, Y., Ullah, S., Fan, X., Zapata, C.E., and Yu, X. (2023). Analyses of Frost Susceptible Flexible Pavement Adaptation. Geo-Risk 2023 Conference, ASCE, Arlington, VA, July 23–26, pp. 88–97.
  2. Olaiz, A.H., Zapata, C.E., and Soliman, Y. (2023). A Bayesian Forecast Framework for Climatic Parameters in Geotechnical Modeling. Geo-Risk 2023 Conference, ASCE, Arlington, VA, July 23–26, pp. 88–97.

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. Adegoke, A.H., Kashour, Y., Alothman, S., Zapata, C.E., and Salifu, E. (in preparation).
  2. Alothman, S., Kavazanjian, E., and Zapata, C.E. (2024). Geotechnical Research and Numerical Modeling of Geosynthetics Applications. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, DC, January 6–9, 2024.
  3. Jain, S., Kavazanjian, E., and Zapata, C.E. (xx).
  4. Jiang, Y., Alajlan, Z., Zapata, C.E., and Yu, X. (2024). Multiphysics Simulation of the Effects of Wicking Geotextile on Mitigating Frost Effects on Cold Region Pavement. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, DC, January 6–9, 2024.
  5. Nassiri, S., Zapata, C.E. (2023). Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Unsaturated Soil Behavior. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Milos, Greece, May 2–5, 2023, E3S Web of Conferences 382, 18004 (2023).
  6. Olaiz, A.H., Zapata, C.E. (2023). Climate-Driven Soil Suction Variation Using a Natural-Order Fourier Series Approach. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Milos, Greece, May 2–5, 2023, E3S Web of Conferences 382, 22002 (2023).
  7. Olaiz, A.H., Houston, S.L., Zapata, C.E., and Mosawi, M. (2023). Suction-Volume Change Indices for Natural and Recompacted Clay Soils. Proceedings of Geo-Congress 2023, ASCE, Los Angeles, CA, March 26–29, pp. 681–690.
  8. Larson, J., Barnard, W., Chandler, J., O’Donnell, M., and Zapata, C.E. (2022). Connecting Research to Community: Developing and Implementing Graduate Courses Across Universities. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 26–29, pp. 1–7.
  9. Kelly, R., Indraratna, B., Powrie, W., Zapata, C.E., Kikuchi, Y., and Gomes Correia, A. (2022). Geotechnical Solutions for Infrastructure Sustainability. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1–52.
  10. Stallings Young, E.G., Zapata, C.E., and van Paassen, L.A. (2022). Experimental Investigation of Microbial Induced Desaturation and Precipitation (MIDP). ASCE Geo-Congress 2022 Proceedings, Charlotte, NC, March 20–23, 2022, GSP 331, pp. 347–354.
  11. Stallings Young, E.G., Zapata, C.E., and van Paassen, L. (2020). Unsaturated Fluid Flow in Granular Soils Treated with Microbial Techniques. Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020), October 19–21, 2020.
  12. Larson, J., Barnard, W., Chandler, J., O’Donnell, M., Savenye, W., and Zapata, C.E. (2020). Moving Beyond Technical Skills: Fostering the Development of Essential Skills Needed for a Successful Career in Engineering. Proceedings of the ASCE Geo-Congress 2020, Minneapolis, MN, February 25–28, 2020, GSP 318, pp. 694–701.