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Geotechnical Team Members

Agency members

Caltrans

Deepak Maskey*

FHWA

Peter Eakman

Illinois

Scott Kassel
Heather Shoup*
Andrew Stolba*

Illinois Tollway

Supraja Reddy*

Michigan

Ryan Snook*

Minnesota

Tim Anderson
Çeren Aydin
Emil Bautista
Terry Beaudry*
Bernard Izevbekhai
Eddie Johnson
Joseph Podolsky
Dave Van Deusen
Raul Velasquez, chair
Ben Worel, executive director
Eyoab Zegeye Teshale

Missouri

Lydia Brownell*
Zachary Troesser*

Montana

DJ Berg*
Cameron Kloberdanz*
Miles Yerger

Nebraska

Nikolas Glennie*
Alex Silvey

North Dakota

Amy Beise
Brent Flaa*
Matt Kurle
Colter Schwagler*

Wisconsin

Haluk Sinan Coban*
David Staab*

* indicates voting agency member

Associate Members

Bex Abylkhani, First State Tire
Sirous Alavi, Fugro Land USA
Ceren Aydin, Michigan State University
Aritra Banerjee, South Dakota State University
Thomas Bennert, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), Rutgers University
Dave Barry, Kontur
Andrea Blanchette, Terracon
Jenna Bowers, Ingevity
Aaron Budge, Minnesota State University Mankato
Bora Cetin, Michigan State University
Halil Ceylan, Iowa State University
Denis Charland, Fugro USA Land, Inc.
Paul Collins, Kontur
Surya Congress, Michigan State University
Tuncer Edil, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Daba Gedafa, University of North Dakota
Majid Ghayoomi, University of New Hampshire
Mingu Kang, University of St. Thomas
Ali Khosravi, Auburn University
Michele Lanotte, Michigan State University
Bill Likos, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Danial Mirzaiyanrajeh, Solmax
Soheil Nazarian, Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (UTEP)
Monte Nieme, First State Tire
Chibuike Ogbo, Terracon
Eric Olson, Solmax
Heidi Olson, Braun Intertec
Matt Oman, Mathy Construction
John Puls, Ingios
Anand J. Puppala, Texas A&M University
Hadi Rashidi, National Stone Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA)
Farhad Reza, Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mohammad Sabouri, Braun Intertec
Mohammadhossein Sadeghiamirshahidi, Michigan Tech
Md Sadiq, Michigan State University
David Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth
Dan Schellhammer, Midstate Reclamation
Derek Tompkins, American Engineering Testing
Brett Towns, Tricor Refining
Mark Tufenkjian, Cal State LA
David White, Ingios Geotechnics, Inc.
Mohammad Yamin, Minnesota State University - Mankato