Patricia Gallagher, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor pmg@drexel.edu Degrees B.S. Civil Engineering, High Honors, Rutgers University, 1988 B.A. Geological Sciences, General Honors, Rutgers University, 1988 M.S. Civil Engineering, Ohio State University, 1996 Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2000

Research Interest
Soil & Site Improvement
Chemical Grouting
Liquefaction Mitigation
Beneficial use of Recycled Materials
Geoenvironmental Engineering

Awards Honors and Services
Allen Rothwarf Award for Teaching Excellence, June 2004
Reviewer, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Students
Lin Yuanzhi
Carolyn Conlee
Murat Hamderi

Grants

Sponsor	Project
National Science Foundation	REU Site: Engineering Cities
National Science Foundation	NEESR-GC: Risk Mitigation for Strategic Ports
National Science Foundation	Preliminary Evaluation of Collodial Silica Transport Mechanisms for Passive Site Remediation of Liquefiable Soils
National Science Foundation	CAREER: Passive Site Remediation - From Concept to Technology
National Science Foundation	Preliminary Evaluatin of Colloidal Silica Transport Mechanisms
APEX Environmental, Inc.	Devleopment of Innovative Construction Materials

 

Selected Publications
Grubb, D.G., Gallagher, P.M., Wartman, J., Liu, Y. (2006). “Laboratory Evaluation of Crushed Glass-Dredged Material Blends.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, in press.

D.G. Grubb, D.G., Davis, A., Sands, S.C. Carnivale, M.S. Wartman, J. and Gallagher, P.M. (2006). “Field Evaluation of Crushed Glass-Dredged Material Blends.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, in press.

Gallagher, P.M., Pamuk, A., and Abdoun, T. (2006) “Stabilization of liquefiable soils using colloidal silica grout.” Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, in press.

Gallagher, P.M. and Lin, Y. (2005). “Column testing to evaluate colloidal silica transport mechanisms.” Geotechnical Special Publication 136, Innovations in Grouting and Soil Improvement, ASCE.

Gallagher P.M. and Finsterle, S. (2004). “Physical and numerical model of colloidal silica injection for passive site stabilization.” Vadose Zone Journal, 3:917-925.

Abdoun, T.H. Pamuk, A., Zimmie, T. and Gallagher, P.M. (2003) “Performance of Passive Site Remediation and Pile Group Foundations Subjected to Seismically Induced Lateral Spreading.” XIIIth European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, August 25-28.

Gallagher, P.M. and Koch, A.J. (2003). “Model Testing of Passive Site Remediation: A New Grouting Technique.” Grouting and Ground Treatment 2003 – Geotechnical Grouting and Deep Mixing, New Orleans, LA, February 2003.

Gallagher, P.M. and Mitchell, J.K. (2002). “Influence of Colloidal Silica Grout on Liquefaction Potential and Cyclic Undrained Behavior of Loose Sand.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 22(2002) 1017-1026

Gallagher, P.M., Pamuk, A, Koch, A.J. and Abdoun, T. (2002). “Centrifuge Modeling Using Passive Site Remediation.” 7th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Boston, MA, July 2002.

Pamuk, A., Abdoun, T.H., and Gallagher, P.M. (2002). “Use of Chemical Grouting for Mitigation of Deep Foundations Against Earthquake Failures.” 8th U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Design of Lifeline Facilities and Countermeasures against Liquefaction, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2002.

Gallagher, P.M. (2002) “Seepage.” Encyclopedia of Soil Science. New York: Marcel Dekker,

Mitchell, J.K. and Gallagher, P.M. (1999). Engineering Design and Guidelines on Ground Improvement for Structures and Facilities, ETL 1110-1-185, U.S. ACOE, Washington, DC, 114 p., (Available online at http://usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-tech-ltrs/etl1110-1-185/ toc.htm).