Dr. Mian C. Wang
Professor

		Penn State University 212 Sackett Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-0026 (phone) (814) 863-7304 (fax) mcw@psu.edu
		Research | Courses | Vitae

Primary Research Interests

Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering-Engineering Soil Properties and Testing; Ground Stabilization and Improvement; Roadway Design and Analysis; Foundation Engineering.

Specific Research Topics

Foundation Stability above Void/Tunnel
Embankment Performance on Soft Ground
Stability of Caisson in Weak Rock under Lateral Loading
Load Transfer Mechanism of Pier-Supported-Mat Foundation
Geotechnical Properties of Permeable Treatment Wall
Application of Acoustic Emission Technique to Seepage Monitoring
Sonication Effect on Pollutant Extraction from Soils

Courses Taught at Penn State University

• C E 335, Engineering Mechanics of Soils
• C E 345, Foundation Engineering
• C E 446, Advanced Soil Mechanics I
• C E 511, Engineering Soil Characteristics
• C E 512, Soil Mechanics II
• C E 513, Advanced Foundation Engineering

Vitae

Education

• 1968 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, CA
• 1966 M.S., University of California, Berkeley, CA
• 1959 B.S., Chenk Kung University, Taiwan

Experience

• Professor, The Department of Civil Engineering, The Pennslyvania State University (1980 - present)
• Associate Professor, The Department of Civil Engineering, The Pennslyvania State University (1974 - 1980)
• Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (1968 - 1974)
• Instructor, Taiwan Provincial Maritime College, Keelung, Taiwan (1963 - 1964)
• Engineer, Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1961 - 1962)

Professional Registrations

• Registered in Pennsylvania
• Registered in Taiwan

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Civil Engineers (Member, Committee on Environmental Concerns in Geotechnical Engineering
• Member for selecting articles from Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering for publication in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, ASCE)
• American Society for Testing and Materials (Member, Committee D-18.06: Physico-Chemical Properties for Soils Committee D-18.13: Marine Geotechnics; Committee D-19.000T: Pollution Potential of Solid Waste)
• International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (Member) Transportation Research Board (Member, A2B07 Committee on Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Pavement Sections)
• American Railway Engineering Association (Member, Committee 1: Roadway and Ballast)

Recent Publications

"Performance of Sand/Sawdust Mixtures in Permeable Walls," with J. G. Gundrum, Y. U. Kim, Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on In-Site and On-Site Bioremediation, San Diego, April 19-22, 1999.

"Performance of Roadway Embankment on Lime Waste," with D. S. Ramer, ASTM STP 1374, Geotechnics of High Water Content Materials, 1999.

"Load Response of Pier-Supported-Raft Foundations," with X. Wu and M. S. Wang, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Wuhan, China, November 1997, No. 455.

"Stability of Strip Footings above Concrete-Lined Soft Ground Tunnels," with M. Jao, Tunneling and Underground Space Technology Journal, Elsevier Science Ltd., 13:4, 1999 (in press).

"Rock Slope Stabilization Along Railroad at Fushun Mine," with M. S. Wang and X. Wu, Geotechnical Engineering Journal, Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, June 1998, pp. 85-93.

"Failuare of Excavation Bracing System for New World Plaza at Changchun in China," with M. S. Wang and X. Wu, Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St. Louis, MO, March 1998, pp. 678-681.

"Cavity Effect on Stability of Strip Footing in Two-Layer Soils," with G. Azam and M. Jao, Geotechnical Engineering, Journal of Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, Vol. 28, No. 2, December 1997, pp. 151-164.