Ellen M. Rathje, Ph.D.
Professor - J. Neils Thompson Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Civil Engineering
Office: ECJ 9.227B
Phone: (512) 232-3683
Fax: (512) 471-6548
Email: e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: C1792
My Website:http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/rathje/home.html
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department-GEO
1 University Station C1792
Austin, TX 78712-0273
Area(s) of Expertise:
Geotechnical Engineering
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, Civil Engineering, 1997
M.S., University of California at Berkeley, Civil Engineering, 1994
B.S., Cornell University, Civil Engineering, 1993
Technical Interests:
Earthquake engineering; seismic response of earth structures; solid-waste landfills; liquefaction evaluation
Selected Publications:
Rathje, E.M. and Bray, J.D. 2001. “One and Two Dimensional Seismic Analysis of Solid-Waste Landfills,” Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 38, pp. 850-862.
Rathje, E., Idriss, I.M., and Somerville, P. 2000. “Strong Ground Motions and Site Effects,” in Earthquake Spectra, The Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999 Reconnaissance Report, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Vol. 16, Supplement A, pp. 65-96.
Rathje, E.M. and Bray, J.D. 2000. “Nonlinear Coupled Seismic Sliding Analysis of Earth Structures,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 11, pp. 1002-1014.
Bray, J.D., Rathje, E.M., Augello, A.J., and Merry, S.M. 1998. “Simplified Seismic Design Procedure for Geosynthetic-Lined, Solid-Waste Landfills,” Geosynthetics International, Vol. 5, Nos. 1-2, pp. 203-235.
Rathje, E.M., Abrahamson, N.A., and Bray, J.D. 1998. “Simplified Frequency Content Estimates of Earthquake Ground Motions,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp. 150-159.