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Conrad W. Felice

Ph.D., P.E., S.E., P.Eng., BC.GE, F.ASCE

Conrad W. Felice, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., P.Eng., BC. GE., F. ASCE. Conrad is a professional engineer registered in 18 states, three provinces in Canada, and is board-certified. Conrad’s past positions include serving as CEO/President of national and international engineering organizations. Other leadership roles include research program manager at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research where he managed, developed, and directed research programs with academic and industry principal investigators and coordinated with multiple federal research agencies. As Deputy Chief Scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, he provided policy support, oversight, and guidance to all technical directorates to develop, integrate, and transition science and technology. Within the Department of Defense, he led and managed an underground technology development initiative. As a principal investigator, his research has included the dynamic response of geomaterials, deep foundations, and meso-scale computations. He has led the geostructural design and construction of deep foundations for signature long-span bridge projects, including the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link in Mumbai. Conrad is a past trustee for the Deep Foundation Institute and the immediate past chair of the tunnel and underground structures committee of the Transportation Research Board. In 2020, he was appointed to the California Seismic Advisory Board and was elected to membership in the Moles. Conrad is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a past member of the Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering for the National Research Council, U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Conrad is a U.S. Air Force Veteran serving the United States for 27 years as an active and reserve duty officer and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He earned a B.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering from Ohio University and the University of Utah, respectively, and an M.S. in facilities management from the Air Force Institute of Technology.

  • Past Chair, Tunnel and Underground Structures Committee (Transportation Research Board)

  • Appointed to the California Seismic Advisory Board (2020)

  • Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (University of Utah); M.S., Facilities Management (AFIT)

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J. Carlos Santamarina

Ph.D. - Professor and Clough Chair, Georgia Tech

J. Carlos Santamarina is Professor and Clough Chair at Georgia Tech, having previously served on the faculties of NYU-Poly, the University of Waterloo, and KAUST. His groundbreaking research integrates experimental and numerical methods to investigate the behavior of geomaterials, fractured rocks, and complex fluids. His work has critical applications in coastal and offshore geotechnical engineering, resource recovery, energy storage, and the containment of byproducts such as CO2, fly ash, and nuclear waste.

  • Delivered the prestigious Terzaghi, Casagrande, and Bishop Lectures

  • Member of both Argentine National Academies

  • Recipient of ASTM's Hogentogler Award and the Korean Geotechnical Society Award

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Purdue University)

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Sheng C. Dai

Ph.D., P.E. - Georgia Mining Association Early Career Professor, Georgia Tech

Sheng C. Dai is the Georgia Mining Association Early Career Professor at Georgia Tech. He earned his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 2013, worked at the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy for 2 years, and has been a faculty member at Georgia Tech since 2015. His group addresses resilience and sustainability in energy and the natural environment through the study of energy geotechnics and nature-inspired engineering. He serves on the Pressure Core Advisory Board for the U.S. Geological Survey, the GOM2 Marine Test Technical Advisory Committee for UT/DOE, the National Gas Hydrate Program for NETL, and as the Task Force Leader of TC308 Energy Geotechnics for the ISSMGE. He is the recipient of the CAREER Award (NSF, 2020), Early Career Researcher Award (USUCGER, 2025), and was inducted into the Emerging Leaders Program (2024) and Research Leadership Academy (2025) at Georgia Tech.

  • Recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2020)

  • Recipient of the USUCGER Early Career Researcher Award (2025)

  • Inducted into the Georgia Tech Research Leadership Academy (2025)

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Georgia Tech)

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