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Leadership Profiles

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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, is a board-certified professional engineer registered in 18 states and three Canadian provinces. He has held senior leadership roles in national and international engineering organizations in the public and private sectors. His expertise spans geostructural engineering, underground technology, geomaterials, deep foundations, and science and technology policy. Conrad is a past trustee of the Deep Foundations Institute, past chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Tunnel and Underground Structures Committee, a member of the California Seismic Advisory Board, and a member of the Moles. He is a Fellow of ASCE and a former member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering. A U.S. Air Force Veteran, Conrad served 27 years as an active and reserve officer, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Ohio University, a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Utah, 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 inaugural Georgia Mining Association Early Career Professor in geosystems engineering at Georgia Tech. He worked at the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the US Department of Energy before joining Georgia Tech as a faculty member in 2015. His group addresses resilience and sustainability in energy and the natural environment through the study of energy geotechnics and nature-inspired engineering. 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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