Bate Bate, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Formerly University of Missouri-Rolla)
132 Butler-Carlton Hall
1401 North Pine Street
Rolla, MO 65409-0030
United States
Phone: (573) 341-4465
Fax: (573) 341-4729
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Academic experience
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011
Dissertation: Engineering Behavior of Fine-Grained Soils Modified with A Controlled Organic Phase. Advisor: Dr. Susan E. Burns
M.Phil., Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005
Thesis: Flow of Air-Phase in Soils and Its Application in Emergent Stabilization of Soil Slopes. Advisor: Dr. Limin Zhang
B.E., Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2002
work experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla), Rolla, Missouri, June 2011 – present
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant,School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2005 - May 2011
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, August 2002 – December 2004
Research Assistant, Department of Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, September 2001 – July 2002
scholarly contributions
Journal papers – in the process (*: corresponding author)
Kang, X. and Bate, B.* (under review). Shear Wave Velocity and Its Anisotropy of Polymer Modified High Volume Class F Fly Ash-Kaolinite Mixtures.Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.submitted in October 2015.
Cao, S.C., Bate, B., Hu, J.W., and Jung, J.* (under review). Engineering Behavior and Characteristics of Biopolymers: Implication on Soil Remediation and Enhanced Oil Recovery. Sustainability. submitted in October 2015.
Kang, X. and Bate, B.* (pending submission). Large Strain Stress-Strain Responses of Polymer Modified Class F Fly Ash-Kaolinite Mixtures.Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Zhu, J., Bate, B.*, and Khayat, K. (pending submission). Monitoring of the Curing Process of Mortar with Shear Wave. Cement and Concrete Research.
Cao, J., Kang, X., and Bate, B.* (pending submission). Effects of Biopolymers on the Size and Flocculation Properties of Kaolinite Suspensions.Biopolymers.
Bate, B.*, Choo, H., Zhao, Q., and Burns, S.E. (abstract accepted). Review of Fundamental Chemical and Mechanical Behavior of Organoclays in Barrier Applications. Invited paper for TC Barrier Systems of International Geosynthetics Society.
journal papers - published
Choo, H.W.*, Bate, B., and Burns, S.E. (2015).Effects of Organic Matter on Stiffness of Overconsolidated State and Anisotropy of Engineered Organoclays at Small Strain.Engineering Geology. 184: 19-28.
Kang, X., Kang, G.-C., and Bate, B.* (2014). Shear Wave Velocity Anisotropy of Kaolinite Using a Floating Wall Consolidometer-Type Bender Element Testing System. Geotechnical Testing Journal.37(5): 869-883.
Bate, B.* and Burns, S.E. (2014). Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Organically Modified Bentonite Suspensions (0.2 - 1.3 GHz), Canadian Geotechnical Journal.51: 782-794.
Bate, B.*, Zhao, Q., and Burns, S.E. (2014). Impact of Organic Coatings on the Frictional Strength of Organically Modified Clay.Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE.140(1), 228-236.
Bate, B.*, Choo, H.W., and Burns, S.E. (2013). Dynamic Properties of Fine-Grained Soils Engineered with a Controlled Organic Phase.Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.53: 176-186.
Bate, B.* and Zhang, L.M. (2013). Use of Vacuum for the Stabilization of Dry Soil Slopes.Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE.139(1), 143-151.
Bate, B. and Burns, S.E.* (2010). Effect of Total Organic Carbon Content and Structure on the Electrokinetic Behavior of Organoclay Suspensions.Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.343: 58-64.
Conference papers
Cao, J., Mormile, M. and Bate, B.* (2015). Strength Enhancement of Geomaterials with Biofilms. Abstract submitted to Geo-Structures 2016, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Kang, X., Bate, B.*, and Ge, L. (2014). Shear Wave Velocity and Its Anisotropy of Granular Materials of Different Sizes. Geo-Congress 2014, Atlanta, GA, United States.GSP 234: 2029-2041.
Kang, X., Zhao, X., and Bate, B.* (2013). Microscopic and Physicochemical Studies of Fly Ash-Kaolinite Suspensions.International Workshop in Experimental Micromechanics for Geomaterials.EXP MICRO 2013, May 23-24, 2013. The University of Hong Kong.
Kang, X., Zhao, X., and Bate, B.* (2013). Sedimentation Behavior of Fly Ash-Kaolinite Mixtures, The 7th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, 7ICCHGE.April 29-May 4, 2013, Chicago, IL, United States. No. 6.19b.
Ge, L.*, Zhao, H., and Bate, B. (2012).Implementation of Numerical Optimization Techniques in Constitutive Model Calibration.The 2nd International Symposium on Constitutive Modelling of Geomaterials. ISMODEL 2012, October 15-16, 2012, Beijing, China.
Bate, B.* and Burns, S.E. (2012). Influencing Factors on the Dynamic Properties of Organobentonites. GeoCongress 2012, Oakland, CA, United States.
Bate, B.* and Burns, S.E. (2009). Shear Strength Behavior of Bentonite Modified by TetramethylammoniumCations. Proc. of Int. Symp.on Geoenvironmental Eng., ISGE2009, Sept. 8-10, 2009, Hangzhou, China.
Ba-Te, Zhang, L.M.*, Fredlund, D.G. (2005).A General Air-Phase Permeability Function for Airflow through Unsaturated Soils. Geotechnical Special Publication, n 130-142, Geo-Frontiers 2005, January 24-26, 2005, Austin, TX, United States, p 2961-2985.
invited talks
"Stiffness Anisotropy of Fine-Grained Soils – A Bender Element Study", Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, April 2014
“Shear Wave Velocity Anisotropy in Fine-Grained Soils", School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, February 2013
“Influencing Factors on the Dynamic Properties of Organobentonites”, Geo-Congress 2012, Oakland, CA, March 2012
"Engineering Behavior of Fine-Grained Soils Modified with a Controlled Organic Phase" at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, February 2011
"Frictional Properties of Organobentonites" at Geotechnical mini-symposium with Yamaguchi University, Atlanta, GA, September 2010
"Characteristics of Water Retention Curves for Unsaturated Fractured Rocks (Zhang & Fredlund 2003)" at The 2nd Asia Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Osaka, Japan. November 2003
Professional Development
Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop: “Energy Geotechnics”, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, April 26, 2014
Short Course: “Chemical Enhanced Recovery, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)”, by Dr. MojdehDelshad at UT Austin, Houston, TX, United States, February 11-12, 2014
Site Characterization and Monitoring Related to Hydraulic Fracturing Activities Workshop by ASTM, Houston, TX, United States, January 28, 2014
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop, sponsored by NSF CMMI division, held at University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, April 2013
NSF Science Behind Sustainability Quantification for Building and Infrastructure Design, Engineering and Construction (S2QBIDEC) Workshop, Fort Worth, TX, United States, November, 2012
How to Engineer Engineering Education Workshop, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, United States, July 2012
Professor's Driven Pile Institute, by Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA), Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, June 2011
The 7th Annual NEES Centrifuge Research and Training Workshop, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States, May 2011
Short Courses: “Unsaturated Soils. Mechanical Behavior and Constitutive Modeling /Coupled Analyses for Unsaturated Soils”, by Dr. Antonio Gens, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, April 2006
Teaching Experience
Instructor
Missouri University of Science and Technology
CE413/6713 Dynamics of Earth Materials, Fall 2015
CE 414/6714 Measurement of Soil Properties, Spring 2014
CE 415/6715 Advanced Soil Mechanics, Spring 2015
CE 416/6716 Soil Stabilization, Spring 2012 (co-taught with Dr. Stephenson), Fall 2013
CE 315/5715 Intermediate Soil Mechanics, Fall 2014, Fall 2015
CE 215/3715 Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2011-Spring 2014
Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) Basic Soil Mechanics Short Course, Oklahoma City, OK, February 2013
Geotechnical Lab Testing Workshop, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, January 2012
Other Teaching Activities
Participation in Teaching-Development Outreach
Developing short-videos of engineering practice:
Developing web-based lab videos as teaching resource for both undergraduate and graduate courses in geotechnical engineering, to be used in combination with the Laboratory Testing Photo Album:
advising
visiting scholars
Min Zhang, Ph.D. of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, (12/2011 - 08/2012), SWCC of Sands in Organic Solutions, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Gi-Chun Kang, Ph.D. of Kyoto University, (08/2011 - 02/2012), Characterization of Small Strain Behavior of Kaolinite Using Bender Element, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Graduate Students –thesis Advisor
Xin Kang, Ph.D. (2015), Engineering Properties of Fly Ash-Soil Mixtures with Organic Additives, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Junnan Cao, Ph.D. candidate (07/2013 - present), Enhance Large-Strain Stress Strain Responses of Geomaterials with Biomediation, Passed Ph.D. comprehensive exam in 8/2015, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Xiaoyi Zhao, Master of Science (2014), Soil Water Characteristic Curve and Its Prediction with Transient Method.Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Jianfeng Zhu, Master of Science (2015), Monitoring of Concrete Curing Process by Stiffness Measurement Using Bender Element, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Mohammed Alsubhi, Ph.D. student (09/2013 - present), Transport of Radionuclides in groundwater under Middle Eastern desert conditions around Riyadh. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Major advisor: Dr. ShoaibUsman, co-advisor: Dr. Bate Bate).
Graduate Students - Thesis Committees
Eric Kofi Gbadam, Doctor of Engineering (2012 - present), Dynamic Loading of Bench Formation and Crawler Interactions in Oil Sands Excavation, Department of Mining & Nuclear Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Major advisor: Dr. Samuel Frimpong of Mining Engineering)
Fernando Rafael Callejas Benitez, Doctor of Engineering (2011 - present), Geotechnical State-of-the-Art in Guatemala - Select Case Studies. Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Major advisor: Dr. Ronaldo Luna of Civil Engineering)
SiminKhatibi, Master of Science (2014 - present), Studies on the Role of Polyacrylamide-based Polymers in Fine mineralTailingTreatment. Department of Mining & Nuclear Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Major advisor: Dr. Lana Alagha of Mining Engineering)
Mingyan(Michelle) Deng, Ph.D. (2015), Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis Considering Soil Spatial Variability, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Major advisor: Dr. Ronaldo Luna of Civil Engineering)
Site Onyejekwe, Ph.D. (2011), Characterization of Soil Variability for Reliability-Based Design, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Major advisor: Dr. Louis Ge of Civil Engineering)
Graduate Students - research guidance
Joseph Thomas,M.S. (2010), Experimental Studies of Atterberg Limits, Thermal Conductivities, and Specific Gravity of Organobentonites, Spring 2010. Georgia Institute of Technology
James McNash, M.S. (2011), Experimental Studies of Surface Tension of Quaternary Ammonium Cation Solutions and Specific Surface Area of Organobentonites, Spring 2010. Georgia Institute of Technology
Undergraduate students - Research Guidance
Christopher Waldron, (Spring 2014), Thermal conductivity of fly ash-kaolinite mixtures, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Samantha Smith, (Fall 2012 -Fall 2014) Literature Mining of Geotechnical Journal Publication Cycles/Atterberg limits of kaolinite-organic mixtures/Interfacial tension, contact angle, and viscosity of biopolymer solutions, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Christopher Cochran, Manipulation of the Frictional Properties of Clay Minerals through the Addition of a Thin-Film Lubricant, Summer 2006. Georgia Institute of Technology.
Kathryn Hunley, Manipulation of the Frictional Properties of Clay Minerals through the Addition of a Thin-Film Lubricant, Summer 2006.Georgia Institute of Technology.
Tiffany Grant, Investigation of the Role of Anion Effect on the Formation of Clay Fabric, Fall 2005 - Spring 2006. Georgia Institute of Technology
K-12 Students – Research Guidance
Adam Kriz, Summer 2015, Effects of Polymers on the Physicochemical Properties of Class F Fly Ash-Kaolinite Slurries, Summer Research Academy, Missouri University of Science and Technology
SERVICE
Editors for journals
Associate Editor, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE (ISSN: 0899-1561),08/2013 - 10/2015
Guest Editor,Special Issue: Unsaturated Soil-Related Geohazard, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE (ISSN: 0887-3828), 2015
Conference organizing
Session Chair, Geo-Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, August 14-18, 2016
Session Chair, Innovative Monitoring Technologies for a Sustainable Geoenvironment, Geo-Congress 2014, Atlanta, GA, United States, February 23-26, 2014
Organizer, GeoMO 2012 Conference: Geotechnics for Sustainable Environment, April 27, 2012
Session Chair, Sustainable Slope Engineering, GeoCongress 2013, San Diego, CA, United States, March 3-6, 2013
Session Chair, Beneficial Reuse of Waste and Recycled Materials in Sustainable Geotechnical Construction, GeoCongress 2012, Oakland, CA, United States, March 25-29, 2012
professional committees
Geoenvironmental Engineering Committee, Geo-Institute of ASCE, member (2011 - present), Secretary (2014 - present)
Unsaturated Soils Committee, Geo-Institute of ASCE, 2011 - present
Committee D18 – Soil and Rock of American Society of Testing Methods (ASTM), 2014 - present
American Geophysical Union (AGU), member (2013 - present)
Journal paper reviewing
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, ISSN: 1090-0241
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, ISSN: 0899-1561
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, ISSN: 0267-7261
Engineering Geology, ISSN: 0013-7952
Soils and Foundations, JGS, ISSN: 0038-0806
Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, ISSN: 0149-6115
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, ISSN: 0363-9061
Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ISSN: 0887-3828
Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal, ISSN: 1748-6025
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, ISSN: 1866-7511
FUEL, ISSN: 0016-2361
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, ISSN: 0049-6979
Geochemical Transactions, ISSN: 1467-4866
Natural Hazards, ISSN: 0921-030X
Conference/GSP paper reviewing
Geo-Chicago 2016, Chicago, IL, United States
Geo-Shanghai 2014, Shanghai, China
Geo-Congress 2014, Atlanta, GA, United States
Geo-Congress 2013, San Diego, CA, United States
Geo-Congress 2012, Oakland, CA, United States
Sound Geotechnical Research to Practice - A Geotechnical Special Publication Honoring the Contributions of Robert D. Holtz, Geo-Institute of ASCE, 2012
Geo-Frontiers 2011, Dallas, TX, United States
International Foundation Congress & Equipment Expo 2009, Orlando, FL, United States
department and university service
Computer Committee, Civil Engineering, member, 2012 - present; Chair, 2014 - present
Phonathon, Faculty Advisor, Spring 2012 - present
Open House, Speaker and Geotechnical Lab Tour Coordinator, Fall 2011 - present
HONORS AND AWARDS
George F. Sowers Distinguished Graduate Student Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
Derived airflow equation used in software SV-AIRFLOW, SoilVision Systems Ltd., 2007
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-2010
Postgraduate Studentship, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002-2004
Allen T. Chwang Fluid Mechanics Scholarship, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2001