Thomas Zimmie, Ph.D.

Education

1. Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Civil Engineering, 1972
2. M.S., University of Connecticut, Civil Engineering, 1962
3. B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Civil Engineering, 1960

Postdoctoral Education

1. NSF Postdoctoral Fellow - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway, 1972–73

Professional Experience

1973–Present	Faculty, Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Acting Head of Dept 2005-2008.
1993–Present	President and Owner, Civrotech Engineering, P.C.
1988–1990	Program Director, Geomechanics, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (Leave of absence from Rensselaer)
1984–1988	Vice President, Arch Engineering, Troy, New York
1983–1985	NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Div. of Solid and Hazardous Waste-Haz. waste site investigations, remediations (Sabbatical)
1973–1980	Partner in firm of Wang and Zimmie
1972–1973	Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
1967–1972	Private Consultant in the Northeast Connecticut area. Town Engineer, Town of Mansfield, CT
1964–1967	Linde Division, Union Carbide Corporation, Buffalo, New York area, Engineering Department, Project Management
1962–1964	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Commissioned Officer, West Germany, Military engineering and construction
1961	U.S. Navy Oceanographic Office, Civil Engineer

Selected Recent Publications

(Authored/co-authored over 250 publications)

1. Seed, R.B. et al (21 co-authors incl Zimmie, T. F.) (2005), “Preliminary Report on the Performance of the New Orleans Levee Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005”, Report No. UCB/CITRIS-05/01, November 17, 2005. Presented to US Senate. Document available on US Senate website.
2. Simpson, P.T., Sausville, M.J., Zimmie, T.F. and Abdoun, T.H. (2005), “Geotechnical Centrifuge Modeling of Explosive Cratering on Earth Embankments and Dams”, Proc. (CD), Intl. Conf. on Energy, Environment and Disasters (INCEED 2005), Charlotte, NC, July, 2005, paper 278, session D12.
3. Zimmie, T.F., Sausville, M.J., Simpson, P.T. and Abdoun, T.H. (2005), “Blasting Studies on Dams Using the Geotechnical Centrifuge”, Dam Safety 2005, Proc. of the ASDSO Annual Conf. on Dam Safety, New Orleans, LA, Sept., 2005, Assoc. of State Dam Safety Officials-conference moved to Orlando, FL. due to Hurricane Katrina.
4. Zimmie, T.F. and De, A. (1996), “Centrifuge Modeling to Study Stability of Dams,” 13th Annual Conf., Assoc. of State Dam Safety Officials, Seattle, pp. 630-639.
5. Adalier, K., Pamuk, A., and Zimmie, T. (2003), “Seismic Retrofit of Coastal Dikes”, Proc. of OMAE, 2003 22nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Cancun, Mexico, pp.572-581.
6. De, A., Zimmie, T.F., and Vamos, K.E. (2005), “Centrifuge Experiments to Study Blast Effects on Underground Pipelines”, Pipelines 2005, Proc. of the Pipeline Div. Specialty Conf., (Vipulanandan, C. and Ortega, R. eds.), Aug., 2005, Houston, TX, ASCE, pp. 362-370.
7. Zimmie, T.F., Editor (2000), “Environmental Geotechnics,” Geotechnical Special Publication No. 105, ASCE, Reston, VA, 168 pages.
8. “Geo-Environmental Research Using Centrifuges,” (1995), The Encyclopedia of Environmental Control Technology, (P.N. Cheremisinoff, ed.), Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX, Vol. 9, Chapter 10, pp. 335-366.
9. “Accelerated Groundwater Transport Studies Using a Geotechnical Centrifuge,” (1994), Transportation Research Record, No. 1434, Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., with A. De and M.B. Mahmud, pp. 47-54.
10. “Accelerated Physical Modelling of Radioactive Waste Migration in Soil,” (1994), Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 31, No. 5, with M.B. Mahmud and A. De, pp. 683-691.

Synergistic Activities

• International activities (organize workshops, distribute workshop proceedings and research data, conduct short courses)
• US Member ISSMGE Committee on Geotechnical Education and Training, produced US national report
• member numerous professional societies, including committee chairs and committees (ASCE, ASTM, TRB, ASDSO, etc.)
• host several underrepresented groups of middle and high school students, summer programs
• engineering lectures to local grammar schools
• past president of USUCGER, board member 6 years
• at RPI, in charge of undergraduate labs, ASCE faculty advisor (believed to be longest serving advisor in US), EOT coordinator for RPI centrifuge center
• Conduct professional short courses on dam safety
• Active in local Mohawk-Hudson ASCE section

Collaborators, Advisors, & Advisees

Major Ph.D. Academic Advisor

Professor Richard Long, University of Connecticut

Collaborators (last five years)

A. De, Manhattan College; C. Floess, ERTEC, NY; K. Adalier, Florida State U., A. Pamuk, Florida State U., R.Dobry, RPI, T.Abdoun, RPI, P.Gallagher, Drexel U., M. Zeghal, RPI, M. Sausville, Shaw Eng., P. Simpson, RPI., I. Sasanakul, RPI, J. Ubilla, Golder Assoc., Vancouver, B.C., M. Sharp & W. Vanadit-Ellis, US Army COE, S. Steedman, High-Point Rendell, London

Ph.D. Advisees

Y.S. Paik, Seoul U., Korea; C. Floess, ERTEC., NY; R Dyvik, NGI, Norway; H. Moo- Young, Dean, CA St. Los Angeles.; A. De, Manhattan College; C. LaPlante, HVCC, NY; M. Mahmud, Tech. U. of Malaysia; R. Dunn, RPI; P. Simpson, RPI., J. Quiroz, Geosyntec, FL, A. Pamuk, FL State U.

Student Advising

Professor Zimmie has served as the major advisor for more than 150 Masters and Ph.D. students since joining Rensselaer in 1973. In the past five years, he has served as the major advisor for approximately 25 Masters and Ph.D. students. He has also worked with an estimated 200 undergraduate students on research projects. He is presently the ASCE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, and has been the Faculty Advisor 34 of his 36 years at RPI. David Darrin Counseling Award 2007 at RPI for long term service to students.