James K. Mitchell

Affiliations: 
1958-1993 Civil Engineering University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States 
 1994-1999 Civil engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States 
Area:
Ground stability and liquefaction, induced seismicity, in-situ measurement of soil properties, ground improvement, biogeotechnical engineering
Website:
https://cee.vt.edu/people/emeritus/geot_emeritus/mitchell.html
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"James Kenneth Mitchell" OR "James K Mitchell"
Bio:

https://mitchell.geoengineer.org/curriculum-vitae/
https://mitchell.geoengineer.org/phd-students/
https://books.google.com/books?id=ai2tWwWG0OAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA613#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=qsp3nQEACAAJ

Parents

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T. William Lambe grad student 1956 MIT
 (The Importance of Structure to the Engineering Behavior of Clay)

Children

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Richard G. Campanella grad student 1965 UC Berkeley
K Arulanandan grad student 1966 UC Berkeley
William N. Houston grad student 1967 UC Berkeley
Mian C. Wang grad student 1968 UC Berkeley
Lutfi Raad grad student 1977 UC Berkeley
Edward Kavazanjian grad student 1978 UC Berkeley
Robert Liang grad student 1985 UC Berkeley
Rodrigo Salgado grad student 1993 UC Berkeley
Kenichi Soga grad student 1994 UC Berkeley (Physics Tree)
Jorge G. Zornberg grad student 1994 UC Berkeley
Christopher D. P. Baxter grad student 1999 Virginia Tech
Patricia M. Gallagher grad student 2000 Virginia Tech
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Mitchell JK. (2008) Recent developments in ground improvement for mitigation of seismic risk to existing embankment dams Geotechnical Special Publication
Mitchell JK. (2008) Mitigation of liquefaction potential of silty sands Geotechnical Special Publication. 433-451
Mitchell JK, Liu N. (2006) Usefulness of em waves for site and soil property characterization in geotechnical engineering Geotechnical Special Publication. 136-143
Mitchell JK, Santamarina JC. (2005) Biological considerations in geotechnical engineering Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 131: 1222-1233
Mitchell JK. (2002) Practical problems from surprising soil behavior Geotechnical Special Publication. 2102-2132
Mitchell JK. (2002) Fundamental aspects of thixotropy in soils Geotechnical Special Publication. 803-836
Bonita JA, Mitchell JK, Brandon TL. (2000) In-situ liquefaction evaluation using a vibrating penetrometer Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Denver 2000 - Soil Dynamics and Liquefaction 2000, Gsp 107. 295: 191-205
Zornberg JG, Sitar N, Mitchell JK. (1998) Limit equilibrium as basis for design of geosynthetic reinforced slopes Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 124: 684-698
Zornberg JG, Sitar N, Mitchell JK. (1998) Performance of geosynthetic reinforced slopes at failure Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 124: 670-683
Nicholson PJ, Mitchell JK, Bahner EW, et al. (1998) Design of a soil mixed composite gravity wall Geotechnical Special Publication. 27-40
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