The Use of CPTu (Piezocone) in Earth Dam Engineering: Instructor

Ronaldo Luna, PE, PhD, BC.GE
Luna Consulting, LLC and Saint Louis University
Sr. Consultant and Professor of Civil Engineering

Dr. Ronaldo Luna has been a professor of civil engineering at Saint Louis University since 2014 and an active senior consultant in geotechnical engineering. He teaches courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in the field of geotechnical and civil engineering. His research interests lie in the dynamic response of soils and liquefaction, geographic information systems in civil engineering, advances in soil mechanics/foundations, and earthquake engineering. He was a professor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO, for fifteen years. Previously, he was an assistant professor at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in 1983 from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and Master of science in geotechnical engineering in 1985 from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. He earned his Ph.D. in 1995 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Luna has practiced as a geotechnical engineer in both the western and central US, as well as internationally, and was recently appointed to the Geotechnical Advisory Board of the Panama Canal. He is a registered professional engineer in several states and holds his consulting practice as Luna Consulting, LLC. He has published over 120 technical papers. Dr. Luna is a Fellow with the American Society of Civil Engineers and a board-certified geotechnical engineer with the Academy of Geo-Professionals.