CURRICULUM VITAE	NORDAL, Steinar
PRESENT POSITION:	Professor Geotechnical Engineering Department of Civil and Transport Engineering Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim
ADDRESSES:	At university: Hoegskoleringen 7, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. Tel: 73 59 45 94, Fax: 73 59 46 09 At home: Hyllveien 12a, 7020 Trondheim, Norway. Tel: 73 52 24 66 E-mail: Steinar.Nordal@bygg.ntnu.no
DATE OF BIRTH:	March 11, 1954
NATIONALITY:	Norwegian
EDUCATION:	1983 Dr.ing. (PhD), NTH 1977 Sivilingeniør (MSc), NTH
LANGUAGES:	English fluent, some German
COUNTRIES WORKED IN:	Norway and USA
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:	Norwegian Society of Chartered Engineers Norwegian Geotechnical Society Norwegian Earthquake Society
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:	About twenty years of experience in geotechnical research, teaching and consulting. Main area of research is soil modelling including experimental work, development, testing and application of constitutive relationships and numerical tools for soils and for soil structure interaction problems. Development of computer programs for research and consulting has been an important task for several years. Many of the programs developed are now routinely applied by Norwegian consulting firms in geotechnical engineering. Other research topics has been pile driving, wellbore stability and formation mechanics including field subsidence for oil industry, integrated analysis of offshore structures, soil dynamics and soil stabilization by lime cement columns. Other activity has been conventional foundation and construction design in cooperation with geotecnical consultants.  Teaches all basic courses in geotechnical engineering, Theoretical Soil Mechanics advanced course and doctoral and continuing education courses in Soil Dynamics and Soil Modelling. Has been adviser and professor for several dr. students working in the field of Soil Modelling, Finite Elements, Slope Stability and Pile Driving. Current no. of dr.students: 4 (1999)
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:	Head of Department of Geotechnical Engineering, NTH from 1986 to 1989. Chairman of the Dr.Ing. Committee at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, NTH from 1986 to 1990. Chairman of the Standing Committee on Engineering Education at NTH from 1989 to 1995. Administrative Council member of SEFI, European Society for Engineering Education from 1990 to 1996  Board member of SEFI from 1994 to 1996. Chairman of the Charter Committee for NTNU, 1995.  Member of the Committee on Education at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NTNU, 1997-1998 Member of the board of UNIS (Univerity studies at Spitsbergen) 1999- Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept. 1999-2001
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:	I.Hoff, S.Nordal and R.S.Nordal, (1998):"New hyperelastic material model for granular materials in pavement structures.", Proc. of 5^th Int. conf. on Bearing capacity of Roads and Airfields, Trondheim, 6-8 July 1998. p.1315, Tapir Publishers. T.Länsivaara and S. Nordal (1998):"A Soil Model for the Overconsolidated Region of Clays", Proc. of the 4^th Eur. Conf. on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, NUMGE98, Udine Oct.14-16 1998. pp347-356. Springer. S.Nordal (1998): Drained versus undrained analysis." Int. workshop on stability of embankments on soft soils, 28-29 May 1998, Delft. Voznesensky, E. and Nordal S. (1999): "Dynamic instability of clays - an energy approach." Int. Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering no. 18 ,1999 pp. 125-133. Elsevier.  S.Nordal (1999): "Present of PLAXIS", Proc. of the Int Symposium: Beyond 2000 in Computational Geotechnics – 10 years of Plaxis International. Amsterdam18-20 March 1999, Balkema. I.Hoff, S.Nordal and R.S.Nordal (1999): "Constitutive model for unbound granular materials based on hyperelasticity." Workshop on modelling and advanced testing for unbound granular materials, Lisboa, January 1999. A.Emdal, S.Nordal (1999): "Mapping of potential shoreline slide areas in Northern Norway", Proc. of XII ECSMFE Amsterdam, june 1999, Balkema. A.Watn, S.Christensen, A.Emdal, S.Nordal (1999): "Lime-Cement Stabilization of Slopes – Experiences and a Design approach." Int.conf. on dry mix methods for deep soil stabilization, Stockholm 13-15 oct 1999
EXPERIENCE:	1987 - Professor, Geotechnical Eng. NTH / NTNU 1991 – 1992 Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, USA 1984 – 1987 Associate Professor, Geotechnical Eng. NTH 1983 – 1984 Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Eng. NTH 1981 – 1983 University Scholar, NTH 1979 – 1980 Research Engineer, SINTEF 1978 – 1979 Royal Norwegian Navy, working on Marine Structures
EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH AND CONSULTING:	1983-1986, Formation Mechanics Project, (Arco, Conoco, Elf, Fina, Agip, Hydro, Statoil, Unocal): In charge of Numerical modelling. 1983, Tripod for the Troll field, Heerema. Dynamic stiffness of foundations, second opinion study. 1984, Mjøsbrua, Pile foundation, second opinion, evaluation of capacity from driving records. Statens Vegvesen. 1985-1990, Integrated analysis of gravity plattforms, (SINTEF, VERITAS, Hydro): Soil modelling and simulations. 1985, Foundation design review. Gullfaks C plattform. Statoil. 1989, Slope stability, legal case, expert opinion. Melhus. 1993-1995, Long term processes in geomaterials, NFR. One dr.ing. candidate. 1990-1996, Rock mechanical aspects of drilling problems in shales, NFR and many national and international oil companies. SINTEF. 1995, Evaluation on possible damage from railroad induced vibrations. Lademoen, Trondheim. Legal case. 1995-1999, Research project on material modelling of geomaterials. Two dr.ing. Candidates. Partly NFR financed. 1995-1998, Research project on slope stability. One dr. candidate. NFR financed. 1996-1997, Design evaluation, instrumentation and on site geotechnical advisor on the Realfagsbygget construction project Trondheim, for Prosjektstyring AS. 1998, Troll Subsidence Evaluation Group, for Statoil. 1997-1999, Slope stability and lime column stabilization on Vestfoldbanen. SINTEF. Jernbaneverket, Drammen

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