George Veyera

George Veyera

Professor and Associate Dean
Department of Civil and Env. Engineering

Room Bliss 102
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI, 02881

phone: 401-874-5985
e-mail: associate_dean@egr.uri.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. 1985, Colorado State University
  • M.S. 1980, Colorado State University
  • B.S. 1978, University of Rhode Island

Research Interests

Dr. Veyera's research has been sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Air Force Engineering and Services Center (AFESC/RDCM), National Science Foundation (NSF), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Region One University Transportation Center (UTC), Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), Science Applications, Inc. (SAIC) and the United States Geological Surbey (USGS). His rersearch interests include:

  • Liquefaction of Saturated Soils
  • Dynamic Behavior of Soils
  • Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
  • Marine Geomechanics
  • Geosynthetics
  • Experimental Geomechanics

Dr. Veyera currently serves at the Associate Dean of the College of Engineering.