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Behbehani, F., Gaz, C., and McCartney, J.S. (2026). “Normal compression response of tire derived aggregate particle pairs.” Geosynthetics International. In press.
Lu, Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2026). “Transient and hysteretic hydro-mechanical response of constrained bentonite under high temperature.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2026.100881.
Yarahuaman, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2026). “Seismic isolation of shallow footings using tire derived aggregate.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 110580. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2026.110580.
Newgard, J.T., Hutchinson, T., and McCartney, J.S. (2026). “Centrifuge modeling of rocking foundations on sand improved with soil-cement columns.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 110573. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2026.110573.
Deng, J., Guo, W., Fox, P.J., McCartney, J.S., Zheng, Y. (2026). “Evaluation of the 3D response of geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments under service load conditions. Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 54, 862–875. DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2026.05.003.
Liu, S., McCartney, J.S., and Xiao, Y. (2025). “Analytical solutions for one-dimensional steady- and transient-state flow in vertical heterogeneous unsaturated soils.” Water Resources Research. DOI: 10.1029/2024WR039104.
Guo, G., Zheng, L., Lu, Y., Behbehani, F., and McCartney, J.S. (2025). “Coupled THM modeling of bentonite heating and hydration in tank tests with a new temperature-dependent water retention model.” Computers and Geotechnics. 107736. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2025.107736.
Yarahuaman, A.A., Walston, S., Melara, J., Tan, X., Elgamal, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2025). “Mitigation of liquefaction-induced lateral spreading effects on bridge piles using tire derived aggregate.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 152(1), DOI: 10.1061/JGGEFK/GTENG-13927.
Ferreira, M.D.S., Saboya, F., Tibana, S., Reis, R.M., McCartney, J.S., and Garske, R.B. (2025). “Geotechnical centrifuge modeling of thermal improvement processes in clayey soils for anchoring purposes.” Ocean Engineering. 322, 120550. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.120550.
Faizal, M., Bouazza, A. and McCartney J.S. (2025). “The impact of heat exchanger loop configuration on heat transfer in energy piles.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 41, 100639. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2025.100639.
Ghaaowd, I., Saboya, F.A., and McCartney, J.S. (2025). “Centrifuge modeling of temperature effects on the pullout capacity of jacked-in energy piles in saturated soft clay.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 41, 100638. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2025.100638.
Faizal, M., Bouazza, A. and McCartney J.S. (2025). “An analytical model for predicting outlet fluid temperatures in energy piles using soil thermal resistances.” Applied Thermal Engineering. 265, 125557. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.125557.
Ghorbani, J., Aghdasi, S., Nazem, M., McCartney, J.S., and Kodikara, J. (2025). “Augmented intelligence framework for real-time ground assessment under significant uncertainty.” Engineering with Computers. DOI: 10.1007/s00366-025-02108-0.
Lu, Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Transient temperature and water distributions in unconstrained compacted granular bentonite under elevated temperatures.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 41, 100626. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2024.100626.
Yarahuaman, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Seismic deformation response of ballasted rail embankments.” Transportation Geotechnics. 49, 101441. DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2024.101441.
Lu, Y., Chen, H., Tomac, I., and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Analytical and numerical investigation of gravity anchors for floating photovoltaic systems.” Ocean Engineering. 313(3), 119591. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119591.
Wu, H., McCartney, J.S., and Zheng, Y. (2024). “Numerical simulation of rainfall-induced deformations of embankments considering the coupled hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils.” Computers and Geotechnics. 175, 106714. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106714.
Ghorbani, J., Aghdasi, S., Nazem, M., McCartney, J.S., Kodikara, J. (2024). “Parameters in play: AlphaZero-inspired AI for autonomous parameter identification in soil constitutive and finite element models.” Computers and Geotechnics. 174, 106657. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106657.
Chen, L., Ghorbani, J., Dutta, T.T., Zhou, A., McCartney, J.S., and Kodikara, J. (2024). “A new multi-surface plasticity model for cyclic hardening of unsaturated granular soils.” Computers and Geotechnics. 173, 106500. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106500.
Lu, Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Temperature effects on adsorption and capillary water retention mechanisms in constrained unsaturated soils.” Acta Geotechnica. 19, 6467–6482. DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02341-9.
Rahimi, A., Eslami, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Hyperbolic load-displacement analysis of helical and expanded piles: Database approach.” ICE Geotechnical Engineering. DOI: 10.1680/jgeen.23.00196.
Esmailzade, M., Eslami, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Comparison of frustum confining vessel (FCV) and full-scale testing the geotechnical performance of conventional and unconventional piles.” Marine Georesources and Geotechnology. 43(2), 284-304. DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2024.2330003.
Yarahuaman, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Response of shallow foundations in tire-derived aggregate.” Geosynthetics International. 31(6), 1047–1062. DOI: 10.1680/jgein.23.00147.
Baek, J., He, X., Yang, Y., Lu, Y., McCartney, J.S., and Chen, J.S. (2024). “Data-driven modeling of an unsaturated bentonite buffer model test under high temperatures using an enhanced axisymmetric reproducing kernel particle method.” Computers and Geotechnics. 168, 106133. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106133.
Kinikles, D., Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Hyperbolic hydro-mechanical model for seismic compression of unsaturated sands in the funicular regime.” Computers and Geotechnics. 167, 106113. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106113.
Yarahuaman, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Large-scale seismic response testing of shallow foundations embedded in tire-derived aggregate for geotechnical seismic isolation.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 177, 108417. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2023.108417.
Lu, Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Thermal conductivity function for unsaturated soils linked with water retention by capillarity and adsorption.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 150(1), 06023009. DOI: 10.1061/JGGEFK/GTENG-11669.
Lu, Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Free swelling behavior of MX80 bentonite under elevated temperatures up to 200°C.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 37, 100531. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2023.100531.
Samarakoon, R., Kreitzer, I.L. and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Use of bender elements to evaluate linkages between thermal volume changes and shear modulus hardening in drained and undrained thermal triaxial tests.” Geotechnical Testing Journal. 47(2), 586-606. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20220159.
Lu, Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2023). “Insights into the thermo-hydraulic properties of compacted MX80 bentonite during hydration under elevated temperature.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 61(2), 344-360. DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2022-0537.
Machaca Huancollo, H.J., Saboya, F., Tibana, S., McCartney, J.S., and Garske Borges, R. (2023). “Thermal triaxial tests to evaluate improvement of soft marine clay through thermal consolidation.” Geotechnical Testing Journal. 46(3), 579-597. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20220154.
Ghorbani, J., Chen, L., Kodikara, J., Carter, J.P., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Memory repositioning in soil plasticity models used in contact problems.” Computational Mechanics. 71(3), 385-408. DOI: 10.1007/s00466-022-02245-z.
Samarakoon, R. and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Simulation of thermal drains using a new constitutive model for thermal volume change of normally consolidated clays.” Computers and Geotechnics. 153, 105100. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.105100.
Samarakoon, R., Kreitzer, I.L., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Impact of initial effective stress on the thermo-mechanical behavior of normally consolidated clay.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 32, 100407. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2022.100407.
Behbehani, F. and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Compression response of sedimented unsaturated soils.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148(12), 04022114. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002931.
Behbehani, F. and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Energy pile groups for thermal energy storage in unsaturated soils.” Applied Thermal Engineering. 215, 119028. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119028.
Lu, Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Physical modeling of coupled thermo-hydraulic behavior of compacted MX80 bentonite during heating.” Geotechnical Testing Journal. 45(6), 20220054. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20220054.
Moradshahi, A., Faizal, M., Bouazza, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Thermo-mechanical responses of thermally interacting field-scale energy piles.” International Journal of Geomechanics. 22(11), 04022212. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002523.
Faizal, M., Bouazza, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Thermal resistance analysis of an energy pile and adjacent soil using radial temperature gradients.” Renewable Energy. 190, 1066-1077. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.04.002.
Saboya, Jr., F., Ferreira, M., and McCartney, J.S., and Tibana, S. (2022). “Thermal response testing of a thermal pile in a tropical climate region.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 40, 2513–2531. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-021-02043-z.
Zheng, Y., Fox, P.J., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “2D and 3D numerical simulations of static response of a geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutment.” Geosynthetics International. DOI: 10.1680/jgein.21.00044.
Ghaaowd, I., McCartney, J.S., and Saboya, Jr., F. (2022). “Centrifuge modeling of temperature effects on the pullout capacity of torpedo piles in soft clay.” Soils and Rocks. 45(1), e2022000822. Special Issue on Thermal Applications in Geotechnical Engineering. DOI: 10.28927/SR.2022.000822.
Faizal, M., Moradshahi, A., Bouazza, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Soil thermal response to temperature cycles and thermal boundary conditions of field-scale energy piles.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 148(5), 04022027. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002794.
Casagrande, B., Saboya, F., McCartney, J.S., Tibana, S. (2022). “Investigation of a field-scale energy micropile in stratified soil under cyclic temperature changes.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 29, 100263. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2021.100263.
Ghaaowd, I. and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Centrifuge modeling methodology of energy pile pullout from saturated soft clay.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 45(2), 332-354. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20210062.
Moradshahi, A., Faizal, M., Bouazza, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Cross-sectional thermal responses of energy piles.” Computers and Geotechnics. 138, 104320. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104320.
Thota, S.K., Vahedifard, F., and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “A temperature-dependent model for ultimate bearing capacity of energy piles in unsaturated fine-grained soils.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(11), 04021132. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002676.
Xiao, Y., Tang, Y., Ma, G., McCartney, J.S., and Chu, J. (2021). “Thermal conductivity of biocemented graded sands.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(10), 04021106. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002621.
Faizal, M., Bouazza, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Thermo-hydraulic responses of unsaturated sand around a model energy pile.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(10), 04021105. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002640.
Correia, N., Rocha, S.A., Lodi, P.C., and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Shear strength behavior of clayey soil reinforced with polypropylene fibers under drained and undrained conditions.” Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 49(5), 1419-1426. DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2021.05.005.
McCartney, J.S. and Behbehani, F. (2021). “Hydromechanical behavior of unsaturated soils: Interpretation of the compression curve in terms of effective stress.” Soils and Rocks. 44(3), e2021065721. Special Issue on Invited Lectures for the 3rd PanAmerican Conference on Unsaturated Soils. DOI: 10.28927/SR.2021.065721.
Jafarian, Y., Esmaeilpour, P., Shojaeemehr, S., Taghavizade, H., Rouhi, S., and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Seismic response of shallow foundation on saturated loose sand under fixed-end and flexible boundary conditions in 1g shaking table.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 44(3), 637-664. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20200018.
Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Methodology to characterize the seismic compression of unsaturated sands under different drainage conditions.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 44(2), 440-461. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20190340.
Marcal, R., Silveira, M. Correia, N.S., Lodi, P.C., Giacheti, H.L., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Reinforcing effect of polypropylene waste strips on compacted lateritic soils.” Sustainability. Special issue on Sustainability in Geotechnics: The Use of Environmentally Friendly Materials. 12, Paper 9572, 1-16. DOI: 10.3390/su12229572.
Moradshahi, A., Faizal, M., Bouazza, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Effect of nearby piles and soil properties on the thermal behaviour of a field-scale energy pile.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 58(Oct.), 1351–1364. DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2020-0353.
Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Undrained seismic compression of unsaturated sand.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 47(1), 04020145. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002420.
Vahedifard, F., Cao, T.D., Thota, S.K., Samarakoon, R.A., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “A temperature-dependent model for small-strain shear modulus of unsaturated soils.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 146(12), 04020136. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002406.
Moradshahi, A., Khosravi, A., Bouazza, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Axial load transfer analysis of energy piles at a rock site.” Geotechnical Engineering and Geological Engineering. 38(5), 4711-4733. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-020-01322-5.
Pan, A., McCartney, J.S., Lu, L., and You, T. (2020). “A novel analytical multilayer cylindrical heat source model for vertical ground heat exchangers installed in layered ground.” Energy. 200, 117545. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.117545
Nocko, L., Botelho, K., Morris, J., Gupta, R., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Evaluation of thermal conductivity of municipal solid waste using in-situ heat extraction tests.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 146(9): 04020077. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002325.
Xiao, Y., Ma, G., McCartney, J.S., and Nan, B. (2020). “Thermal conductivity of granular soils with contrasting particle shapes.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 146(5), 06020004. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002243.
Ghaaowd, I., Fox, P.J. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Shearing behavior of the interfaces between tire derived aggregate and three soil materials.” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 32(6), 04020120. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003213.
Ghaaowd, I. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Pullout of geogrids from tire derived aggregate with large particle size.” Geosynthetics International. 27(6), 671-684. DOI: 10.1680/jgein.20.00009.
Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Drained seismic compression of unsaturated sand.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 146(5), 04020029. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002251.
Başer, T. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Transient performance evaluation of solar thermal energy storage in a geothermal borehole array.” Renewable Energy. 147, 2582-2598. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.11.012.
Ambriz, B., Mun, W., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Impact of temperature on the pullout of reinforcing geotextiles from unsaturated clay.” Geosynthetics International. 27(1), 1 15. DOI: 10.1680/jgein.19.00040.
Xiao, Y., Nan, B., McCartney, J.S., and Liu, H. (2019). “Thermal conductivity of sand-tire shred mixtures.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 145(11), 06019012. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002155.
Zheng, Y., Fox, P.J., Shing, P.B., and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Physical model tests on half-scale geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments. I: Static loading.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 145(11), 04019094. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002152.
Zheng, Y., Fox, P.J., Shing, P.B., and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Physical model tests on half-scale geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments. II: Dynamic loading.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 145(11), 04019095. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002158.
Eun, J., McCartney, J.S., and Znidarčić, D. (2019). “Evaluation of techniques to measure ebullition pressures of organophilic clay blankets.” Geosynthetics International. 26(5), 539-550. DOI: 10.1680/jgein.19.00042.
Maghvan, S.V., Imam, R., and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Relative density effects on the bearing capacity of unsaturated sand.” Soils and Foundations. DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2019.05.011.
Faizal, M., Bouazza, A., McCartney, J.S., and Haberfield, C. (2019). “Effects of cyclic temperature changes on the thermal response of an energy pile under a residential building.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 145(10), 04019066. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002147.
Samarakoon, R. and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Simplified model for heat transfer in unsaturated soils considering a nonisothermal thermal conductivity function.” Geotechnical Engineering: Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA. 50(1), 16-22.
Huang, J., McCartney, J.S., Perko, H., Johnson, D., Zheng, C., and Yang, Q. (2019). “A novel energy pile: The thermo-syphon helical pile.” Applied Thermal Engineering. 159(August), 113882. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113882.
Maghvan, S.V., Imam, R., and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Physical modeling of stone columns in unsaturated soil deposits.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 43(1), 253-274. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20170405.
Faizal, M., Bouazza, A., McCartney, J.S., and Haberfield, C. (2018). “Axial and radial thermal responses of an energy pile under a 6-storey residential building.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 56(7), 1019–1033. DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2018-0246. (Editor’s Choice for July 2019 in CGJ and 2019 R.M. Quigley Award).
Liu, H., Liu, H., Xiao, Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Effects of temperature on the undrained shear strength of saturated sand.” Soils and Foundations. 58(6), 1326-1338. DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2018.07.010. (Japanese Geotechnical Society Best Research Paper Award 2019)
Zheng, Y., McCartney, J.S., Shing, P.B., and Fox, P.J. (2018). “Transverse shaking table test of a half-scale geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutment.” Geosynthetics International. 25(6), 582-598. DOI: 10.1680/jgein.18.00019.
Zheng, Y., Rong, W., Fox, P.J., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Numerical simulation of geosynthetic-reinforced soil mini-piers for service loading conditions.” Geosynthetics International. 25(3), 271-286. DOI: 10.1680/jgein.18.00007.
Faizal, M., Bouazza, A., Haberfield, C., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Axial and radial thermal responses of a field scale energy pile under monotonic and cyclic temperatures.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 144(10), 04018072. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001952.
Xiao, Y., Liu, H., Nan, B., McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Gradation-dependent thermal conductivity of sands.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 144(9), 06018010. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001943.
Zheng, Y., Fox, P.J., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Numerical study on maximum reinforcement tensile forces in geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments.” Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 46(5), 634-645. DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2018.04.007.
Reed, A.L., Novelli, A.P., Doran, K.L. Ge, S., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Solar district heating with underground thermal energy storage: Pathways to commercial feasibility in North America.” Renewable Energy. 126, 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.03.019.
Zheng, Y., Fox, P.J., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Numerical simulation of load-deformation and failure behavior of geosynthetic-reinforced soil bridge abutments.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 144(7), 04018037. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001893.
Başer, T., Dong, Y., Moradi, A.M., Lu, N., Smits, K., Ge, S., Tartakovsky, D., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Role of water vapor diffusion and nonequilibrium phase change in geothermal energy storage systems in the vadose zone.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 144(7), 04018038. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001910.
Liu, H., Liu, H, Xiao, Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Influence of temperature on the thermal volume change behavior of saturated sand.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 41(4), 747-758. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20160308.
Fox, P.J., Thielmann, S.S., Sanders, M.J., Latham, C., Ghaaowd, I., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Large-scale combination direct shear/simple shear device for tire-derived aggregate.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 41(2), 340-353. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20160245.
Dong, Y., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Scaling shear modulus from small to finite strain for variably saturated soils.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 144(2), 04017110. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001819.
Zheng, Y., Sander, A.C., Rong, W., Fox, P.J., Shing, P.B., and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Shaking table test of a half-scale geosynthetic-reinforced soil bridge abutment.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 41(1), 171-192. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20160268.
Mun, W., Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Application of hysteretic trends in the preconsolidation stress of unsaturated soils.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 36(1), 193-207. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-017-0316-7.
McCartney, J.S., Ghaaowd, I., Fox, P.J., Sanders, M., Thielmann, S., and Sander, A. (2017). “Shearing behavior of tire derived aggregate with large particle sizes. II: Cyclic simple shear behavior.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 143(10), 04017079. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001781.
Ghaaowd, I., McCartney, J.S., Thielmann, S., Sanders, M. and Fox, P.J. (2017). “Shearing behavior of tire derived aggregate with large particle sizes. I: Internal and concrete interface direct shear behavior.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 143(10), 04017078. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001775.
Trautner, C., Zheng, Y., McCartney, J.S., and Hutchinson, T. (2017). “An approach for the evaluation of shake table performance evaluation during repair and retrofit actions.” Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. 47, 131–146. DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2942.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Roles of particle breakage and drainage in the compression of sand to high pressures.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 143(10), 04017071. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001770.
McCartney, J.S. and Murphy, K.D. (2017). “Investigation of potential dragdown/uplift effects on energy piles.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 10(June), 21-28. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2017.03.001. (Most cited paper in the period 2017-2020)
Shanina, M. and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Influence of anisotropic stress states on the thermal volume change of unsaturated silt.” Soils and Foundations. 57(2), 252-266. DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2016.12.003.
Ghaaowd, I., Takai, A., Katsumi, T., and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Pore water pressure prediction for undrained heating of soils.” Environmental Geotechnics. 4(2), 70-78. DOI: 10.1680/jenge.15.00041.
Chen, D. and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Parameters for load transfer analysis of energy piles in uniform nonplastic soils.” ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics. 17(7), 04016159. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000873.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Constitutive model for the drained compression of unsaturated clay to high stresses.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 143(6), 04017014. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001662.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Constitutive model for the undrained compression of unsaturated clay.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 143(4), 04016117. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001635.
Moradi, A., Smits, K., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Heat transfer in unsaturated soil with application to borehole thermal energy storage.” Vadose Zone Journal. 15(10), 1-17. DOI: 10.2136/vzj2016.03.0027.
Hushmand, A., Dashti, S., Davis, C., McCartney, J.S., Hushmand, B. (2016). “A centrifuge study of the influence of site response, relative stiffness, and kinematic constraints on the seismic performance of buried reservoir structures.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 88(September), 427-438. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.06.011.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils I: Critical assessment of volume change mechanisms.” Computers and Geotechnics. 80(December), 26-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.06.009.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Thermal volume change of poorly draining soils II: Constitutive modelling.” Computers and Geotechnics. 80(December), 16-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.06.010.
Mun, W., Teixeira, T., Balci, M.C., Svoboda, J., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Rate effects on the undrained shear strength of compacted clay.” Soils and Foundations. 56(4), 719-731. DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2016.07.012.
Hushmand, A., Dashti, S., Davis, C., Hushmand, B., McCartney, J.S., Hu, J., Lee, Y. (2016). “Seismic performance of underground reservoir structures: Insight from centrifuge modeling on the influence of backfill soil type and geometry.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 142(11), 04016058. DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0001544.
Dong, Y., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “A unified model for small-strain shear modulus of variably saturated soil.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 142(9), 04016039. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001506.
Hushmand, A., Dashti, S., Davis, C., Hushmand, B., Zhang, M., Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., Lee, Y., Hu, J. (2016). “Seismic performance of underground reservoir structures: Insight from centrifuge modeling on the influence of structure stiffness.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 142(7), 04016020. DOI: 10.1061/(asce)gt.1943-5606.0001477.
Ghayoomi, M. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Procedure to estimate the seismic settlement of partially saturated soils.” Indian Geotechnical Journal (Special Issue on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics). 46(3), 272–275. DOI: 10.1007/s40098-015-0176-0.
Khosravi, A., Sajjad, S., Dadashi, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Suction-induced hardening effects on the shear modulus of unsaturated silt.” ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics. 16(6), D4016007. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000614.
Catolico, N., Ge, S., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Numerical modeling of a soil-borehole thermal energy storage system.” Vadose Zone Journal. 15(1), 1-17. DOI: 10.2136/vzj2015.05.0078.
Caulk, R., Ghazanfari, E., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Parameterization of a calibrated geothermal energy pile model.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 5(3), 1-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2015.11.001.
Alsherif, N. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Yielding of silt at high temperature and suction magnitudes.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 34(2), 501-514. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-015-9961-x.
Başer, T., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Operational response of a soil-borehole thermal energy storage system.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 142(4), 04015097. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001432.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “High-pressure thermal triaxial cell for evaluation of the impact of temperature on soil volume change mechanisms.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 39(2), 217-234. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20150114.
Iezzoni, H. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Calibration of capacitance sensors for compacted silt in nonisothermal applications.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 39(2), 169-180. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20150056.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Compression mechanisms of unsaturated clay under high stress levels.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 52(12), 2099-2112. DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2014-0438.
Alsherif, N.A. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Thermal behaviour of unsaturated silt at high suction magnitudes.” Géotechnique. 65(9), 703-716. DOI: 10.1680/geot./14.P.049.
Moradi, A., Smits, K., Massey, J., Cihan, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Impact of coupled heat transfer and water flow on soil borehole thermal energy storage (SBTES) systems: Experimental and modeling investigation.” Geothermics. 57(Sep), 56-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2015.05.007
Goode, J.C., III and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Centrifuge modeling of boundary restraint effects in energy foundations.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 141(8), 04015034. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001333.
Dong, Y., McCartney, J.S. and Lu, N. (2015). “Critical review of thermal conductivity models for unsaturated soils.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 33(2), 207-221. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-015-9843-2.
Murphy, K.D. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Seasonal response of energy foundations during building operation.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 33(2), 343-356. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-014-9802-3.
Wang, W., Regueiro, R. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Coupled axisymmetric thermo-poro-elasto-plastic finite element analysis of energy foundation centrifuge experiments in partially saturated silt.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 33(2), 373-388. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-014-9801-4.
Kaltreider, C., Krarti, M. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Heat transfer analysis of thermo-active foundations.” Energy and Buildings. 86, 492-501. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.063.
Murphy, K.D., McCartney, J.S., and Henry, K.S. (2015). “Evaluation of thermo-mechanical and thermal behavior of full-scale energy foundations.” Acta Geotechnica. 10(2), 179 195. DOI: 10.1007/s11440-013-0298-4.
Vega, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Cyclic heating effects on thermal volume change of silt.” Environmental Geotechnics. 2(5), 257-268. DOI: 10.1680/envgeo.13.00022.
Stewart, M.A. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Centrifuge modeling of soil-structure interaction in energy foundations.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 140(4), 04013044. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001061.
Alsherif, N. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Effective stress in unsaturated silt under low degrees of saturation.” Vadose Zone Journal. 13(5), 1-13. DOI: 10.2136/vzj2013.06.0109.
Murphy, K.D. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Thermal borehole shear device.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 37(6), 1040-1055. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20140009.
Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S. and Ko, H.-Y. (2013). “Empirical methodology to estimate seismically induced settlement of partially saturated sand.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 139(3), 367-376. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000774. (2014 International Award for Best Journal Paper by an Early Career Researcher in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in the Category of “Application”).
McCartney, J.S. and Khosravi, A. (2013). “Field monitoring system for suction and temperature profiles under pavements.” ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. 27(6), 818-825. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000362.
Bouazza, A., Zornberg, J.G., McCartney, J.S., and Singh, M.R. (2013). “Unsaturated geotechnics applied to geoenvironmental engineering problems involving geosynthetics.” Engineering Geology. 165, 143-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.11.018.
McCartney, J.S., Cox, B.R., Wood, C.M., and El Tawati, A. (2013). “Performance evaluation of flexible pavements using a new field cyclic plate load test.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 36(2), 206-215. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20120089.
Lim, S.-Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Evaluation of the role of particle size on the installation damage factors for geogrids.” Geosynthetics International. 20(2), 62-72. DOI: 10.1680/gein.13.00002.
McCartney, J.S. and Cox, B.R. (2013). “Role of strain magnitude on the deformation response of geosynthetic-reinforced soil layers.” Geosynthetics International. 20(3), 174-190. DOI: 10.1680/gein.13.00010.
Ghayoomi, M., Dashti, S., and McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Performance of a transparent, flexible shear beam-type container in dynamic centrifuge modeling of geotechnical systems.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 53, 230-239. DOI: 10.1680/gein.13.00010.
Khosravi, A., Alsherif, N., Lynch, C., and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Use of multistage triaxial testing to define effective stress relationships for unsaturated soils.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 35(1), 128-134. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ103624.
Parks, J.M., Stewart, M.A., and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Validation of a centrifuge permeameter for investigation of transient infiltration and drainage flow processes in unsaturated soils.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 35(1), 182-192. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20120089.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “A thermo-hydro-mechanical true triaxial cell for evaluation of the impact of anisotropy on thermally-induced volume changes in soils.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 35(2), 227-237. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20120089.
Rouissi, K., Krarti, M., and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Analysis of thermo-active foundations with U-tube heat exchangers.” ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 134(2), 1-8. DOI: 10.1115/1.4005755.
Khosravi, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Impact of hydraulic hysteresis on the small-strain shear modulus of low plasticity soils.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 138(11), 1326–1333. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000713.
McCartney, J.S. and Murphy, K.D. (2012). “Strain distributions in full-scale energy foundations.” DFI Journal. 6(2), 28-36. DOI: 10.1179/dfi.2012.008. (2012 DFI Young Professor Paper Award)
McCartney, J.S., Nogueira, C., Homes, D., and Zornberg, J.G. (2011). “Modeling of secondary containment system formation with colloidal silica.” ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering. 137(6), 444-453. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000345.
Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., and Ko, H.-Y. (2011). “Centrifuge test for seismic compression of partially saturated sands.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 34(4). 321-331. DOI: DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20120089.
Ghayoomi, M. and McCartney, J.S. (2011). “Measurement of small-strain shear moduli of partially saturated sand during infiltration in geotechnical centrifuge.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 34(5), 503-513. DOI:10.1520/GTJ103608.
Khosravi, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2011). “Resonant column test for unsaturated soils with suction–saturation control.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 34(6), 730-739. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20120089.
McCartney J.S. and Berends, R. (2010). “Measurement of filtration effects on the transmissivity of geocomposite drains for phosphogypsum.” Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 28(2), 226–235. DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2010.01.006.
Zornberg, J.G. and McCartney, J.S. (2010). “Centrifuge permeameter for unsaturated soils I: Theory basis and experimental developments.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 136(8), 1051-1063. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000319. (2012 J. James R. Croes Medal)
McCartney, J.S. and Zornberg, J.G. (2010). “Centrifuge permeameter for unsaturated soils II: Measurement of the hydraulic characteristics of an unsaturated clay.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 136(8), 1064-1076.
McCartney, J.S. and Znidarčić, D. (2010). “Test system for hydraulic properties of unsaturated nonwoven geotextiles.” Geosynthetics International. 17(5), 355-363.
Zornberg, J.G., Bouazza, A., and McCartney J.S. (2010). “Geosynthetic capillary barriers: State-of-the-knowledge.” Geosynthetics International. 17(5), 273–300. (Best Paper of 2010 in Geosynthetics International)
McCartney, J.S. and Zornberg, J.G. (2010). “Effects of infiltration and evaporation on geosynthetic capillary barrier performance.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 47(11), 1201-1213.
Lee, Y.-B., Ko, H.-Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2010). “Deformation response of shored MSE walls under surcharge loading in the centrifuge.” Geosynthetics International. 17(6), 389-402.
McCartney, J.S., Zornberg, J.G., and Swan, R.H. (2009). “Analysis of a large database of GCL-geomembrane interface shear strength results.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 135(2), 1-15.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2006). “Correction of lightning effects on water content reflectometer (WCR) soil moisture data.” Vadose Zone Journal. 5, 673–683.
Bouazza, A., Zornberg, J.G., McCartney, J.S., and Nahlawi, H. (2006). “Significance of unsaturated behaviour of geotextiles in earthen structures.” Australian Geomechanics, 41(3), 133-142.
Zornberg, J.G., McCartney, J.S. and Swan, Jr., R.H. (2005). “Analysis of a large database of GCL internal shear strength results.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 131(3), 359-380.
McCartney, J.S., Zornberg, J.G., Swan, Jr., R.H., and Gilbert, R.B. (2004). “Reliability-based stability analysis considering GCL shear strength variability.” Geosynthetics International. 11(3), 212-232.

Technical Journal Paper Closures and Discussions

Mousavi, S., Ghayoomi, J., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Discussion of "Simplified procedure for prediction of earthquake-induced settlements in partially saturated soils" by A. Zeybek and S.P.G. Madabhushi.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(1), 07020026.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Roles of particle breakage and drainage in the compression of sand to high pressures: Closure.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 145(4), 7019008.
Ghayoomi, M., Dashti, S., and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Performance of a transparent, flexible shear beam-type container in dynamic centrifuge modeling of geotechnical systems: Closure.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 67, 363-369.
McCartney, J.S., Zornberg, J.G., and Swan, R.H. (2010). “Analysis of a large database of GCL-geomembrane interface shear strength results: Closure.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 136(1), 276-277.
Zornberg, J.G., McCartney, J.S. and Swan, Jr., R.H. (2006). “Analysis of a large database of GCL internal shear strength results: Closure.” ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 132(10), 1373-1379.

Review Journal Papers

McCartney, J.S., Van Den Einde, L., Morrison, M., Palermo, A., Lotfizadeh, K., Lai, C., and Conte, J. (2025). “Multi-degree of freedom shake table testing of large-scale structural and geotechnical systems with NHERI-UCSD LHPOST6”. Frontiers in the Built Environment: Earthquake Engineering. Special Issue on NHERI 2015-2025: A Decade of Discovery in Natural Hazards Engineering. 11, 1573390. DOI: 10.3389/fbuil.2025.1573390.
Loveridge, F.A., Narsilio, G., Sánchez, M., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Energy geostructures: a review of analysis approaches, in situ testing and model scale experiments.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 22, 100173, 1-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2019.100173.
McCartney, J.S., Sánchez, M., and Tomac, I. (2016). “Energy geotechnics: Advances in subsurface energy recovery, storage, and exchange.” Computers and Geotechnics. 75(May), 244–256. DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.01.002.
Hoyos, L.R., DeJong, J.T., McCartney, J.S., Puppala, A.J., Reddy, K.R., and Zekkos, D. (2015). “Environmental geotechnics in the U.S. region: A brief overview.” Environmental Geotechnics. 2(6), 319-325 DOI: 10.1680/envgeo.14.00024.
Reed, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “The sun also rises: Prospects for solar district heating in the United States.” Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology. 25(1), 165 211.
Olgun, C.G. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Outcomes from the International Workshop on Thermoactive Geotechnical Systems for Near-Surface Geothermal Energy: From Research to Practice.” The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute. 8(2), 59-73.
Amis, T., McCartney, J.S., Loveridge, F., Olgun, C.G., Bruce, M.E., and Murphy, K.D. (2014). “Identifying best practice, installation, laboratory testing, and field testing.” The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute. 8(2), 74-83.
Olgun, C.G., McCartney, J.S., Loveridge, F.A., Bowers, G.A., Coccia, C.J., Bouazza, A., Soga, K., Spitler, J.D., Nicholson, D., and Sutman, M. (2014). “Building codes, green certification, and implementation issues, market challenges.” The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute. 8(2), 84-92.
Katzenbach, R., Olgun, C.G., Loveridge, F., Sutman, M., Bowers, G.A., McCartney, J.S., Laloui, L., Mimouni, T., Dupray, F., Spitler, J.D., Clauss, F., Meyer, L.L., and Akrouch, G. (2014). “New technologies and applications; Materials and equipment in near surface geothermal systems.” The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute. 8(2), 93-107.
Laloui, L., Olgun, C.G., Sutman, M., McCartney, J.S., Coccia, C.J.R., Abuel-Naga, H.M., and Bowers, G.A. (2014). “Issues involved with thermo-active geotechnical systems: Characterization of thermo-mechanical soil behavior and soil-structure interface behavior.” The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute. 8(2), 108-120.
Bourne-Webb, P. Pereira, J.-M., Bowers, A., Mimouni, T., Loveridge, F., Burlon, S., Olgun, C.G., McCartney, J.S., and Sutman, M. (2014). “Design tools for thermo-active geotechnical systems.” The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute. 8(2), 121-129.
Nicholson, D., Smith, P., Bowers, G.A., Cuceoglu, F., Olgun, C.G., McCartney, J.S., Henry, K., Meyer, L.L., and Loveridge, F. (2014). “Environmental impact calculations, life cycle cost analysis.” The Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute. 8(2), 130-146.
Coccia, C.J., Gupta, R., Morris, J., and McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Municipal solid waste landfills as geothermal heat resources.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 19, 463-474.

Book Chapters

McCartney, J.S. and Botelho, K. (2024). “Design, analysis, and construction of liners for containment facilities.” Section 8 in Manual of Practice on Geoenvironmental Engineering. ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 159. D. Zekkos, Ed. ASCE, Reston, VA. 159-181.
McCartney, J.S., Jafari, N.H., Hueckel, T., Sánchez, M., Vahedifard, F. (2019). “Emerging thermal issues in geotechnical engineering.” Chapter 10 in Geotechnical Fundamentals for Addressing New World Challenges. N. Lu and J.K. Mitchell, Eds. Springer. 1-45. ISBN: 978-3-030-06249-1.
Takai, A., McCartney, J.S., and Katsumi, T. (2016). “Thermal soil behavior for underground environment.” Chapter 9 in Toward Future Earth – Challenges and Progress of Global Environmental Studies. Kaisei Publishing Co. Tokyo. 147-170.
Başer, T., Traore, T., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Physical modeling of coupled heat transfer and water flow in soil-borehole thermal energy storage systems in the vadose zone.” In: Geothermal Energy: An Emerging Resource. C.B. Dowling, L.J. Florea, and K. Neumann, eds. GSA Books. Boulder, CO. Geological Society of America Special Paper 519. 81-93.
McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Structural performance of thermo-active foundations.” In: Advances in Thermo-Active Foundations. M. Krarti, ed. ASME Press. New York. pp. 1-44. ISBN: 9780791861059.
McCartney, J.S., Coccia, C.J.R., Alsherif, N., and Stewart, M.A. (2013). “Energy geostructures in unsaturated soils.” Chapter 5 in Energy Geostructures: Innovation in Underground Engineering. L. Laloui and A. DiDonna, eds. Wiley-ISTE. pp. 99-114. ISBN: 978-1-84821-572-6.
McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Centrifuge modeling of energy foundations.” Chapter 8 in Energy Geostructures: Innovation in Underground Engineering. L. Laloui and A. DiDonna, eds. Wiley-ISTE. pp. 157-167. ISBN: 978-1-84821-572-6.
Svoboda, J. and McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Shearing rate effects on dense sand and compacted clay.” Chapter 47 in Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Vol. 1. B. Song, ed. Springer, Vienna. 389-395.
Regueiro, R., Pak, R., McCartney, J.S., Sture, S., Yan, B., Duan, Z., Svoboda, J., Mun, W., Vasilyev, O., Kasimov, N., Brown-Dymkoski, E., Hansen, C., Li, S. Ren, B., Alshibli, K., Druckrey, A., Lu, H., Luo, H., Brannon, R., Bonifasi-Lista, C., Yarahmadi, A. Ghodrati, E. and Colovos, J. (2013). “ONR MURI project on soil blast modeling and simulation.” Chapter 42 in Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Vol. 1. B. Song, ed. Springer, Vienna. 341-353.
Zornberg, J.G., and McCartney, J.S. (2010). “Internal and interface shear strength of geosynthetic clay liners.” Chapter 8 in Geosynthetic Clay Liners for Waste Containment. A. Bouazza and J.J. Bowders, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 143-168. ISBN 9780-4154-6733-9.
Zornberg, J.G., and McCartney, J.S. (2006). “Evapotranspirative cover systems for waste containment.” Chapter 34 in The Handbook of Groundwater Engineering, 2nd Ed. J.W. Delleur, ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 34-1–34-31. DOI: 10.1201/9781420006001.ch34.

Technical Conference Publications

Behbehani, F., Gaz, C., and McCartney, J.S. (2026). "Compression response of tire derived aggregate particles." 13th International Conference on Geosynthetics. Montreal. 13-17 Sep. 8 pg.
Kim, H. and McCartney, J.S. (2026). “Characterization of thermal volumetric response of dense bentonite under elevated temperatures.” ARMA US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. D041S037R006.
Liu, X., Behbehani, F., Lu, Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2026). “Thermal volume change behavior of compacted granular bentonite under high temperature.” 21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Vienna. 5971-5976. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53243/ICSMGE2026-428.
Liu, X., Behbehani, F., Lu, Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2026). “Effective stress evaluation of the thermal volume change of swelling soils”. GeoCongress 2026. Salt Lake City. GSP 378. ASCE, Reston, VA. 488-498. DOI: 10.1061/9780784486740.049.
Cram, D., Yarahuaman, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2025). “Characterization of the cyclic compressive interface interaction between tire derived aggregates and rocking shallow foundations.” Geo-Extreme 2025. Nov. 2-5. Long Beach. ASCE GSP 370. ASCE, Reston VA. 316-326. DOI: 10.1061/9780784486504.032.
Guntle, M., Yarahuaman, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2025). “Role of frequency on the cyclic compression response of tire-derived aggregate.” Geo-Extreme 2025. Nov. 2-5. Long Beach. ASCE GSP 371. ASCE, Reston VA. 155-165. DOI: 10.1061/9780784486511.017.
Lu, Y., Ogata, R., Katsumi, T., Takai, A., and McCartney (2025). “Volume change and hydraulic behavior of compacted granular bentonite under elevated temperature.” 3rd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics. Paris. 4 pg. DOI: sciencesconf.org:icegt25:600833
Tomac, I., Lin, Y., Shen, Y., and McCartney. (2025). “Low-Cost Anchorage of Floating Wave Energy Generators.” 3rd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics. Paris. 5 pg. DOI: sciencesconf.org:icegt25:596918.
Lu, Y., Chen, H., Tomac, I., and McCartney, J.S. (2025). “Analytical and numerical investigation of gravity anchors for floating photovoltaic systems.” Geotechnical Frontiers 2025. Louisville, KY. Mar. ASCE. 178-189. DOI: 10.1061/9780784485989.019.
McCartney, J.S. and Yarahuaman, A.A. (2025). “Deformation response of tire derived aggregate during foundation loading.” GeoEnvironmeet 2024. Louisville, KY. Mar. 2-5. ASCE. 269-276. DOI: 10.1061/9780784485705.028.
Ferreira, M.D., Saboya, F., Tibana, S., Reis, R.M., McCartney, J.S., and Garske, R.B. (2024). “Improving anchor staying capacity in offshore environments by means of thermal consolidation.” 5th European Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnics. Oct. 2-4. Delft, Netherlands. 1-6. DOI: 10.53243/ECPMG2024-79.
Pantazidou, M., Houston, S., McCartney, J.S. Tarantino, A., and Bardanis, M. (2024). “Alert Soil Mechanics instructors of the main Unsaturated Soil Mechanics issues, Convince them, Teach them (ACT).” XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Lisbon. Aug. 26-30. 727-732. DOI: 10.1201/9781003431749-
Newgard, J.A., Hewitt, J., Foster, T., Hutchinson, T.A., and McCartney, J.S. (2024). “Rocking foundations on geosynthetic-improved sand.” GeoAmericas 2024. Toronto. Apr. 29-May 1. E3S Web of Conferences. Les Ulis, France. 569, 10001. 1-6. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202456910001.
Wu, H., McCartney, J.S., and Zheng, Y. (2024). “Numerical modeling of deformation response of embankment subjected to rainfall infiltration considering the hydro-mechanical coupled behavior of unsaturated soils.” GeoCongress 2024. Vancouver. Feb. 25-28. ASCE. Reston, VA. 345-354. DOI: 10.1061/9780784485354.034.
McCartney, J.S. (2023). "Geosynthetics in mechanically-stabilized tire derived aggregate walls." 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics (12 ICG). Roma, Italy. Sep. 17-21. CRC Press. 252-258. DOI: 10.1201/9781003386889-14
Musa, M., Lu, Y. and McCartney, J.S. (2023). "Thermal conductivity function with physics-based parameters." 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Milos Island, Greece. May 2-5. UNSAT 2023, E3S Web of Conferences, Les Ulis, France. 382, 06005. 1-6. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202338206005.
McCartney, J.S. and Kinikles, D. (2023). "Modeling seismic compression of unsaturated soils in the funicular regime. 8th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Milos Island, Greece. May 2-5. UNSAT 2023, E3S Web of Conferences, Les Ulis, France. 382, 06005. 1-8. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202338203001.
Newgard, J.T., Hutchinson, T.A., and McCartney, J.S. (2023). “Dynamic performance of model rocking footings on sand reinforced by soil-cement columns.” GeoCongress 2023. Los Angeles, CA. Mar. 26-29. GSP 338. ASCE, Reston, VA. 178-186. DOI: 10.1061/9780784484654.019.
Yarahuaman, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2023). “Large-scale testing of the static one-dimensional compression response of tire-derived aggregate.” GeoCongress 2023. Los Angeles, CA. Mar. 26-29. GSP 341. ASCE, Reston, VA. 593-603. DOI: 10.1061/9780784484685.060.
Jiang, Y., Guo, W., Fox, P.J., McCartney, J.S., Zheng, Y. (2023). “Numerical study of the influence of foundation soil on the performance of geosynthetic reinforced soil-integrated bridge system under service load condition.” GeoCongress 2023. Los Angeles, CA. Mar. 26-29. ASCE, Reston, VA. GSP 341. ASCE, Reston, VA. 438-446. DOI: 10.1061/9780784484685.044.
Ghorbani, J., Chen, L., Kodikara, J., Carter, J.P., and McCartney, J.S. (2023). “Improving efficiency, stability, and accuracy of finite element solutions for solving dynamic contact problems involving unsaturated soils.” Proc. IACMAG 2022. Torino, Aug. 30-Sep. 2. 177-184. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12851-6_22.
Schneider, J.A., Newgard, J., McCartney, J.S., and Thompson, D. (2022). “Long term cyclic stability of shallow helical anchors in a hydraulically placed sand.” Proc. 4th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG 2020). Austin, TX. Aug. 28-31, 2022. Z. Westgate, ed. Deep Foundations Institute, Hawthorne, NJ. 372-381.
Behbehani, F. and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Impact of transient heat transfer and water flow on the long-term thermal response of energy piles in unsaturated soils.” 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Sydney. Apr. 1 – May 5. pp. 1-6.
Yarahuaman, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Seismic response of rail embankments.” Proc. GeoCongress 2022. Charlotte. Mar. 20-23. GSP 336, ASCE, Reston, VA. 300-310.
Newgard, J.T., Hutchinson, T., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Centrifuge shake table tests on rocking footings on sand.” Proc. GeoCongress 2022. Charlotte. Mar. 20-23. GSP 334, ASCE, Reston, VA. 629-637.
McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Water retention in expansive clays under elevated temperatures and constrained conditions.” Proc. GeoCongress 2022. Charlotte. Mar. 20-23. GSP 335, ASCE, Reston, VA. 315-324.
Nocko, L., Botelho, K., Morris, J.W.F., Gupta, R., and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Thermal diffusivity of municipal solid waste based on inverse analysis of in-situ heat extraction test.” 3rd International Symposium on Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics. Kyoto, Japan. Oct. 15-16. Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication. 9, 435-440. DOI: 10.3208/jgssp.v09.cpeg128.
Newgard, J.T., Hutchinson, T., and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Demonstrating the potential for ground improvement to reduce rocking-induced seismic displacements.” Proc. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 17WCEE Sendai, Japan – Sep. 27-Oct. 2, 2021. pp. 1-12.
Zheng, Y., Fox, P.J., and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Numerical study of deformation behavior of geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments subjected to longitudinal shaking.” 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics. Chicago, IL. May 24-27. pp. 499-508. DOI: 978-3-030-77234-5_41.
Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Effect of relative density on the drained seismic compression of unsaturated backfills.” 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics. Chicago, IL. May 24-27. pp. 277-288. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77238-3_21.
Newgard, J.T. and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “System for long-term cyclic loading of shallow anchors.” IFCEE 2021. Dallas TX. May 10-14. 220-229.
Zou, Y., Huang, J., Wang, F., McCartney, J.S., and Jafari, E. (2021). “Improvement on the calculation of heat transfer rate for a new type of geothermal energy pile.” IFCEE 2021. Dallas TX. May 10-14. 557-566.
Samarakoon, R. and McCartney, J.S. (2021). “Performance of prefabricated thermal drains in soft clay.” In Geosynthetics Conference 2021, M. Beauregard and J.E. Nicks, eds. Curran Associates, Red Hook, NY. 433–444.
Liu, H., McCartney, J.S., and Xiao, Y. (2020). “Thermal volume changes of saturated sand during loading-unloading-heating phase.” Proc. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT-2020). E3S Web of Conferences, Les Ulis, France. 205, 08002. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202020508002.
Faizal, M., Moradshahi, A. Bouazza, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Soil thermal response of a field-scale energy pile under temperature cycles.” Proc. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT-2020). E3S Web of Conferences, Les Ulis, France. 205, 05027. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202020505027.
Behbehani, F. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Simulation of the thermo-hydraulic response of energy piles in unsaturated soils.” Proc. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT-2020). E3S Web of Conferences, Les Ulis, France. 205, 05002. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202020505002.
Samarakoon, R., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Role of initial effective stress on the thermal consolidation of normally consolidated clays.” Proc. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT-2020). E3S Web of Conferences, Les Ulis, France. 205, 09001. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202020509001.
Casagrande, B., Saboya, F., Tibana, S. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Mechanical response of a thermal micro-pile installed in stratified sedimentary soil.” Proc. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics. E3S Web of Conferences, Les Ulis, France. 205, 05007. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202020505007.
Zheng, Y., Mun, W., Lu, C., and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Rate effects on geogrid pullout behavior and implications on geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures under dynamic loading.” GeoAmericas 2020: Proc. of the 4th Pan American Conference on Geosynthetics. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oct 29-30. pp. 1-6.
Samarakoon, R. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Analysis of thermal drains in soft clays.” GeoAmericas 2020: Proc. of the 4th Pan American Conference on Geosynthetics. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oct 29-30. pp. 1-9.
Behbehani, F. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Impacts of unsaturated conditions on the ultimate capacity of energy piles.” EUnsat 2020: The 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Lisbon, Portugal. Jun. 24-26. pp. E3S Web of Conferences. Les Ulis, France. 195, (04005). DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202019504005.
Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Seismic compression of unsaturated sand under undrained conditions.” GeoCongress 2020. GSP 315. Minneapolis, MN. ASCE. Feb. 25-28. pp. 299-308.
Samarakoon, R. and McCartney, J.S. (2020). “Effect of drained heating and cooling on the preconsolidation stress of saturated normally consolidated clays.” GeoCongress 2020. GSP 315. Minneapolis, MN. ASCE. Feb. 25-28. pp. 620-629.
Baser, T., McCartney, J.S., and Ozdogan-Dolcek, A. (2019). “Thermal energy storage in borehole arrays installed in unsaturated soils.” From Research to Applied Geotechnics: Invited Lectures of the XVI PanAmerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. N. Lopez-Acosta, E. Martinez-Hernandez, A. Espinosa-Santiago, A. Lopez, eds., Cancun, Mexico. IOS Press. Amsterdam. pp. 374-390.
Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Role of suction on the seismic compression of unsaturated sand under partially drained conditions.” Geotechnical Engineering in the XXI Century: Lessons learned and future challenges: Proc. XVI PanAmerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. N. Lopez-Acosta, E. Martinez-Hernandez, A. Espinosa-Santiago, A. Lopez, eds., Cancun, Mexico. IOS Press. Amsterdam. Cancun, Mexico. Nov. 17-20. pp. 748-755.
Nocko, L., Botelho, K., Morris, J., Gupta, R. and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Estimate of heat generation rates in MSW landfills based on in-situ temperature monitoring.” Geotechnical Engineering in the XXI Century: Lessons learned and future challenges: Proc. XVI PanAmerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. N. Lopez-Acosta, E. Martinez-Hernandez, A. Espinosa-Santiago, A. Lopez, eds., Cancun, Mexico. IOS Press. Amsterdam. Cancun, Mexico. pp. 2882-2886.
Newgard, J.T, McCartney, J.S., Schneider, J.A., and Thompson, D.J. (2019). “Static and long-term cyclic axial loading responses of single and multiplate helical anchors in medium dense sand.” 1st International Symposium on Screw Piles for Energy Applications (ISSPEA 2019). Dundee, Scotland. May 27-28. pp. 81-86.
Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Effect of suction on the drained seismic compression of unsaturated sand.” 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials. Glasgow, Scotland. Jun. 26-28. pp. 1-5.
Zheng, Y., Fox, P.J., and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Validation of a 3D numerical model for geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments under static loading.” Geosynthetics 2019. Houston, TX. Feb 10-13. pp. 1-10.
Baser, T., Hanna, C., and McCartney, J.S. (2019). “Performance of a field-scale shallow horizontal thermal energy storage system.” Geo-Congress 2019: The Eighth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. Philadelphia, PA. Mar. 24-27. 273-281.
Ghaaowd, I. and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Centrifuge modeling of temperature effects on the pullout capacity of energy piles in clay.” DFI 43rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations. Anaheim, CA. Oct 24-27. 1-7.
Samarakoon, R., Ghaaowd, I. and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Impact of drained heating and cooling on undrained shear strength of normally consolidated clay.” Energy Geotechnics: SEG-2018. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics. Lausanne, Switzerland. Sep. 26-28. A. Ferrari, L. Laloui, eds. Springer, Cham. 243-249.

Zheng, Y., McCartney, J.S., Shing, P.B., and Fox, P.J. (2018). “Dynamic reinforcement strains of a geosynthetic-reinforced soil bridge abutment under earthquake loading.” 11th International Conference on Geosynthetics. Seoul, Korea. Sep. 16-21.

McCartney, J.S. (2018). “General report: Geotechnical engineering problems in unsaturated soils.” 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT2018). C.W.W. Ng, A.K. Leung, A.C.F. Chiu, C. Zhou, eds. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 143-154.
Mun, W., Balci, M.C., Valente, F., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Shearing and compression behavior of compacted sand-clay mixtures.” 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT2018). C.W.W. Ng, A.K. Leung, A.C.F. Chiu, C. Zhou, eds. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 269-274.
Imam, R., Vaseghi Maghvan, S. and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Shear strength of unsaturated sand at different relative densities.” 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT2018). C.W.W. Ng, A.K. Leung, A.C.F. Chiu, C. Zhou, eds. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 191-196.
Samarakoon, R., McCartney, J.S., Dong, Y., and Lu, N. (2018). “Nonisothermal apparent thermal conductivity function for heat transfer in unsaturated soils.” 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT2018). C.W.W. Ng, A.K. Leung, A.C.F. Chiu, C. Zhou, eds. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 621-626.
Ghaaowd, I., McCartney, J.S., Huang, X., Saboya, F., and Tibana, S. (2018). “Issues with centrifuge modeling of energy piles in soft clays.” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnics: Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. A. McNamara et al., eds. Taylor & Francis Group, London. 1365-1370.
Zheng, Y., McCartney, J.S., Fox, P.J., and Shing, P.S. (2018). “Acceleration responses of a geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutment under dynamic loading.” Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V: Slope Stability and Landslides, Laboratory Testing, and In Situ Testing. GSP 239. Eds. S.J. Brandenberg and M. Manzari. ASCE, Reston, VA. 1-9.
Rong, W., Zheng, Y., McCartney, J.S., Fox, P.J. (2018). “Seismic-induced deformations of a geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutment subjected to longitudinal shaking. IFCEE 2018. Orlando, FL. Mar. 6-10. 147-157.
Nocko, L., Gupta, R., Botelho, K., Morris, J., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Thermal energy in municipal solid waste landfills. Stanford Geothermal Conference. Palo Alto. Feb. 12-13. 5 pg.
Nocko, L., Gupta, R., Botelho, K., Morris, J., and McCartney, J.S. (2018). “Heat Exchange at Landfills (HEAL): Evaluation of preliminary data from an instrumented municipal solid waste landfill.” Global Waste Management Symposium. Palm Springs, CA. Feb. 11-14. 4 pg.
Rong, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Modeling the seismic compression of unsaturated sands.” PanAm UNSAT 2017: 2nd PanAmerican Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Dallas, TX. Nov. 12-15. 584-594.
Baser, T., McCartney, J.S., Dong, Y., and Lu, N. (2017). “Evaluation of coupled thermal and hydraulic relationships used in simulation of thermally-induced water flow in unsaturated soils.” PanAm UNSAT 2017: 2nd PanAmerican Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Dallas, TX. Nov. 12-15. 370-380.
Ghaaowd, I. and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Large-scale pullout testing device for geosynthetics embedded in tire-derived aggregate.” GeoAfrica 2017. Marrakesh, Morocco. Oct. 8-11. 10 pg.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Effective stress analysis of undrained compression of unsaturated soils.” 19th ICSMGE. Seoul. Sep 17-22. 1199-1202.
McCartney, J.S. and Baser, T. (2017). “Role of coupled processes in thermal energy storage in the vadose zone.” Second International Symposium on Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics (CPEG2). Leeds, UK. Sep. 5-6. 1-6.
Zayed, M., Luo, L., Kim, K., Elgamal, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Development and performance of a laminar container for seismic centrifuge modeling.” 3rd International Conference on Performance Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Vancouver. Jun. 16-19. 1-8.
McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Advances in linking geothermal energy with geotechnical engineering infrastructure.” Proc. World Science and Engineering Congress (WSEC-2017). Astana, Kazakhstan. Jun. 18-20. Published in: Вестник Национальной инженерной академии Республики Казахстан. 66(4), 166-173.
McCartney, J.S., Başer, T., Zhan, N., Lu, N., Ge, S., and Smits, K. (2017). “Storage of solar thermal energy in borehole thermal energy storage systems.” IGSHPA Technical Conference and Expo. Denver, CO. Mar. 14-17. 1-8.
Zheng, Y., Fox, P.J., and McCartney, J.S. (2017). “Numerical study of effect of compaction on static behavior of geosynthetic reinforced soil-integrated bridge system.” Geotechnical Frontiers 2017. Orlando, FL. ASCE. 33-43.
Rong, W., Zheng, Y., McCartney, J.S., and Fox, P.J. (2017). “3D deformation behavior of a geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutment.” Geotechnical Frontiers 2017. Orlando, FL. ASCE. 44-55.
Zheng, Y., Sander, A., Rong, W., McCartney, J.S., Fox, P.J., and Shing, P.S. (2017). “Experimental design and setup for half-scale shake table test of a geosynthetic-reinforced soil bridge abutment.” Geotechnical Frontiers 2017. Orlando, FL. ASCE. 54-63.
Khosravi, A., Moradshahi, A., McCartney, J.S., Kabiri, M. (2016). “Numerical analysis of energy piles under boundary conditions and thermal loading.” 3rd European Unsaturated Soils Conference. Paris. Sep. 12-14. 1-6.
McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Thermal volume change of unsaturated silt under different stress states and suction magnitudes.” 3rd European Unsaturated Soils Conference. Paris. Sep. 12 14. 1-6.
Başer, T., Dong, Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Heat content in soil-borehole thermal energy systems in the vadose zone.” ICEGT 2016: 1st International Conference on Energy Geotechnics. Kiel. Aug. 29-31. 195-202.
Başer, T., McCartney, J.S., Moradi, A., Smits, K., and Lu, N. (2016). “Effect of a thermo-hydraulic insulating layer on the long-term response of soil-borehole thermal energy storage systems.” GeoChicago 2016: Sustainability, Energy and the Geoenvironment. Chicago. Aug. 14-18. pp. 125-134.
Takai, A., Ghaaowd, I., Katsumi, T., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Impact of drainage conditions on the thermal volume change of soft clay.” GeoChicago 2016: Sustainability, Energy and the Geoenvironment. Chicago. Aug. 14-18. pp. 32-41.
Dong, Y., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Small-strain shear modulus model for saturated and unsaturated soil.” GeoChicago 2016: Sustainability, Energy and the Geoenvironment. Chicago. Aug. 14-18. pp. 316-325.
Reising, L. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Laboratory evaluation of low-temperature thermally enhanced soil vapor extraction.” GeoChicago 2016: Sustainability, Energy and the Geoenvironment. Chicago. Aug. 14-18. pp. 319-328.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Impact of long-term temperature cycling on the thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils surrounding an energy pile.” GeoChicago 2016: Sustainability, Energy and the Geoenvironment. Chicago. Aug. 14-18. pp. 42-41.
Başer, T., Dong, Y., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Role of considering non-constant soil thermal parameters in the simulation of geothermal heat storage systems in the vadose zone.” Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 8th Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, A. Zhussupbekov, ed. Astana, Kazakhstan, Aug. 5-7. CRC Press, Boca Raton. 137-142.
McCartney, J.S., Martins de Assis, A. Silva Ribeiro, T., Costa Dos Santos, R. (2016). “Nonisothermal response of reinforcing geogrids in thermally-active geotechnical systems.” Proceedings of GeoAmericas 2016, the 3rd PanAmerican Conference on Geosynthetics. Miami. Apr. 10-13. 1-10.
Rivera, A., Olgun, C., McCartney, J.S., Masse, F., and Brandon, T. (2016). “Centrifuge tests on laterally-loaded footings supported by rigid inclusion-reinforced clay.” Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016. 996-1005.
Khosravi, A. Ghadirian, S., McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Effect of subsequent drying and wetting on the small strain shear modulus.” ICEGE 2016: 18th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Feb. 1-2, 2016. 178-183.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Rate effects in constant rate of strain compression tests on unsaturated soils to high pressures.” 15th Pan-American Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV PCSMGE). Buenos Aires. Nov. 16-18. pp. 1 8.
Ghaaowd, I. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Prediction of excess pore water pressure during undrained heating of clays.” 15th Pan-American Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV PCSMGE). Buenos Aires. Nov. 16-18. pp. 899-906.
Khosravi, A., Gheibi, A., Rahimi, M., McCartney, J.S., and Haeri, S.M. (2015). “Impact of void ratio and state parameters on the small strain shear modulus of unsaturated soils.” 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Fukuoka, Japan. Nov. 9-13. 241-246.
Başer, T. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Development of a full-scale soil-borehole thermal energy storage system.” Proceedings of the International Foundations Conference and Equipment Exposition (IFCEE 2015). San Antonio, TX. Mar. 17-21. ASCE. pp. 1608-1617.
McCartney, J.S., Murphy, K.D., and Henry, K.S. (2015). “Response of an energy foundation to temperature fluctuations.” Proceedings of the International Foundations Conference and Equipment Exposition (IFCEE 2015). San Antonio, TX. Mar. 17-21. ASCE. pp. 1691-1700.
Carpenter, D., Zhang, M., Stewart, M.A. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Pullout device for nonisothermal response of reinforcing geosynthetics in thermally-active geotechnical systems.” Geosynthetics 2015. Portland, OR. Feb. 15-18. pp. 1-9.
Timms, W., Whelan, M., Acworth, I., McGeeney, D., Bouzalakos, S., Crane, R., McCartney, J.S., and Hartland, A. (2014). “A novel centrifuge permeameter to characterize flow through low permeability strata.” Physical Modeling in Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. Perth. Jan. 14-17. C. Gaudin and D. White, eds. Taylor and Francis. London. pp. 193-200.
Başer, T., Linkowski, D., and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Charging and discharging of soil-borehole thermal energy storage systems in the vadose zone.” Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics: ICEG 2014. Bouazza, A., Yuen, S.T.S., Brown, B. eds. Nov. 10-14. Melbourne. Engineers Australia. pp. 362-369. (Best Theme Paper Award in the Area of Energy Related Geoenvironmental Technology).
Caulk, R., McCartney, J.S., Ghazanfari, E. (2014). “Calibration of a geothermal energy pile model.” COMSOL Conference. Boston, MA. Oct. 8-10. pp. 1- 8.
Stewart, M.A., Coccia, C.J.R., and McCartney J.S. (2014). “Physical modeling of the thermal-hydro-mechanical response of a thermally active soil-geosynthetic system.” Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics (ICG 10). Berlin. Sep. 21-25. pp. 1-10.
McCartney, J.S., Alsherif, N., Coccia, C.J.R., Stewart, M.A., Başer, T., Traore, T., and Goode, J.C. III (2014). “Unsaturated soil mechanics in geothermal energy applications.” Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications (UNSAT 2014). N. Khalili, A. Russell, A. Khoshghalb, eds. Sydney. Jul. 2-4. pp. 835-842.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “High pressure triaxial cell for thermal volume change measurements of unsaturated soils.” Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications (UNSAT 2014). N. Khalili, A. Russell, A. Khoshghalb, eds. Sydney. Jul. 2-4. pp. 1543-1550.
Wirth, S., Liel, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “The effectiveness of ‘interactive’ slide presentations for promoting student engagement in university engineering courses.” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. Indianapolis, IN. Jun. 15-18. pp. 1-13.
Goode, J.C., III, Zhang, M. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Centrifuge modeling of energy foundations in sand.” Physical Modeling in Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. Perth. Jan. 14-17. C. Gaudin and D. White, eds. Taylor and Francis. London. pp. 729-736.
Murphy, K.D., McCartney, J.S., and Henry, K.S. (2014). “Thermo-mechanical characterization of full-scale energy foundations.” From Soil Behavior Fundamentals to Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering: Honoring Roy E. Olson (GSP 233). M. Iskander, J.E. Garlanger, M. Hussein, eds. pp. 617-628.
Wang, W., Regueiro, R.A., and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Coupled axisymmetric thermo-poro-mechanical finite element analysis of an energy foundation centrifuge experiment in partially saturated silt.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 2675-2684.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Compression behavior of unsaturated clay under high stresses.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 1443-1452.
Svoboda, J. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Impact of strain rate on the shear strength and pore water pressure generation in unsaturated clay.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 1453-1462.
Alsherif, N. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Nonisothermal shear strength of compacted silt at residual saturation.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 2645-2754.
Murphy, K.D., Henry, K.S., and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Impact of horizontal run-out length on the thermal response of full-scale energy foundations.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 2715-2714.
Goode, J.C., III and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Evaluation of head restraint effects on energy foundations.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 2685-2694.
Hushmand, A., Dashti, S., Zhang, M., McCartney, J.S., Ghayoomi, M., Hushmand, B., Mokarram, N., Davis, C., Lee, Y., Hu, J. (2014). “Seismic soil-structure interaction and lateral earth pressures on buried reservoir structure.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 1215-1224.
Stewart, M.A., Coccia, C.J.R., and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Issues in the implementation of sustainable heat exchange technologies in reinforced, unsaturated soil structures.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 4066-4075.
Xiao, S., Suleiman, M.T., McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Shear behavior of silty soil and soil-structure interface under thermal loading.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014 (GSP 234), M. Abu-Farsakh and L. Hoyos, eds. ASCE. pp. 4105-4114.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Geotechnical instructional centrifuge modeling of stress distribution.” Physical Modeling in Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. Perth. Jan. 14-17. C. Gaudin and D. White, eds. Taylor and Francis, London. pp. 427-432.
Coccia, C.J.R., Casady, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Physical modeling of the mechanical improvement of unsaturated silt through heating.” Proceedings of the 1st Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Feb. 20-22. Cartagena de Indias. Taylor and Francis Group, London. pp. 141-146.
Alsherif, N. and McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Triaxial cell for nonisothermal shear strength of compacted silt under high suction magnitudes.” Proceedings of the 1st Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Feb. 20-22. Cartagena de Indias. Taylor and Francis Group, London. pp. 147-152.
McCartney, J.S., Jensen, E., and Counts, B. (2013). “Measurement of subgrade thermal conductivity using a modified triaxial test.” TRB 2013. Washington, DC. January 13-17. pp. 1-9.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Impact of heat exchange on the thermo-hydro-mechanical response of reinforced embankments.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2013. ASCE. San Diego, CA. Mar. 3-5. pp. 343-352.
McCartney, J.S., Ge, S., Reed, A., Lu, N., and Smits, K. (2013). “Soil-borehole thermal energy storage systems for district heating.” Proceedings of the European Geothermal Congress 2013. Pisa. Jun. 3-7. pp. 1-10.
McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Applications of geothermal heat exchange in civil engineering infrastructure.” Proceedings of the European Geothermal Congress 2013. Pisa. Jun. 3-7. European Geothermal Energy Council. pp. 1-10.
McCartney, J.S., Murphy, K.D., and Stewart, M.A. (2013). “Thermo-mechanical behavior of energy foundations.” Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Paris. Sep. 1-5. IOS Press. pp. 3379-3382.
Dashti, S., Hushmand, A., Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., Zhang, M., Hushmand, B., Mokarram, N., Bastani, A., Davis, C., Lee, Y., and Hu, J. (2013). “Centrifuge modeling of seismic soil-structure interaction and lateral earth pressures for large near-surface underground structures.” Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Paris. Sep. 1-5. IOS Press. pp. 899-902.
Stewart, M.A. and McCartney, J.S. (2013). “Model for predicting lateral face deflections of thermally active mechanically stabilized earth walls.” International Symposium on Design and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures. H.I. Ling, G. Gottardi, D. Cazzuffi, J. Han, F. Tatsuoka, eds. DEStech Publications. pp. 233-242.
McCartney, J.S. and Khosravi, A. (2012). “Borehole measurement of moisture and temperature in pavement subgrades.” 2012 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. Jan. 22-26. pp. 1-14.
Lynch, C., Dodson, M., and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Grouting verification through 3-D seismic tomography.” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing. Feb. 15-18. Deep Foundations Institute. Hawthorne, NJ. pp. 1506-1515.
McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Issues involved in using temperature to improve the mechanical behavior of unsaturated soils.” Unsaturated Soils, Theory and Practice 2011: Proceedings of 5th Asia-Pacific Unsaturated Soils Conference. A. Jotisankasa, A. Sawangsuriya, S. Soralump and W. Mairaing, eds. Kasetsaert University, Thailand. pp. 509-514.
Ghayoomi, M. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Centrifuge evaluation of the impact of partial saturation on the amplification of peak ground acceleration in soil layers.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2012 (GSP 225). R.D. Hryciw, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and N. Yesiller, eds. ASCE. pp. 1968-1977.
Lampe, B. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Thermal modeling of a mechanical integrity test on an underground storage cavern well.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2012 (GSP 225). R.D. Hryciw, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and N. Yesiller, eds. ASCE. pp. 3189-3198.
Khosravi, A., Abdelrahman, S., and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Evaluation of thermal soil-structure interaction in energy foundations using an impulse-response test.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2012 (GSP 225). R.D. Hryciw, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and N. Yesiller, eds. ASCE. pp. 4466-4475.
Wang, W., Regueiro, R., Stewart, M.A., and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Coupled thermo-poro-mechanical finite element analysis of a heated single pile centrifuge experiment in saturated silt.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2012 (GSP 225). R.D. Hryciw, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and N. Yesiller, eds. ASCE. pp. 4406-4415.
Stewart, M.A. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Strain distributions in centrifuge model energy foundations.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2012 (GSP 225). R.D. Hryciw, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and N. Yesiller, eds., ASCE, Reston, VA. pp. 4376-4385.
Vega, A., Coccia, C.J.R., El Tawati, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Impact of the rate of heating on the thermal consolidation of saturated silt.” Proceedings of GeoCongress 2012 (GSP 225). R.D. Hryciw, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and N. Yesiller, eds. ASCE. pp. 4476-4485.
Ghayoomi, M., Dashti, S., and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Design and performance of a transparent flexible shear beam container for dynamic geotechnical centrifuge testing.” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. May 28-30. Taormina. pp. 1-12.
Alsherif, N. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Nonisothermal shear strength of soils under high suctions.” Proceedings of the 2nd European Unsaturated Soils Conference. Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications. C. Mancuso, C. Jommi, and F. D’Onza, eds. Napoli. Jun. 21-22, 2012. pp. 339-346.
McCartney, J.S. and Stewart, M.A. (2012). “Thermally active geosynthetic-reinforced systems.” Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Geosynthetics (EuroGeo5). Sep. 16-19. Valencia. pp. 1-5.
Murphy, K.D. and McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Behavior of full-scale energy foundations in Denver, Colorado.” GeoChallenges 2012. Nov. 9. Lakewood, CO. ASCE. pp. 217-229.
McCartney, J.S. and Rosenberg, J.E. (2011). “Impact of heat exchange on the axial capacity of thermo-active foundations.” Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011 (GSP 211). J. Han and D.E. Alzamora, eds. ASCE, Reston VA. pp. 488-498.
McCartney, J.S., Cox, B.R., Trowler, C. Wood, C.M., and Khosravi, A. (2011). “Seasonal effects on the dynamic deformation of geosynthetic-reinforced pavements.” Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011 (GSP 211). J. Han and D.E. Alzamora, eds. ASCE, Reston VA. pp. 1872-1881.
Rouissi, M., Krarti, M., and McCartney, J.S. (2011). “Analysis of thermo-active foundations with U-tube heat exchangers.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. Aug. 7-10, 2011, Washington DC. pp. 187-195.
Coccia, C.J.R., Gupta, R., Morris, J., and McCartney, J.S. (2011). “Issues in the use of municipal waste landfills as geothermal heat sources.” Proceedings of the NSF U.S.-Japan Geoenvironmental Workshop. Osaka, Japan. Oct. 5-6 2011. pp. 1-8.
McCartney, J.S. (2011). “Engineering performance of energy foundations.” Invited Theme Paper. 2011 PanAm CGS Geotechnical Conference. Canadian Geotechnical Society. Toronto. Oct. 2-6. 1-14.
Zitz, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2011). “Issues in the installation of energy foundations.” 2011 SME Annual Meeting. Denver, CO. Mar. 1-3. 1-10.
Cox, B.R., McCartney, J.S. Wood, C.M. and Curry, B. (2010). “Analysis of cyclic plate load tests on flexible, reinforced pavements.” 2010 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. Jan. 10-13. pp. 1-11.
McCartney, J.S., LaHaise, D., LaHaise, T., and Rosenberg, J.E. (2010). “Application of geoexchange experience to geothermal foundations.” Art of Foundation Engineering Practice (GSP 198). M. Hussein, W. Camp, and J. Anderson, eds. ASCE. pp. 411-422.
Walter, H., Coccia, C.J.R., Ko, H.-Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2010). “Investigation of tunnel face stability using a deformable tunnel lining with a centrifuge model.” GeoFlorida 2010: Advances in Analysis, Modeling & Design (GSP 199). Feb. 20-24. ASCE. pp. 2329-2338.
Khosravi, A., Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., and Ko, H.-Y. (2010). “Impact of effective stress on the dynamic shear modulus of unsaturated sands.” GeoFlorida 2010: Advances in Analysis, Modeling & Design (GSP 199). Feb. 20-24. ASCE. pp. 410-419. (Honorable Mention for Best Paper in the Proceedings).
Ghayoomi, M., Khosravi. A., McCartney, J.S., and Ko, H.-Y. (2010). “Challenges in predicting earthquake-induced settlements of partially saturated sands.” GeoFlorida 2010: Advances in Analysis, Modeling & Design (GSP 199). Feb. 20-24. ASCE. pp. 3052-3061.
McCartney, J.S., Cox, B.R., Curry, B., and Wood, C.M. (2010). “Evaluation of geosynthetic-reinforced flexible pavements using static plate load tests.” Proceedings 9th International Conference on Geosynthetics. May 23-27. Guaruja, Brazil. pp. 1-6.
Walter, H., Coccia, C.J.R., Ko, H.-Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2010). “Modeling of tunnel lining deformation due to face instability.” Physical Modelling in Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering. Zurich, Switzerland. Jun. 28 - Jul. 2. Vol. 1. Taylor and Francis Group, London. pp. 593-598.
Lee, Y.-B., Ko, H.-Y., and McCartney, J.S. (2010). “Deformation behavior of shored mechanically stabilized earth walls.” Physical Modelling in Geotechnics: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Physical Modeling in Geotechnical Engineering. Zurich, Switzerland. Jun. 28 - Jul. 2. Vol. 1. Taylor and Francis Group, London. pp. 481- 486.
Cabral, A.R., Letourneau, M., Yanful, E., Song, Q., Parks, J., and McCartney, J.S. (2010). “Geotechnical issues in the design and construction of PMOBs.” Unsaturated Soils: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Barcelona. Sep. 10-13. CRC Press. pp. 1361-1367.
McCartney, J.S., Rosenberg, J.E., and Sultanova, A. (2010). “Engineering performance of thermo-active foundation systems.” GeoTrends: The Progress of Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in Colorado at the Cusp of a New Decade (GPP 6). C.M. Goss, J.B. Kerrigan, J. Malamo, M.O. McCarron, M.O. and R.L. Wiltshire, eds. ASCE. pp. 27-42.
Cox, B.R., McCartney, J.S., Curry, B., Wood, C., and Young, C. (2009). “In-situ strain measurement during dynamic shear loading of an unbound geogrid reinforced flexible pavement section.” Proceedings of the 8th Int. Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields. E. Tutumluer and I.L. Al-Qadi, eds. Urbana-Champaign, IL. Jun. 29. CRC Press. pp. 1143-1166.
Khosravi, A. and McCartney, J.S. (2009). “Impact of stress state on the dynamic shear moduli of unsaturated, compacted soils.” Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Newcastle. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Nov. 23-25. pp. 1-6.
McCartney, J.S. and Parks, J.M. (2009). “Uncertainty in predicted hydraulic conductivity functions of unsaturated soils.” Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. Alexandria. Oct. 3-8. IOS Press. pp. 1618-1621.
Zornberg, J.G., Bouazza, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2009). “Geosynthetic capillary barriers: principles and applications.” Proceedings of the 1st African Conference on Geosynthetics (GeoAfrica 2009). Cape Town. Sep. 2-4. pp. 1-39.
McCartney, J.S., Villar, L.F.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2008). “Nonwoven geotextiles as hydraulic barriers to capillary rise.” Proceedings of GeoAmericas 2008: the 1st PanAmerican Geosynthetics Conference and Exhibition. Cancún. Mar. 2-5. IFAI. pp. 252-261.
Gupta, R., McCartney, J.S., Nogueira, C.L., and Zornberg, J.G. (2008). “Moisture migration in geogrid reinforced subgrades.” Proceedings of GeoAmericas 2008: the 1st PanAmerican Geosynthetics Conference and Exhibition. Cancún. Mar. 2-5. IFAI. pp. 242-251.
McCartney, J.S. and Allen, J.M. (2008). “Use of geosynthetic capillary barriers for increasing water storage capacity of soils in agriculture applications.” Proceedings of the GRI 21 Conference. Cancun. Mar. 2-5. GRI. pp. 1-10.
Pozzato, A., Tarantino, A., McCartney, J.S. and Zornberg, J.G. (2008). “Effect of dry density on the relationship between water content and TDR-measured apparent dielectric permittivity in compacted clay.” Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E UNSAT 2008). Durham. Jul. 2-4. Taylor and Francis Group, London. pp. 173-179.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2007). “Effect of wet-dry cycles on capillary break formation in geosynthetic drainage layers.” Proceedings of Geosynthetics 2007, Washington D.C., Jan. 16-19. IFAI. pp. 1-15.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2007). “Hydraulic interaction between geosynthetic drainage layers and unsaturated low plasticity clay.” Proceedings of Geo-Denver 2007. Feb. 18-21, Denver, CO. ASCE. pp. 1-10.
McCartney, J.S., Villar, L.F.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2007). “Estimation of the hydraulic conductivity function of unsaturated clays using infiltration column tests.” Proceedings of the 6th Brazilian Symposium on Unsaturated Soils. Salvador. Nov. 1-3. Vol. 1, pp. 321-328.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2006). “Decision analysis for design of evapotranspirative landfill covers.” Unsaturated Soils: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (GSP 147). Carefree, AZ. Apr. 2-6. Vol. 1. pp. 694-705.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2006) “TDR system for hydraulic characterization of unsaturated soils in the centrifuge.” Proceedings of TDR 2006: 3rd International Symposium and Workshop on Time Domain Reflectometry for Innovative Soils Applications. West Lafayette, IN. Sep. 11-17. pp. 1-12.
McCartney, J.S., Zornberg, J.G., and Swan, R.H. (2005). “Effect of geomembrane texturing on GCL-geomembrane interface shear strength.” Waste Containment and Remediation (GSP 142). A. Alshawabkeh, C.H. Benson, P. Culligan, J. Evans, B. Gross, D. Narejo, K. Reddy, C. Shackelford, and J.G. Zornberg, eds. Austin, TX. Jan. 27-29. ASCE. pp. 1-11.
Kuhn, J.A., McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2005). “Impinging flow over drainage layers including a geocomposite.” Geosynthetics Research and Development in Progress, 18th Geosynthetic Research Institute Conference (GRI-18). Austin, TX. Jan. 26. ASCE. pp. 1-7.
McCartney, J.S., Zornberg, J.G., and Swan, R. H. (2005). “Effect of shear displacement rate on the internal shear strength of GCLs.” Geosynthetics Research and Development in Progress, 18th Geosynthetic Research Institute Conference (GRI-18). Austin, TX. Jan. 26. ASCE. pp. 1-6.
McCartney, J.S., Kuhn, J.A., and Zornberg, J.G. (2005). “Geosynthetic drainage layers in contact with unsaturated soils.” Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). Osaka. Sep. 12-17. IOS Press. pp. 2301-2305.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2005). “The Centrifuge Permeameter for Unsaturated Soils (CPUS).” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics (Experus 2005). Trento. Jun. 27-29. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. pp. 299-304.
Zornberg, J.G., and McCartney, J.S. (2005). “Evaluation of evapotranspiration from alternative landfill covers at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics (Experus 2005). Trento, Italy, Jun. 27-29. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. pp. 555-561.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2004). “Use of moisture profiles and lysimetry to assess evapotranspirative cover performance.” Proceedings of the 5th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering. Walraven, J., Blaauwendraad, J., Scarpas, T., Snijder, B., eds. Delft. Jun. 16-19. CRC Press. pp. 961-969.
McCartney, J.S., Zornberg, J.G., and Swan, R.H. (2004). “Effect of specimen conditioning on geosynthetic clay liner shear strength.” Proceedings of the GeoAsia 2004 Conference: 3rd Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics. Seoul. J.B. Shim, C. Yoo, and H.Y. Jeon, eds. Jun. 21-24. pp. 635-643.
Benjamim, C.V.S., Bueno, B.S., Zornberg, J.G., and McCartney, J.S. (2004). “Field and modeling results of a nonwoven geotextile reinforced soil retaining wall.” Proceedings of the International Conference on the Use of Geosynthetics in Soil Reinforcement and Dynamics. Schloss Pillnitz. Dresden. Sep. 5-8. pp. 357-366.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2003). “Assessment of evapotranspirative cover performance using field data and numerical modeling.” Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Applications of Computational Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. Ouro Preto. Aug. 18-20, Vol. 1. pp. 297-304.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G., (2003). “Characterization of GCL shear strength variability.” 56th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 4th IAH-CNC Joint Conference. Winnipeg. Sep. 29-Oct. 1. pp. 1-8.
McCartney, J.S., and Zornberg, J.G. (2002). “Design and performance criteria for evapotranspirative cover systems.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnics, Rio de Janeiro. Aug. 11-15. Balkema. Vol. 1. pp. 195-200.
Gharaibeh, E.S., McCartney, J.S., and Frangopol, D.M. (2001). “Reliability-based importance assessment of structural members.” 1st MIT Conference on Computation Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Boston, MA. Jun. 12. pp. 1-10.

Extended Abstracts (Non-refereed)

McCartney, J.S. and Lu, Y. (2023). “Thermo-hydraulic properties of compacted bentonite at high temperatures.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. H51O-1296.
McCartney, J.S., and Behbehani, F. (2023). “Coupled heat transfer and water flow in energy pile groups used for thermal energy storage.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. H51O-1289.
Kreitzer, I. and McCartney, J.S. (2023). “Experimental evaluation of the thermo-mechanical volume change behavior of unsaturated MX-80 bentonite under elevated temperatures.” DECAVOLEX 2023. Nov 14-16. Troyes, France.
Lu, Y and McCartney, J.S. (2023). “Transient temperature and water distributions In compacted MX80 bentonite Under high temperature gradients.” 3rd Symposium on Energy Geotechnics. Delft, Netherlands. Oct. 3-5. 2 pg.
McCartney, J.S., and Lu, Y. (2023). “Water retention of compacted bentonite under elevated temperatures.” 2023 Clay Minerals Society Annual Meeting. May 20-25. 2 pg.
Zheng, Y., Guo, W., Fox, P.J., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). "3D numerical modeling of deformation behavior of geosynthetic reinforced soil bridge abutments." GeoAsia7, Taipei. Oct. 31-Nov. 4. 1 pg.
He, X., Chen, J.S., Baek, J., and McCartney, J.S. (2022). “Machine-learned physics-informed constitutive modeling for path-dependent materials.” 2022 EMI Conference. Baltimore, MD. May 31-3. 1 pg.
Mun, W. and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Compression of unsaturated clay under high stress.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Technical Breakthrough Abstract. 143(7), 02817003-1. 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001668.
Catolico, N., Ge, S., McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Fluid flow and heat transport in a borehole thermal energy storage system.” AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 270434. 1 pg.
McCartney, J.S. and Murphy, K.D. (2015). “Observations from long-term monitoring of energy piles during building operation.” GeGe 2015: 1st International Conference of GeoEnergy and GeoEnvironment 2015. Hong Kong. Dec. 4-5. 2 pg.
Başer, T. and McCartney, J.S. (2015). “Thermal energy storage in borehole arrays.” Symposium on Energy Geotechnics. Barcelona. Jun. 2-4. 2 pg.
Başer, T., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2014). "Numerical Modeling of a Shallow Borehole Thermal Energy Storage System." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 243680. 1 pg.
Catolico, N., Ge, S., Lu, N., McCartney, J.S. (2014). “Numerical Modeling of a Shallow Borehole Thermal Energy Storage System.” GSA Fall Meeting Abstracts 1, 0852. 1 pg.

Invited Papers and Articles (Non-refereed)

Vardon, P.J., Diudonne, A.-C., McCartney, J.S., Pereira, J.-M., Smeulders, D., Narsilio, G. (2025). “Accelerating the energy transition with energy geotechnics: Editorial.” Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 43, 100706.
McCartney, J.S., and Sanchez, M.A. (2025). “Unsaturated soil mechanics in nuclear waste repositories: What role does it play?” GeoStrata: The Magazine of the GeoInstitute of ASCE. Special Issue on Unsaturated Soils. 29(1), 22-29.
McCartney, J.S. and Brachman, R. (2024). Preface to the Proceedings of GeoAmericas 2024. E3S Web of Conferences, Volume 569. 1 pg.
Saboya, F. and McCartney, J.S. (2022). Introduction to the Special Issue of Soils and Rocks entitled: “Thermal Applications in Geotechnical Engineering”. Soils and Rocks. 45(1).
McCartney, J.S. and Tomac, I. (2020). Preface to the Proceedings for the 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT2020). E3S Web of Conferences, Volume 205. 1 pg.
Başer, T., Dong, Y., Lu, N., and McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Research on soil-borehole thermal energy storage systems in the U.S.A.” TC308 on Energy Geotechnics Newsletter. International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 1(1), 22-26.
McCartney, J.S. (2016). “Fundamental challenges in thermal energy.” White paper for the workshop on Geotechnical Fundamentals in the Face of New World Challenges. Washington, DC. Jan 25-26. 1-7.
McCartney, J.S. and Olgun, C.G. (2015). “Introduction to the Special Issue of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Entitled: “Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behavior of Soils and Energy Geostructures.” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 33(2), 175-177. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-015-9871-y.
Lee, J.-Y., Parks, J., McCartney, J., and Znidarcic, D. (2012). “Determination of the hydraulic properties of unsaturated soils.” Geotechnical Engineering: Korean Geotechnical Society. 28(2), 20-26.
McCartney, J.S. (2012). “Introduction: Special Issue on Mechanical and Hydrological Properties of Unsaturated Soils: Vol. 2.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 35(1), 1 p.
McCartney, J.S. (2011). “Introduction: Special Issue on Mechanical and Hydrological Properties of Unsaturated Soils: Vol. 1.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal. 34(5). 1 p.
Ghayoomi, M., McCartney, J.S., and Ko, H.-Y. (2011). “A new centrifuge physical modeling technique to evaluate seismic compression of partially-saturated sand” American Rock Mechanics Association Magazine. 1 p.
McCartney, J.S. and Benson, C.H. (2011). “Laboratory testing of unsaturated soils: A primer.” GeoStrata: The Magazine of the GeoInstitute of ASCE. Special Issue on Unsaturated Soils. Jan.-Feb. 2011 Issue. 15(1), 19-20, 22-13.
Coccia, C.J.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2010). “Soil-structure interaction in geothermal foundations.” NSF CMMI Conference. Atlanta, GA. Jan. 4-7. 1-15.
McCartney, J.S. (2009). “Soil structure interaction in geothermal foundations.” Foundation Drilling Magazine. Aug. 2009.
McCartney, J.S. (2008). “Geosynthetics in unsaturated conditions” IGS News. International Geosynthetics Society. 24(3), 32-34.

Patents

Zornberg, J.G., McCartney, J.S. U.S. Patent No. 7,367,218, “Centrifuge Permeameter for Unsaturated Soils System, Patent.” UT Ref. UTAU 1142. Issued on May 06, 2008.

Research Reports

Bell, M., Rangel, E., Falzone, G., Azad, B., Watanabe, S., Marchment, T., Hogan, R., Kelly, M., McCartney, J., Lin, Y. (2025). Final Technical Report: Ultra-Low-Cost Torpedo Anchors for Marine Energy. DOE-Sperra-25160.
Bell, M., Cotrell, J., Azad, V., Marchment, T., McCartney, J., Shing, P.B., Tomac, I., Zhu, Q. (2024). Phase I: Industrialized Gravity Anchors for Floating Photovoltaics-Final Technical Report. DOE-RCAM-24021.
Qiu, Z., Lu, J., Ebeido, A., Parayancode, A., Yarahuaman Chamorro, A.A., Elgamal, A., Martin, G.R. and McCartney, J.S. (2024). Analysis of Lateral Spreading Effects on Bridge Foundations. Caltrans Report CA 24-3674. 307 pg.
Newgard, J.A., Hutchinson, T.C., and McCartney, J.S. (2025). Ground Improvement-Based Protection of Transportation Infrastructure: Validation of PBE via Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling. PEER Report 2025/03. 171 pg. https://doi.org/10.55461/REAT6053.
McCartney, J.S., Chen, J.S., and Zheng, L. (2024). (Project-20-20093) Developing constitutive relationships for the properties of unsaturated bentonite buffers under high temperatures. Final Report. DOE NEUP Project-20-20093, Award DE-NE0008951. 263 pg.
Yarahuaman, A.A., Walston, S., Melara, J., Tan, X., Elgamal, A., and McCartney, J.S. (2024). Mitigation of Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading Effects on Bridge Piles using Tire Derived Aggregate. Final Report for Caltrans Project 65A0548. 98 pg.
McCartney, J.S., and Yarahuaman, A. (2023). Assessment of the Bearing Strength and Seismic Response of Shallow Foundations in Tire-Derived Aggregate (TDA). Final Report to CalRecycle. 473 pg.
Kinikles, D. and McCartney J.S. (2022). Constitutive Model for the Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Soils in the Funicular Regime. PEER Report 2022/05. 123 pg. DOI: 10.55461/YUNW7668.
Yarahuaman, A., McCartney, J.S., Wang, C.-Y., Loh, K. (2022). Variation of At-Grade Tracks due to Earthquake Induced Ground Failure. BART Engineering Assessment Report. BART Agreement No. 6M3466. 477 pg.
McCartney, J.S. (2021). Design of Mechanically Stabilized Tire Derived Aggregate (MSTDA) Retaining Walls. Report DRRR-2023-1717 to CalRecycle. 97 p.
McCartney, J.S., Ghaaowd, I. (2018). Evaluation of Geosynthetic Pullout Strength and Soil Interface Shear Strength for Tire Derived Aggregate with Large Particle Size. Final Report to California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Report Number SSRP 18-04. 135 p.
Zheng, Y., McCartney, J.S., Shing, P.B., and Fox, P.J. (2018). Interaction of MSE Abutments with Bridge Superstructures under Seismic Loading – Numerical Simulations. Report to Washington Department of Transportation. FHWA Pooled Fund Contract Number GCB1359. Report Number SSRP 18-03. 73 p.
McCartney, J.S., Shing, P.S., Zheng, Y., Rong, W., and Fox, P.J. (2018). Interaction of MSE Abutments with Bridge Superstructures under Seismic Loading – Shaking Table Tests. Report to California Department of Transportation. Contract Number CA17-2539. Report Number SSRP 18-01. 365 p.
McCartney, J.S., Ghaaowd, I., Sanders, M., Sander, A., Thielmann, S., and Fox, P.J. (2016). Large Scale Measurement of Internal and Interface Shear Strength of Tire Derived Aggregate – Phase II. Final Report to California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. 80 pg.
Rivera, A.J., Olgun, C.G., McCartney, J.S., and Brandon, T.L. (2015). The Lateral Load Behavior of Controlled Modulus Column-Supported Foundations: Centrifuge Test Results. Final Report to DGI-Menard USA.
Henry, K.S., McCartney, J.S., and Murphy, K.D. (2015). Full-Scale Evaluation of an Energy Foundation for Buildings. Final Report EW- 201153 to ESTCP.
Zhang, M., Ghaaowd, I., McCartney, J.S. (2013). Centrifuge Modeling of Cyclic Loading of Foundations Systems in Soft Clay. Report to Ocean Renewable Power Corporation. 85 p.
McCartney, J.S. (2012). Geothermal Heat Pump Systems. Internal Report. pp. 1-84
Cox, B.R., Goodman, T, and McCartney, J.S. (2011). The Marked Tree Site: Evaluation of Geosynthetic Reinforcements in Flexible Pavements. Final Report for Project TRC-0903. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Little Rock, AR. 216 p.
Nakagawa, M., Reed, A., Fujiomi, H., and McCartney, J.S. (2011). Geothermal Academy: Focus Center for Data Collection, Analysis and Dissemination. Department of Energy. Report DE-FOA-0000116. 114 p.
Cox, B.R., McCartney, J.S., and Trowler, C. (2010). Accelerated Characterization of Full-Scale Reinforced Flexible Pavements using a Vibroseis. Report Number 3013. Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center. Fayetteville, AR. 99 p.
McCartney, J.S., Selvam, R.P.S., King, J. and Khosravi, A. (2010). Evaluation of the Enhanced Integrated Climate Model for Pavement Design in Arkansas. Final Report for Project TRC-0902. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Little Rock, AR. 146 p.
McCartney, J.S., Regueiro, R., Ko, H.-Y., Krarti, M. and Pfeffer, T. (2010). Centrifuge Modeling of Soil Structure Interaction in Geothermal Foundations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Initiative (RASEI). University of Colorado at Boulder. Boulder, Colorado. 21 p.
Zornberg, J.G., Prozzi, J. Gupta, R. Luo, McCartney, J.S., Ferreira, J.Z., and Nogueira, C. (2008). Validating Mechanisms in Geosynthetic Reinforced Pavements. TXDoT Report 0-4829. Austin, TX. 267 p.
McCartney, J.S. (2007). Determination of the Hydraulic Characteristics of Unsaturated Soils using a Centrifuge Permeameter. PhD Thesis. The University of Texas at Austin. 388 p.
Zornberg, J.G. and McCartney, J.S. (2003). Analysis of Monitoring Data from the Evapotranspirative Test Covers at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Geotechnical Report, USEPA, Region 8, Dec. 2003, 227 p.
McCartney, J.S., Zornberg, J.G., and Swan, R.H. (2002). Internal and Interface Shear Strength of Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs): Additional Data. Geotechnical Research Report, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder. Aug. 2002. 26 p.
McCartney, J.S., Zornberg, J.G., and Swan, R.H. (2002). Internal and Interface Shear Strength of Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs). Geotechnical Research Report, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder. May 2002. 386 p.
McCartney, J.S. (2002). Internal and Interface Shear Strength of Geosynthetic Clay Liners. M.S. Thesis. University of Colorado Boulder. 447 p.
Zornberg, J.G., and McCartney, J.S. (2001). Evapotranspirative Covers: Bibliography. Geotechnical Research Report, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder. Mar. 2001. 28 p.
McCartney, J.S. (2001). White Paper: Research on Implementing Stewardship. Report to the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment and the Rocky Flats Citizens Advisory Board. 94 p.

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