Paola Bandini, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Civil Engineering Department
New Mexico State University
P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3CE
Espina St., Hernandez Hall, Room 244
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001, USA

Phone: (575) 646-2471

Fax: (575) 646-6049

E-mail: paola@nmsu.edu

Journal Articles:

Bianchini, A., Bandini, P., and Smith, D. W. (2010). Inter-rater reliability of manual pavement distress

evaluations." Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE. In press.

Bandini, P. and Sathiskumar, S. (2009) "Effects of Silt Content and Void Ratio on the Saturated Hydraulic

Conductivity and Compressibility of Sand-Silt Mixtures"

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. In press.

Bianchini, A. and Bandini, P. (2009) "Prediction of Pavement Performance through Neuro-Fuzzy Reasoning"

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering - An International Journal. In press.

Diaz-Rodriguez, J. A., Antonio-Izarraras, V. M., Bandini, P., and Lopez-Molina, J. A. (2008) "Cyclic

Strength of a Natural Liquefiable Sand Stabilized with Colloidal Silica Grout." Canadian

Geotechnical Journal, 45, 1345-1355.

Carraro, J. A. H., Bandini, P., and Salgado, R. (2003) "Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance of Clean

and Silty Sands Based on CPT Cone Penetration Resistance." Journal of Geotechnical

and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 129(11), 1-12.

Loukidis, D., Bandini, P., and Salgado, R. (2003) "Stability of Seismically Loaded Slopes Using Limit

Analysis." Geotechnique, 53(5), 463-479.

Salgado, R., Bandini, P., and Karim, A. (2000) "Shear Strength and Stiffness of Silty Sand."

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 126(5), 451-462.

 

Other Peer-reviewed Publications:

Bandini, P., Hanson, A. T., Castorena, F. P., and Ahmed, S.  Use of Tire Bales for Erosion

Control Projects in New Mexico." ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 179:

Characterization, Monitoring, and Modeling of Geosystems, pp 404-411.

Proc. GeoCongress 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 9-12, 2008.

Bandini, P., and Olague-Caballero, R. I.  Effect of Moisture on the Peak Shear Stress and

Compressibility of a Carbonate Cemented Sand of Southern New Mexico " ASCE

Geotechnical Special Publication No. 179: Characterization, Monitoring, and Modeling

of Geosystems, pp 638-645. Proc. GeoCongress 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana,

March 9-12, 2008.

Peace, J. L., Bandini, P., and Samani, Z. A. Field Determination of Saturated and Unsaturated

Hydraulic Conductivities Using the IP Method." Proc. 4th International Conference on

Unsaturated Soil, Carefree, Arizona, April 2006.

Loukidis, D., Bandini, P., and Salgado, R. "Critical Seismic Coefficient using Limit Analysis and

Finite Elements." Proc. 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and

Geotechnical Engineering, ISMGE; Osaka, Japan, Vol. 4, 2685-2688, September 2005.

Bandini, B., Loukidis, D., and Salgado, R. " Numerical Limit Analysis applied to Seismic Stability of Slopes."

Proc. 11th International Conference of the International Association of Computer 

Methods and Advances in Geomechanics; Turin, Italy, 458-464, June 2005.

Carraro, J.A.H., Bandini, P., and Salgado, R. "Liquefaction Resistance of Clean and Silty Sands from

Cone Penetration Resistance." ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 133-

Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics; Rathje E.M. (ed.);

In Proc. Geo-Frontiers 2005 Conference (Geo-Institute of the ASCE), Austin, TX, 

January 2005.

Bandini, P., Cook, J., Mitchell, M. C., and Riley, L. A. "A New Paradigm for Optimizing Hybrid Simulations

of Rare Event Modeling for Complex Systems." Proc. 2004 Advance Simulation

Technologies Conference (ASTC), Washington, D.C., April 2004.

Bandini, P., Salgado, R., and Harb, J. A. "Análise Limite para Taludes com Perfis Complexos de Solos."

(In Portuguese). Conferência Brasileira sobre Estabilidade de Encostas, III COBRAE,

Vol 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 397-402, 2001.

Bandini, P., and Salgado, R. "Methods of Pile Design Based on CPT and SPT Results." Proc. 1st Int.

Conference on Site Characterization, ICS'98, Atlanta, Vol.2, 967-976, 1998.

 

Graduate Theses:

Bandini, P. (2003). Numerical Limit Analysis for Slope Stability and Bearing Capacity Calculations.

Ph.D. Thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Bandini, P. (1999). Shear Strength and Liquefaction of Silty Sand. Master Thesis,

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

 

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