Ronaldo Luna, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
Professor of Civil Engineering
Courses Taught
CVNG 1010 - Freshman Engineering, CVNG 3090 - Geotechnical Engineering, CVNG 3010 - Geotechnical Engineering Lab, CVNG 4500 - Senior Capstone Course, CVNG 4030 - Foundation Engineering
Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Geotechnical), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
M.S.C.E Civil Engineering (Geotechnical), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Research Interests
Luna鈥檚 research interests lie in the dynamic response of soils and liquefaction, geographic information systems in civil engineering, and advances in foundation and earthquake engineering.
Publications and Media Placements
Printed Archival Peer-Reviewed Journals
Wang, S., Luna, R., and Onyejekwe, S. (2016). 鈥淓ffect of Initial Consolidations condition on Postcyclic Undrained Monotonic Shear Behavior of Mississippi River Valley Silt.鈥� Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 142(2), (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001401, 04015075)
Wang, S., Luna, R., and Yang, J., (2015). 鈥淩eexamination of effect of plasticity on liquefaction resistance of low-plasticity fine-grained soils and its potential application.鈥� Acta Geotecnica, 10(4), pp. (DOI: 10.1007/s11440-015-0394-8)
Wang, S., Luna, R., and Zhao, H., (2015). 鈥淐yclic and post-cyclic shear behavior of low-plasticity silt with varying clay content.鈥� Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 75, 112-120. (DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.03.015)
Wang, S. and Luna, R., (2014). 鈥淐ompressibility Characteristics of Low-Plasticity Silty before and after Liquefaction.鈥� Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 26(6), 4014014-1 to 4014014-6, (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000953)
Kershaw, K. and Luna, R., (2014). 鈥淔ull-Scale Field Testing of Micropiles in Stiff Clay Subjected to Combined Axial and Lateral Loads.鈥� Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 140(1), 255-261. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000968
Wang, S., Luna, R., and Yang, J., (2013). 鈥淧ostcyclic Behavior of Low-Plasticity Silt with Limited Excess Pore Pressures.鈥� Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 54, 39-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2013.07.016
Wang, S. and Luna, R., (2012). 鈥淢onotonic Behavior of Mississippi River Valley Silt in Triaxial Compression.鈥� Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138(4), 516-525. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000603
Iai, M. and Luna, R., (2011). 鈥淒irect Shear Tests on JSC-1A Lunar Soil Simulant.鈥� Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 24(4), 433-441. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000082
Bham, G.H., Cernusca, D., Luna, R., Manepalli, U.R., (2011). 鈥淎 Longitudinal Evaluation of a GIS Laboratory in a Transportation Engineering Course.鈥� Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education & Practice, 137(4), 258-266. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000064
Finn, M.P., Lewis, M., Bosch, D.D., Giraldo, M., Yamamoto, K., Sullivan, D.G., Kincaid, R., Luna, R. Allam, G.K., Kvien, C., Williams, M., (2011). 鈥淩emote Sensing of Soil Moisture Using Airborne Hyperspectral Data.鈥� GIScience & Remote Sensing, 48(4), 522-540. DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.48.4.1
Liu, W., Luna, R., Stephenson, R.W. and Wang, S., (2011). 鈥淓arthquake-Induced Deformation Analysis of a Bridge Approach Embankment in Missouri.鈥� Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal, Springer, 29(5), 845-854. DOI: 10.1007/s10706-011-9421-1
Wang, S., Luna, R., and Stephenson, R.W., (2011). 鈥淎 Slurry Consolidation Approach to Reconstitute Low-plasticity Silt Specimens for Laboratory Triaxial Testing.鈥� Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 34(4), 288-296. DOI:10.1520/GTJ103529
Zheng, W. and Luna, R., (2011). 鈥淣onlinear Site Response and Liquefaction Analysis in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.鈥� Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal, Springer, 29(4), 463-475.
Luna, R., Balakrishnan, N., and Dagli, C.H., (2011). 鈥淧ost Earthquake Recovery of Water Distribution System: Discrete Event Simulation Using Colored Petrinets.鈥� Journal of Infrastructure Engineering, ASCE, 17(1), 25-34.
Zhao, H., Ge, Y., and Luna, R., (2010). 鈥淟ow Viscosity Pore Fluid to Manufacture Transparent Soil.鈥� Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 33(6), 1-6. DOI: 10.1520/GTJ102607
Luna, R., Belarbi, A., Calderon, H., Rivera, O., Alonso-Lopez, L., and Rodriguez, R., A., Applegate, K., (2010). 鈥淩eporte del Sismo de Honduras del 28 De Mayo de 2009, Mw 7.3.鈥� Revista Internacional de Desastres Naturales, Accidentes e Infraestructura Civil (Journal of Natural Disasters, Accidents, and Civil Infrastructure, ISSN 1535-0088), 10(1), 57-71.
Luna, R., Hall, R., Hilgers, M., and Ge, L. (2010). 鈥淎 GIS Learning Tool for Civil Engineers.鈥� Intl. Journal of Engineering Education, (ISSN: 0949-149X), 26(1), 52-58.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
Loehr, J., Bowders, J., Rosenblad, B., Luna, R., Maerz, N., Stephenson, R., Likos, W., and Ge, L. (2013). 鈥淚mplementation of LRFD Methods to Quantify Value of Characterization Activities, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris.
Deng, M. and Luna, R. (2013). 鈥淧robability of failure for Slopes with Sensitivity Analysis.鈥� ASCE GeoCongress 2013, GSP 231, San Diego, CA, 952-961. (ISBN: 978-0-7844-1278-7)
Rocco, N.T. and Luna, R. (2013). 鈥淢ixtures of Clay/EPS Particulates and Undrained Shear Strength.鈥� ASCE GeoCongress 2013, GSP 231, San Diego, CA, 2066-2075. (ISBN: 978-0-7844-1278-7)
Wang, S. and Luna, R. (2011). 鈥淟iquefaction Resistance and Post-liquefaction Reconsolidation characteristics of Mississippi River Valley Silt.鈥�, 24th ICTPA Annual Conf. & NACGEA Intnl. Symp. on GeoTrans, Paper No. S3-031, Los Angeles, CA, 8pp. (ISBN 978-0-615-42857-4)
Bham, G., Cernusca, H. D., Luna, R., and Manepalli, U.R. (2011). 鈥淓valuation of a Transportation Engineering GIS Laboratory based on Assessment of Student Learning,鈥� Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., Paper No. 11-3918.
Katerattanakul, N., Yu, W. Luna, R. (2010). 鈥淯sing Text Mining to Examine the User Feedback of a Web-based Learning System鈥�, Research abstract, The Decision Sciences Institute 41st Annual Conference, San Diego CA, Nov. 20-23.
Banerjee, P., Yu, W. Luna, R. (2010). 鈥淨uantifying the usage of multimedia on a web based e-learning module鈥�, Research abstract, The Decision Sciences Institute 41st Annual Conference, San Diego CA, Nov. 20-23.
Bham, G., Cernusca, H. D., Manepalli, U.R., and Luna, R. (2010).鈥漇tudent-Centered Evaluation of a GIS Laboratory in Transportation Engineering鈥�, American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Louisville, KY.
Dahal, S., Hall, R.H., Morrison, G., Lamble, S., and Luna, R., (2010). 鈥淎 Web-Based Learning Module for Teaching GIS within the Context of Environmental Engineering.鈥�, Proceedings of the American Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Louisville, KY.
Banaszek, A., Sheng, H., Hall, R.H., Luna, R., and Bham, G. (2010). 鈥淓valuation of a Web-Based Learning Tool for Teaching GIS within the Context of Transportation Engineering.鈥� Proceedings of the American Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 2010-1432.
Sukhavasi, A., Hall, R.H., Sheng., H., and Luna, R. (2010). 鈥淟ongitudinal Evaluation of a Learning System for Teaching GIS within the Context of a Geotechnical Problem.鈥� Proceedings of the American Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Louisville, KY, 2010-2216.
Luna, R., (2010). 鈥淩econnaissance Report of the May 28, 2009 Honduras Earthquake, M 7.3鈥�, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference in Recent Advances in geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA., Paper No. EQ6, 13pp.
Luna, R., Barani, S., Cetin, K.O., Dakoulas, P., ElShamy, U., Kung, G., Perlea, M., and Zheng, W. (2010). 鈥淕eneral Report 鈥� Session 4: (a) Liquefaction and Seismically-Induced Settlement, Ground Failures, and Seismic Studies on Recent Earthquakes; (b) Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes, Landfills, and Earth Dams Under Earthquakes鈥�, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference in Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA, 27pp.
Smith, E.M., Kershaw, K., Luna, R., and, Holloway, M., (2009). 鈥淰alue Engineering and Field Testing of Pre-Cast Concrete Piles for the KCIcon Project鈥�, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Deep Foundations Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 9 pp.
Wilding, A. and Luna, R. (2009). 鈥淕IS-based geotechnical seismic hazard screening tool鈥�. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, (DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-031-5-2675 ), Alexandria, Egypt, Vol. 1, 2675-78.
Wang, S., Luna, R., and Huang, D. (2009). 鈥淟ong Term Stability of the South Fork Tolt River Dam鈥�, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Long Term Behavior of Dams, Graz, Austria, E-34, pp. 893-898.
Deardorff, D. and Luna, R., (2009). 鈥淟RFD for Helical Anchors: An Overview鈥�, Proceedings of the International Foundations Conference, Geo-Institute ASCE, GSP 187, 480-487.
Books
Ventura, C., et al. with Luna, R. (2013). 鈥淭he November 7, 2012 M7.4 Guatemala Earthquake and its Implications for Disaster Reduction and Mitigation.鈥� A Joint Report of EERI and AGIES, EERI, Oakland, CA, 40pp.
Luna, R., Perlea, M., Zheng, W., El Shamy, U., Dakoulas, P., Kung, T.C., 脟etin, K.O., and Barani, S., (2010), 鈥淟iquefaction and Seismically-Induced Settlement, Ground Failures, and Seismic Studies on Recent Earthquakes and Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes, Landfills, and Earth Dams Under Earthquakes鈥�, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference in Recent Advances in geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, (ISBN: 1-887009-15-9), San Diego, CA, 26pp.
Honors and Awards
- Faculty Excellence Award Engineers Make a World of Difference Award (2008)
- Society of American Military Engineers (2008)
- Elected Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, VA (2007)
- ONR/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship NFESC Port Hueneme, CA (2007)
- Outstanding Teaching Commendation Award, School of Extended Learning (2007)
- Teaching Excellence Award, School of Engineering, University of Missouri 鈥� Rolla (2006)
- Joseph H. Senne, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, Academy of Civil Engineers (2006)
- Outstanding Teaching Commendation Award, School of Extended Learning (2006 and 2005)
- Fulbright Scholar, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholar Board, Department of State (2005)
- Innovative Teaching Award, School of Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla (2005)
- Commendation Teaching Award, School of Extended Learning, UMR (2004)
- ADSC: International Foundation Drilling 鈥� Civil Engineering Faculty Workshop (2000)
- NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, J.C. Stennis Space Center (1998)
- Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship, Tulane University (1996)
Professional Organizations and Associations
He is an active member at two NRC/TRB National Committees; Chair of the ASCE Geo-Institute Computer Applications Committee; Earthquake Engineering Research Institute; Geo Extreme Event Reconnaissance, Sigma Xi-The Scientific Research Society; Chi Epsilon-National Honor Society of Civil Engineering; International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering; and American Society of Engineering Education. He recently was elevated to the rank of Fellow at ASCE.
Community Work and Service
Ronaldo Luna joined 老司机福利网 in 2014 as professor and chair of civil
engineering. He was a professor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology
in Rolla, MO, for fifteen years. Previously he was an assistant professor at Tulane
University, New Orleans, LA.
He was Post鈥揇octoral Fellow in 1995 at Georgia Tech. Between his graduate degrees,
he practiced as a geotechnical engineer in the states of California and Washington
and internationally. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of Missouri,
California, and Washington. He has published over 150 technical publications.