Dr. John Howie
Associate Professor
Associate Professor and,
Associate Head (Undergraduate Students)
Location: CEME - Room 2019
Telephone: 604.822.2877
Facsimilie: 604.822.6901
Email: jahowie@civil.ubc.ca
Biography:
Dr. Howie has been a member of the Department since August, 1997. Before joining UBC, he worked as a Geotechnical Engineer in consulting practice from 1978 to 1983 and 1988 to 1997 and pursued Ph.D. research during 1983 to 1987. He has Civil Engineering degrees from UBC (Ph.D., 1991), Queen's University at Kingston (M.Sc., 1978), and the University of Glasgow (B.Sc., 1976). His consulting experience was obtained while based in Scotland, Alberta, Hong Kong, and British Columbia.
Research Interests:
Dr. Howie's research interests are in the field and laboratory characterization of soils for geotechnical engineering design, ground improvement, and foundation engineering. Recent projects have included:
- Changes in sand stiffness and stress-strain response caused by ageing
- Effects of grain size on dynamic penetration testing
- Seismic Dilatometer testing in Lower Mainland soils
- Interpretation of in situ test data in silty and gravelly soils
- The application of in situ testing to the design and assessment of ground improvement measures
- Energy measurement in penetration testing
- Explosive compaction
- Field testing of the effects of disturbance and recovery time on the capacity of helical piles in soft, sensitive clays
Teaching Activities:
Dr. Howie teaches geotechnical and foundation engineering design in the Civil and Geological Engineering undergraduate programs. At the graduate level, Dr. Howie teaches topics in soil mechanics and site characterization.
Recent Publications
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Journals
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- G. Mondelli, H. L. Giacheti & J. A. Howie (2010). “Geo-Environmental investigation: a brief review and a few suggestions for Brazilian contaminated sites” , Soils and Rocks, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp.171-182.
- G. Mondelli, H. L. Giacheti & J. A. Howie (2010). “Interpretation of Resistivity Piezocone Tests in a Contaminated Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Site”, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol 33, No. 2, Paper ID:GTJ102561
- Sheffer, M.R., Reppert, P.M. and Howie, J.A. (2007). “A laboratory apparatus for streaming potential and resistivity measurements on soil samples”, Review of Scientific Instruments 78 094502, American Institute of Physics.
- Howie, J.A. and Amini, A. (2005). “Numerical Simulation of Seismic Cone Signals.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal. V. 42, No. 2, pp. 574-586.
- *Daniel C.R., Howie, J.A., Jackson, R.S. and Walker, B.W. (2005). “A Review of Short Rod Correction Factors.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 131, No.4, pp.489-497.
- Daniel, C.R., Jackson, R.S., Howie, J.A. and Walker, B.W. (2003). “Development of a Simple Spreadsheet for Modeling SPT Stress Wave Data”. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 320-327.
- Daniel, C.R, Campanella, R.G., Howie, J.A. and Giacheti, H.L. (2003). “Specific depth cone resistivity measurements to determine soil engineering properties.” Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. Vol.8, Issue 1, pp.15-22.
- *Daniel, C.R., Howie, J.A. and Sy, A. (2003) “A Method for Correlating Large Penetration Tests (LPT) to Standard Penetration Test (SPT) blow counts”. Canadian Geotechnical Journal,. V. 40, No. 1, pp. 66-77.
- *Howie, J.A., Shozen, T., and Vaid, Y.P. “Effect of Ageing on Stiffness of Very Loose Sands” (2002). Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp 149-156.
- W.B. Gohl, M.G. Jefferies, J.A. Howie, and D. Diggle (2000). “Explosive Compaction - Design, Implementation
and Effectiveness”, Symposium in Print– Géotechnique, V. 50, No.6. pp. 657-666.
