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Kyle M. Rollins, Ph.D.

Professor
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah

Kyle Rollins received his BS degree from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. After working as a geotechnical consultant, he joined the Civil Engineering faculty at BYU in 1987, following his father who was previously a geotechnical professor. He has supervised more than 130 graduate students and published over 190 papers. His research has involved liquefaction assessment of gravels, lateral resistance of piles and pile groups, passive resistance of bridge abutments, lightweight cellular concrete for retaining structures, and various soil improvement techniques. His studies typically involve full-scale testing to determine “ground truth” behavior. Prof. Rollins was the chair of the Geo-Institute technical committee on soil improvement, and ASCE has recognized his work with the Huber research award, the Wellington Prize, and the Wallace Hayward Baker Award. In 2009, he was the Cross-Canada Geotechnical lecturer for the Canadian Geotechnical Society, and he is the Cross-USA lecturer for the ASCE Geo-Institute for this coming year. He received the Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology and the Osterberg Innovation Award from the Deep Foundation Institute.

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