Michael Hendry, PhD, PEng
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
- hendry@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Geotechnical Centre Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Research
Dr. Michael T. Hendry, P.Eng., is a Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, the NSERC Associate Industrial Research Chair in Railway Engineering, and the Director of the Canadian Rail Research Laboratory at the University of Alberta. Over the past 12 years, Dr. Hendry has been a leader in advancing technical and methodological solutions to enhance the railway industry’s management of the risk associated with ground hazards across North America and has initiated interdisciplinary research combining the engineering application of risk assessment with the impact on people and communities. In 2017, Dr. Hendry was recognized as one of the nation’s emerging geotechnical researchers/scholars through being awarded the Canadian Geotechnical Society’s Colloquium. In the same year, he was recognized by UNESCO as the leader of a “World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction”. It is worth noting that this joint collaboration between the University of Alberta and the Geological Survey of Canada is the only entity within North and South America with this prestigious recognition, which is in effect from 2017 to 2020.
Courses
CIV E 381 - Soil Mechanics
Compaction; site investigation; theories of water seepage; effective stress principles; settlement; strength and mechanical properties; introduction to retaining structures, foundation, and slope stability. Prerequisite: EAS 210.