1. Chairman and Professor, Director of the Center for Innovative Grouting Materials and Technology (CIGMAT), Director of Texas Hurricane Center for Innovative Technology (THC-IT), Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-4003. E-mail: cvipulanandan@uh.edu
2. Ph.D. Candidate, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0355. E-mail: victor.garas@gatech.edu