Thomas C. Sandford, Ph.D

Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
sandford@maine.edu

Education
Ph. D. – 1976
Civil Engineering/University of Illinois

Teaching Interest:

Soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering design, retaining earth structures, deep foundations, earthwork design, and advanced soil mechanics.

Research Interest:

His research interests include reliability-based design, soil-structure interaction, soil-nail walls, pile foundations, and flow through fractured rock. Past projects include Moscow Soil-Nail Project , Brunswick Pile Bitumen Project, and Brunswick Soil-Nail Project.  He is chair of the Soil-Structure Interaction Committee for the Transportation Research Board. Professor Sandford was in engineering practice for 11 years before joining the University of Maine in 1981.