Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, expected 2009
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, May 2004
B.S., Civil Engineering, with First Class Honors, December 2001
My research is focused on particulate-continuum interface mechanisms in geotechnical engineering. This research aims to investigate the behavior of binary particle mixtures in contact with both hard and soft interfaces. Direct and interface shear tests have been run to quantify the strength and dilatancy of the interfaces as well as the thickness of the interface shear zone. Numerical simulations using the Discrete Element Method (DEM) have been completed to gain further insights into this behavior.
Engineering Students Without Borders
Instructor, senior-level geotechnical engineering course
Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) in the New Madrid seismic zone
Post-Katrina hurricane damage assessment and storm surge height measurement
Fulbright Scholarship, 2002 - 2004
Kantey & Templer Consulting Engineers Bursary, 2001
Merit Scholarship, University of Cape Town, 1998 - 2000
Fuggle, A.R. and Frost, J.D. (2008) "The Influence of Particle Size on Interface Shear Behavior", Characterization and Behavior of Interfaces Research Symposium, Atlanta, GA, September 2008
Fritz, H.M., Fuggle, A.R., et al. (2008) "Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge Reconnaissance", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, vol. 134, No. 5
Fritz, H.M., Fuggle, A.R. et al. (2007) "Hurricane Katrina storm surge distribution and field observations on the Mississippi Barrier Islands", Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2007
Fuggle, A.R., Frost, J.D. and Iscimen, M. (2006) "Quantification of Shear-Induced Wear on Curved Surfaces", Proceedings of GeoCongress 2006
andrew [dot] fuggle [at] gatech [dot] edu
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
790 Atlantic Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332