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Siva Sivathayalan is a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Carleton University, where he also serves as the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in Civil Engineering. He specializes in Geotechnical Engineering, focusing on the static and dynamic behavior of soils, liquefaction, laboratory testing, constitutive relations, and geosynthetics. With degrees from Peradeniya and British Columbia, he holds a B.Sc. in Engineering, an M.A.Sc., and a Ph.D. He has been recognized with awards for his contributions to the field, including the Stermac Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society in 2010 and the ASTM Award for Outstanding Article in Geotechnical Testing in 2001. His dedication to research and education is evident in his teaching assignments for various courses such as Foundation Engineering, Advanced Soil Mechanics, and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
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