James M. Tinjum Assistant Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest Selected Awards & Honors Continuing Engineering Education Short Courses Typical Consulting Projects Summary For additional information, see my

Contact Information

Primary Address: 833 Extension Building 432 North Lake Street Madison, WI 53706-1498 Tel: 608/262-0785 Fax: 608/263-3160 E-mail: tinjum@epd.engr.wisc.edu

Secondary Address: 2214 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1691

Program Affiliations

• Engineering Professional Development
• Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Geological Engineering Program

Education

• BS (1993) and MS (1995), University of Wisconsin
• PhD (2006), University of Wisconsin

Fields of Interest

• subgrade/subbase improvement and design
• wind energy civil and geotechnical design
• geothermal heating and cooling
• unsaturated soil testing and research
• rail ballast testing and research
• stabilization and remediation of metal-contaminated material
• beneficial reuse of industrial byproducts

Continuing Engineering Education Short Courses

• Wind Energy Site Design and Construction
• Foundation Engineering and Design
• Wind Turbine Foundation and Tower System Design
• Soil Engineering for Non-Soils Engineers and Technicians
• Slope Stability and Landslides
• Shoreline Protection
• Highway Bridge Design
• Pavement Design — Subgrade, Base, and Pavement Design

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Dwight D. Eisenhower Research Fellow (2002—2005)
• Severson Geotechnical Award, UW-Madison Geo Engineering Program (2004)
• Southwest Branch (Wisconsin Section)—President (2002/03)
• ASCE Zone III Practitioner Advisor of the Year (2003)
• ASCE Wisconsin Section Outstanding Young Engineer (2002)
• Large Project Engineering Achievement Award—ASCE Wisconsin Section (2002)
• United Engineering Foundation Fellow for Soft Ground Technology Conf. (2000)

Typical Consulting Projects

• Dynamic Slope Stability for Flyash Landfill Closure in Seismic Zone, St. Louis (MO)
• Soft Ground Foundation Review and Expert Opinion/Litigation, Crystal Lake (IL)
• Foundry Byproduct Remediation and Expert Opinion/Litigation, Racine (WI)
• Chromium Ore Processing Residue (COPR) Remediation and Research, Baltimore (MD)
• Wind Energy Geotechnical Report Review and Laboratory Testing, various sites

Summary

My overall consulting background and research/teaching interests are inter-disciplinary, covering facets of geotechnical, environmental, transportation, geological, and energy engineering. From a broad perspective, I conduct research in energy geotechnics (wind energy site civil, geotechnical, and structural design; installation of geothermal heating and cooling systems), the beneficial reuse of industrial byproducts (e.g., cement kiln dust, flyash, and lime for subgrade improvement and cementitious stabilization of pavement layers; life cycle analysis of incorporating byproducts such as foundry sand, recycled pavement and concrete in transportation infrastructure), remediation of metals-contaminated sites, and rail substructure material testing and modeling. I developed these research interests as a consulting engineer for 10+ years at two internationally prominent engineering firms and through discussions and interactions with practitioners participating in my national continuing engineering short course programs. Examples of ongoing and planned research projects (2012) include:

• Foundation response and soil stress dissipation for 1.65-MW wind turbine generator (sponsored by the Department of Energy)

• Installation and monitoring of Deep Insulated Single Hole (DISH) geothermal system (collaboration with Wisconsin Well & Water Systems, LLC; Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, WGNHS; and Advanced Custom Geothermal, LLC)

• Measurement of the deep geothermal gradient in Wisconsin (collaboration with WGNHS, sponsored by the Department of Energy)

• Leaching standard work group (with Vanderbilt University and the US Environmental Protection Agency)

• Characterization of cementitiously stabilized layers for use in pavement design and analysis (sponsored by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program)

• Thermal conduction mechanisms in unsaturated soil for sustainable energy practice (sponsored by the Department of Energy and UW Graduate School)

• Increasing rail freight loads with strategic injections of polyurethane into ballast layers (sponsored by the National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research and Education)

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