Dimitrios Zekkos, Ph.D., PE

Assistant Professor

Office: 
2358 GG Brown
Phone: 
(510) 289-7598
Fax: 
(734) 764-4292
Email: 

zekkos@umich.edu

Visit my homepage at http://zekkos.thecivilengineer.org/

Visit Geoengineer.org; A Center for Integrating Information on Geoengineering (http://www.geoengineer.org )

Visit the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, an official journal of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (http://casehistories.geoengineer.org )

Visit http://www.thestructuralengineer.info ; A Center for Integrating Information on Structural Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2350 Hayward, 2356 GG Brown
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2125

  • Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2005
  • M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 2002
  • Ptychion, University of Patras, Greece, 2001
  • Harry Bolton Seed Award, 2002.
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2003.
  • Managing Director of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories,
  • Member of the ASCE-Geoinstitute Geoenvironmental Engineering Technical Committee.
  • Member of the Student Participation Committee of the Geo-Institute ,
  • Member of the ASCE-Geoinstitute, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

Geoenvironmental Engineering, landfill engineering, “non-textbook” soil/rock behavior, geotechnical earthquake engineering, ground motions, ground improvement techniques, laboratory and field testing of soils, information technology management in civil engineering, history of engineering.

Bray, J. D., Zekkos, D., Kavazanjian, E., Jr., Athanasopoulos, G. A., Riemer, M. F. (2009), "Shear strength of Municipal Solid Waste", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, June 2009, Vol. 135, No. 6, pp. 709-722.

Zekkos, D., Bray, J.D., and Riemer, M.F. (2008) “Shear Modulus and Material Damping of Municipal Solid Waste Based on Large-Scale Cyclic Triaxial Testing,” Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2008, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2008, pp. 45-58.

Zekkos, D., Cohen-Waeber, J., Medley, E., Jesionek, K. (2008), “Characterization of weak rock mass and geoengineering analyses for a canyon landfill in northern California”, Paper #6.05a, 6th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, Arlington, VA, August 11-16, 2007.

Medley, E., Zekkos, D., (2007), “Seismic Performance of rock block structures with observations from the October 2006 Hawaii Earthquake”, 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 25-28, 2007.

Zekkos, D., Manousakis, J., Athanasopoulos, A. (2005), “Geotechnical engineering practice in the Mycenaean Civilization (1600-1100 BC)”, 2nd International Conference “Ancient Greek Technology, 17-21 October 2005, Athens, Greece.