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D. J. Hagerty

Professor Dr. D. J. Hagerty

Office
103 W. S. Speed Hall
Belknap Campus
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292
Phone
(502) 852-4565
Fax
(502) 852-8851
Email
hagerty@louisville.edu


Education

  • Ph. D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Illinois
  • M.S., Civil Engineering University of Illinois, Illinois
  • M. Eng., Civil Engineering University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
  • B.S., Civil Engineering University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Registration (P.E.)

  • Kentucky
  • Indiana

Experience

Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Louisville
1970-Present
Director of Soil Engineering
Vollmer Associates
Louisville, Kentucky
1969-1970
Research/ Teaching Assistant/ Fellow
University of Illinois
1965-1969
Structural Engineer
Vollmer Associates
Louisville, Kentucky
1965

Research

  • Restoration of Obion Creek, Western Kentucky, 2000 - Present
  • Scour at Contracted Bridge Sites, NCHRP Project 24-14, 1998 - Present
  • Impacts of Gravel Extraction on Streams in South Central Kentucky, 1998 - Present
  • Countermeasures Against Scour of Bridge Piers, NCHRP Project 24-7, 1995 - 1996
  • Scour at Bridge Foundations: Research Needs, NCHRP Project 24-8, 1994 - 1996
  • Effects of 1993 Mississippi River Basin Floods on Highway Facilities, NCHRP, 1993 - 1994
  • Palmiter Erosion Control- Six-mile Island, Ohio River– Corps of Engineers, 1990 - 1992
  • Evaluation of Piping-Sapping Erosion Mechanism- Waterways Experiment Station, 1989 - 1990
  • Riverbank Stability Study- US Army Corps of Engineers, 1986 - 1988
  • Groundwater Contamination by Secondary Oil Production, Corps of Engineers, 1982 - 1983
  • Bank-Failure Eighteen-mile Island, Ohio River, Corps of Engineers, 1981 - 1982
  • Full Scale Utility Waste Disposal Studies, U.S. EPA, 1979 - 1982
  • Technology Assessment Stack Gas Waste Disposal, U.S. EPA, 1978 - 1980
  • Field SOx Sludge Disposal, U.S. EPA- Louisville Gas & Electric, 1976 - 1978
  • State-of-the-Art Study of Refuse Disposal/Recycling, U.S. and Europe, 1973 - 1974
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
    • Cannelton, Newburgh, and Uniontown Locks and Dams, 1973 - 1975
    • Water Management Planning Study, Falls of Ohio Region, 1974 - 1975
    • Clark Maritime Port, Indiana, 1976 - 1977

Publications

  • Seven Books, Two Book Chapters, 100 Technical Articles and Papers

Awards

  • ASCE Hilgard Prize for Outstanding Paper, Hydraulics Journal, 1992
  • Trustees Award Nominee, College of Engineering, 1989
  • Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity Award Nominee, 1985
  • Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, College of Engineering, 1980
  • President’s Award for Academic Excellence, University of Louisville, 1978

Professional Affiliations

  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • International Society of Soil Mechanics/ Foundation Engineering
  • Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors (Honorary Technical Member) Society of Explosives Engineers

Professional Consultant

  • Extramural Review Board, USEPA
  • Browning Ferris Industries
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • Arthur D. Little, Inc.
  • Martin Marietta Corporation
  • Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
  • United States Army, Corps of Engineers
  • Louisville Water Company
  • City of Jacksonville
  • Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
  • City of Louisville
  • Commonwealth of Kentucky