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Joseph E. Dove

Professor of Practice, and Director of Curriculum and Asssessment

Joseph E. Dove

Joseph E. Dove, Professor of Practice, and Director of Curriculum and Asssessment

110 Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061
Mail Code: (0105)



Program Area : Geotechnical Engineering
Professional Registration : Professional Engineer: CA, GA, VA
jodove@vt.edu
(540) 231-2307

Areas of Interest

Ground Improvement
Climate Change and Strategies for Adaptation
Direct and Remote Sensing for Geotechnical Applications
Geochemistry of Earth Materials

  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech Minor: Geochemistry/Clay mineralogy
  • M.S. Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech
  • B.S. Crop and Soil Environmental Science (Soil Science), Virginia Tech
  • Professor of Practice, Virginia Tech, 2022 - Present
  • Associate Professor of Practice, Virginia Tech, 2012-2022
  • Research Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, 2000-2012.
  • Research Engineer, Georgia Tech, 1997 to 2000.
  • Ph.D. Research and Teaching Assistant and Instructor, Georgia Tech, 1993 to 1996.
  • Staff Engineer to Project Engineer/Manager, Woodward-Clyde Consultants, New York Metropolitan and San Francisco Bay Area Offices, 1986 to 1993.
  • M.S. Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, 1984 to 1986.
  • Soil Scientist, Virginia Cooperative Soil Survey, 1980 to 1982.
  • CEE 3514: Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
  • CEE 4534: Earth Pressures and Foundation Structures
  • CEE 4544: Design of Earth Structures
  • Energy Geotechnics: A Streamlined Embodied Energy Assessment Model for Ground Improvement. With Craig Shillaber and Jim Mitchell.
  • Applying Insights from Biosilicification Processes to Ground Treatment: A Bio-inspired Approach for Geoengineering. With P.M. Dove, Department of Geosciences. Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
  • Native Backfill Soils for Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls. Virginia Transportation Research Council.
  • Adaptive Real Time Geologic Mapping, Analysis, and Design of Underground Space (AMADEUS). With M.S. Gutierrez, M. Mauldon, E. Westman, and D. Bowman, Virginia Tech. National Science Foundation.
  • New Design Criteria for Soil and Construction Material Interface Systems. With M.S. Gutierrez, Virginia Tech. National Science Foundation.
  • Shillaber, C.M., Mitchell, J.K. and Dove, J.E., 2014. "Assessing Environmental Impacts in Geotechnical Construction: Insights from the Fuel Cycle." Proceedings of GeoCongress 2014, Atlanta, GA, (accepted).
  • Becker, T.S., Dove, J.E. and Dove, P.M. 2013. "Experimental Creep Behavior and Modeling of Silicified Sand." Ground Improvement, 166(2), 115-124.
  • Dove, J.E., Shillaber, C.S., Becker, T.S., Wallace, A.F., Dove, P.M. 2011. "A Biologically Inspired Silicification Process for Improving Mechanical Properties of Sand." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 137(10), 949-957.
  • Wang, J., Dove, J.E. and Gutierrez, M., 2007. "Anisotropy-Based Failure Criterion for an Interphase System." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 5.
  • Wang, J., Dove, J.E. and Gutierrez, M., 2007. "Discrete-Continuum Analysis of Shear Banding in the Direct Shear Test." Geotechnique, 57(6), pp. 513-526.
  • Day, S., Bartens, J., Harris, J.R. and Dove, J.E., 2007. " Quantifying the contribution of root systems in a tree-centered distributed stormwater management system for confined urban spaces." Proc. of the 2nd National Low Impact Development Conference, Wilimington, NC, March.
  • Antony, A. and Dove, J.E., 2006. “Semiautomatic Rock Mass Discontinuity Detection using Digital Images.” Proceedings of GeoCongress ‘06, Atlanta, Ga.
  • Dove, J.E., Bents, D.D., Wang, J, and Gao, B. 2006. "Particle-Scale Surface Interactions of Non-Dilative Interface Systems." Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 156-168.
  • Mauldon, M., Dove, J.E., Gutierrez, M., Westman, E., Burbey, T, Bodnar, R., Vogelaar, B. "Geoengineering Research for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in Sedimentary Rock." American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 2005 (abstract).
  • Dove, J.E., Boxill, L.E.C., and Jarrett, B.J., 2000. “A CPT-Based Normalized Index for Evaluating Ground Improvement.” Geotechnical Special Publication No. 104, Advances in Grouting and Ground Modification, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 296-310.