Education

Years of Service on this Faculty

Professional Registration

Principal Publications

Refereed Journals

Townsend, F.C. (2005) "A Legacy of Mike W. O'Neill Service ASCE GSP 129 Advances in Designing and Testing Deep Foundations", In memory of Michael W. O'Neill, p. 209.

Anderson, J. B. and Townsend, F.C. (2005) "Calibration of Constitutive Models for Florida Sands by Drained Triaxial Tests". ASCE GSP 139: Calibration of Constitutive Models.

Anderson, J. B., Townsend, F. C., and Grajales, B., "Case Histories Evaluation of Laterally Loaded Piles", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 129, No. 3, March 2003, pp. 187-196.?

Anderson , J.B., and Townsend, F.C. (2002), "A Laterally Loaded Pile Database" ASCE-GSP 116 Deep Foundations 2002- An International Perspective on Theory, Design, Construction, and Performance, Orlando.

Anderson, J. B, and Townsend, F. C. (2001), "SPT and CPT Testing for Evaluating Lateral Loading of Deep Foundations," ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering ASCE, Vol. 127. No. 11, Nov., pp. 920-925.

Al-Yaqout, A., and Townsend, F.C., Applicability of Caliche (Gatch) as Liner / Cover in Arid Climate Landfills: Laboratory and Field Pad Testing of Permeability, Accepted for Publication ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management.

Al-Yaqout, A., and Townsend, F.C. "Strategy for Landfill Design in Arid Regions," ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, Vol 5, No.1, Jan. 2001 pp. 2-13.

Anderson, J. B., Grajales, B., Townsend, F. C. and Brown, D., "Validation of P-y Curves from Pressuremeter and Dilatometer Tests at Auburn, Alabama," Behavioral Characteristics of Residual Soils, ASCE GSP 92, Bill Edelen ed., American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999, pp. 77-87.

Publication

Townsend, F.C. (2004), "Challenges Facing Graduate Education in Geotechnical Engineering", ASCE G-I Geo-Strata, Summer Issue.

Publications in Proceedings

Anderson, J.B., Townsend, F.C., and Horta,E. (2004) "A Brief Study of the Repeatibility of In-Situ Tests at the Florida Department of Transportation Deep Foundations Research Site in Orlando, Florida, USA", Proc. of the 2^nd International Conference on Site Characterization, ISC-2, Porto, Portugal Ed. A. Fonseca and P. Mayne, Mill Press, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Townsend, F.C. (2004) "Geotechnical Design Considerations for Prestressed Concrete Pile Foundations", Proceedings The PCI Bridge Conference, Atlanta, Ga. Also presented paper.

Books, Symposia

C. Vipulanandan, and F. C. Townsend, Editors ASCE GSP 132 - Advances in Deep Foundations, Austin, TX 2005

C. Vipulanandan, and F. C. Townsend, Editors ASCE GSP 129 - Advances in Designing and Testing Deep Foundations- In Memory of Michael W. O’Neill, Austin, TX 2005

Reports-University of Florida

"Compendium of Ground Modification Techniques", F.C. Townsend and J. Brian Anderson FDOT Final Report BC 354 2004.

"Development of a Deep Foundations Test Site", F.C. Townsend, J. Brian Anderson, E. Horta, and J. Sandoval FDOT Final Report 2003.

Evaluation of FEM Engineering Parameters from Insitu Tests, F.C. Townsend, J. Brian Anderson, and Landy Rahelison FDOT Final Report 2001.

Honors and Awards 

USUCGER Distinguished Educator Award 2006
Byron Spangler Professor of Civil Engineering 2000-2002
Civil Engineering Academy, Michigan Tech, 1996
Co-Winner of Southeast ASEE Research Paper, 1990
Tau Beta Pi, Outstanding Teacher, 1988-89
ASTM C. B. Dudley Award, 1988
Tau Beta Pi, University of Florida, 1981
ASTM Special Service Award, 1981
ASTM D-18 Appreciation Award, 1978
ASTM C. A. Hogentogler Award, 1977
Phi Kappa Phi, Oklahoma State University, 1970
Sigma Xi, Oklahoma State University, 1970
U.S. Army Commendation Medal, 1966
Chi Epsilon, Michigan Technology University, 1962

Scientific and Professional Societies

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Secretary, ASCE Deep Foundations Committee
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineers (ISSMFE)