Paul W. Mayne, PhD, P.E. is a faculty member in civil engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an international researcher on in-situ testing, geotechnical site characterization, and the evaluation of soil and rock properties. Particular research interests include the cone penetrometer, seismic piezocone, and flat dilatometer with applications towards the evaluation of foundation systems.

Dr. Mayne is an active member of ASCE, ASTM, TRB, USUCGER, DFI, ADSC, CGS, and ISSMGE. He has 33 years experience in geoengineering and has served as a consultant on projects in 30 states as well as worked on international projects in Australia, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Canada, and Italy. He is the chair of the international committee on in-situ testing (www.geoforum.com/tc16) and an author or co-author on some and delivered a number of continuing education courses on soil and rock properties, in-situ testing, and foundation systems for the FHWA, National Highway Institute, ASCE, Georgia Tech, and other organizations. He has served as co-editor on six books, three technical manuals, and prepared keynote lectures for international conferences and symposia in Egypt (2000), Bali (2001), Lyon (2005), Shanghai (2006), Singapore (2007), and the upcoming ICSMGE (2009), as well as the NCHRP Synthesis 368 on Cone Penetration Testing.