James Bay

Geotech Dams and Levees

Associate Professor


James  Bay

Contact Information

Office Location: EL 266
Phone: 435-797-2947
Email: jim.bay@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Civil/Geotechnical Engineering, The University of Texas, 1997
Development of a Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer for Continuous Profiling of Pavements
MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, 1987
Soil Liquefaction Potential Mapping of Weber, Box, Elder, and Cache Counties, Utah
BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, 1986

Teaching Interests

Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

Research Interests

Engineering Geophysics, Soil Dynamics, Soil Mechanics, and MSE Retaining Structures

Awards

Outstanding Teacher, 2015

Civil and Environmental Engineering

C.A. Hogentogler Award, 2012

American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Committee D18 on Soil and Rock

Outstanding Researcher, 2003

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University


    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Bay, J.A, Stokoe, II, K.H, (2000). Continuous Profiling of Flexible and Rigid Highway and Airport Pavements with the Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer: Nondestructive Testing of Pavements and Backcalculation of Moduli: Third Volume, ASTM STP 1375. American Society for Testing Materials
  • Stokoe, II, K.H, Wright, S.G, Bay, J.A, Roesset, J.M, (1994). Characterization of Geotechnical Sites by SASW Method: Technical Report: Geophysical Characterization of Sites. Oxford Publishers

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Boone, S.D, Barr, P.J, Bay, J.A, Halling, M.W, (2012). Development of a Nondestructive Impulse Device and Damage Model for Unreinforced Concrete. Journal of Sensors, 9. doi: 10.1155/2012/693082
  • Sasanakul, I., Bay, J.A, (2010). Calibration of Equipment Damping in a Resonant Column and Torsional Shear Testing Device. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 33:5, 363-373.
  • Bae, Y., Bay, J.A, (2010). Modifications of resonant column and torsional shear device for the large strain. Computers and Geotechnics, 36:2009, 944-952.
  • Rodriguez-Marek, A., Bay, J.A, Park, K., Montalva, G.A, Cortez-Flores, A., Wartman, J., Boroschek, R., (2010). Engineering Analysis of Ground Motion Records from the 2001 Mw 8.4 Southern Peru Earthquake. EERI Earthquake Spectra, 26:2, 311-597. doi: 10.1193/1.3381172
  • Sasanakul, I., Bay, J.A, (2008). Stress Integration Approach in Resonant Column and Torsional Shear Testing for Soils. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Boone, S., Barr, P., Bay, J.A, Halling, M., (2007). Nondestructive Analysis of a Concrete Tunnel Model Using a Combined Stress Wave Propagation Method. Transportation Research Board
  • Budge, A., Bay, J.A, Anderson, L.R, (2006). Calibrating Vertical Deformations in a Finite Element Model of an MSE Wall. GeoCongress 2006 Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age
  • Lee, J.L, Stokoe, II, K.H, Bay, J.A, (2006). Development of Second-Generation Rolling Sensor for Increased RDD Testing Speed. Transportation Research Record
  • Joh, S., Stokoe, II, K.H, Lee, I., Kang, T., Bay, J.A, Rosenblad, B., (2006). Joint Inversion for Apparent Phase Velocities of Rayleigh and Love Waves. GeoCongress 2006 Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age
  • Kayen, R., Pack, R.T, Bay, J.A, Sugimoto, S., Tanaka, H., (2006). Terrestrial lidar visualization of surface and structural deformations of the 2004 Niigata Ken Chuetsu, Japan Earthquake. Earthquake Spectra Journal, 22:S1, S147-S162.
  • Kayen, R., Pack, R.T, Bay, J.A, Sugimoto, S., Tanaka, H., (2006). Ground-LIDAR Visualization of Surface and Structural Deformations of the Niigata Ken Chuetsu, 23 October 2005, Earthquake. Earthquake Spectra, Special Issue, 22:1
  • Budge, A.S, Bay, J.A, Anderson, L.R, Farnsworth, C.B, Goodsell, M.W, (2004). Instrumentation and Monitoring of an MSE Wall on a compressible Foundation. Transportation Research Board
  • Iskander, M.G, Olson, R.E, Bay, J.A, (2001). Design and Performance of an Electro-Pneumatic Pile Hammer for Laboratory Applications. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 24:1, 72-81.
  • Womack, K., Halling, M.W, Ghasemi, H., Bay, J.A, (2001). Modal Analysis Research on the I-15 Corridor, Salt Lake City, Utah. Transportation Research Board
  • Bay, J.A, Stokoe II, K.H, McNerney, M.T, Soralump, S., VanVleet, D.A, Rozycki, D.K, (2000). Evaluation of Runway Pavements at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Using Continuous Deflection Profiles Measured with the Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer. Transportation Research Record 1716, Transportation Research Board, 1-9.
  • Stokoe, II, K.H, Bay, J.A, Rosenblad, B.L, Murphey, M.R, Fults, K.W, Chen, D., (2000). Super-Accelerated Testing of a Flexible Pavement with the Station Dynamic Deflectometer. Research Record 1716 Transportation Research Board, 98-107.
  • Bay, J.A, Stokoe, II, K.H, Alexander, D.R, (1999). Profiling a Flexible Highway Pavement Continuously with the Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer and at Discrete Points with the Falling-Weight Deflectometer. Transportation Research Record 1655 Transportation Research Board, 74-85.
  • Bay, J.A, Stokoe, II, K.H, McNerney, M.T, McCullough, B.F, (1998). Continuous Profiling of Runway and Taxiway Pavements with Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Research Record 1639 Transportation Research Board, 102-111.
  • Bay, J.A, Stokoe, II, K.H, Jackson, J.D, (1995). Development and Preliminary Investigation of a Rolling Dynamic Deflectometer. Transportation Research Record 1473, Transportation Research Board, 43-54.
  • Bay, J.A, Stokoe, II, K.H, (1992). Field and Laboratory Determination of Elastic Properties of Portland Cement Concrete Using Seismic Techniques. Transportation Research Record 1355, Transportation Research Board, 67-74.
  • Rix, G.J, Bay, J.A, Stokoe, II, K.H, (1990). Assessing In Situ Stiffness of Curing Portland Cement Concrete with Seismic Tests. Transportation Research Record 1284, Transportation Research Board, 8-15.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Other Reports

  • Halling, M.W, Barr, P.J, Bay, J.A, Hsieh, K.H, Hales, M., Dye, T., Esplin, R., Thurgood, T., Ball, A., (2006). Dynamic Characteristics of New Bridges I-15 Research, Phase III: Testing and Modeling of the I-15 Flyover, C-846; Vine Street Overpass, C-814; and Cherry Hill, C-123, Bridges, UDOT Report No. UT-08.03. Utah Department of Transportation
  • Halling, M.W, Bay, J.A, Womack, K., Achter, J., Robinson, M., Gottipati, A., Huber, M., Christensen, C., (2002). Structural Condition Assessment using Dynamic Testing, I-15 Testbed Research, Phase II, UDOT Report No. UT-02.18. Utah Department of Transportation

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Fall 2023
CEE 6930 - Special Problems, Fall 2023
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Summer 2023
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2023
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2023
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2023
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2023
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2023
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2023
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2023
CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles, Spring 2023
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Spring 2023
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Fall 2022
CEE 6930 - Special Problems, Fall 2022
, Summer 2022
ENGR 2030 - Engineering Mechanics Dynamics, Summer 2022
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Summer 2022
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2022
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2022
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2022
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2022
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2022
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2022
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2022
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Spring 2022
, Fall 2021
CEE 1880 - CEE Freshman Orientation, Fall 2021
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Fall 2021
CEE 5930, 6360 - Shear Strength of Soils, Fall 2021
ENGR 2010 - Engineering Mechanics Statics, Summer 2021
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2021
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Spring 2021
CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles, Fall 2020
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Fall 2020
ENGR 2010 - Engineering Mechanics Statics, Summer 2020
CEE 5380, 6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Spring 2020
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Spring 2020
CEE 1880 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Orientation and Computer Applications, Fall 2019
ENGR 2010 - Engineering Mechanics Statics, Fall 2019
CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2019
ENGR 2010 - Engineering Mechanics Statics, Summer 2019
CEE 1880 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Orientation and Computer Applications, Spring 2019
CEE 5380, 6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Spring 2019
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2019
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2019
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2019
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2019
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2019
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2019
CEE 5930 - Independent Study, Spring 2019
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Spring 2019
CEE 1880 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Orientation and Computer Applications, Fall 2018
CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2018
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Fall 2018
ENGR 2010 - Engineering Mechanics Statics, Summer 2018
CEE 1880 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Orientation and Computer Applications, Spring 2018
CEE 5380, 6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Spring 2018
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2018
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2018
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2018
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2018
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2018
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2018
CEE 4300 - Engineering Soil Mechanics, Spring 2018
ENGR 2140 - Mechanics of Materials, Spring 2018
CEE 1880 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Orientation and Computer Applications, Fall 2017
CEE 5380, 6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Spring 2017
CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles, Spring 2017
ENGR 2140 - Strength of Materials, Fall 2016
CEE 5380, 6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Spring 2016
CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Spring 2016
ENGR 2140 - Strength of Materials, Spring 2016
CEE 5380,6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Fall 2014
CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles, Fall 2014
CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2014
CEE 5380,6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Spring 2014
ENGR 2140 - Strength of Materials, Spring 2014
CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles, Fall 2013
CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2013
CEE 5380,6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Spring 2013
CEE 4300 - Soil Mechanics: Laboratory, Spring 2013
ENGR 2140 - Strength of Materials, Spring 2013
CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles, Fall 2012
CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2012
CEE 5380,6380 - Earthquake Engineering, Spring 2012
ENGR 2140 - Strength of Materials, Spring 2012
CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles, Fall 2011
CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2011
CEE 5380 - EARTHQUAKE ENGR, Spring 2011
CEE 6380 - EARTHQUAKE ENGR, Spring 2011
ENGR 2010 - RECITATION, Spring 2011
ENGR 2010 - RECITATION, Spring 2011
ENGR 2010 - RECITATION, Spring 2011
ENGR 2010 - RECITATION, Spring 2011
ENGR 2010 - STATICS, Spring 2011
ENGR 2140 - STRENGTH OF MATRLS, Spring 2011
CEE 6360 - Geotechnical Principles, Fall 2010
CEE 6340 - Laboratory and Field Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Fall 2010

Graduate Students Mentored

Emad Abraik, Maridalia Guerro, Civil & Environmental Engr, January 2023
Tyler Daniels, August 2020
Robert Davies, Civil & Environmental Engr, September 2018
Potikul Vivithkeyoonvong, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2019 - May 2021
Andrew LeCheminant, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2019 - May 2020
Graciela Tavarez, Civil & Environmental Engr, September 2016 2018
Paola Paulino, September 2016 2018
Matthew Rahmeyer, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2013 2015
Matthew Raymayer, Civil & Environmental Engr 2015
Tyler Stuart, Civil & Environmental Engr, January 2013 2015
Joshua Jensen, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2011 2015
Daniel Pond, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2012 2014
Ernesto Bencosme, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2012 2014
Sara Martin, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2011 - December 2012
Karla Reynoso, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2010 - December 2012
Susit Chaiprakaikeow, Civil & Environmental Engr, August 2005 - August 2012
Fernando Ventura Tejeda, August 2010 - May 2011
Bernardo Castellanos, August 2007 - December 2010
Ryan Maw, August 2007 - December 2010
Oscar Suncar, August 2007 - August 2009
Jesse Elsmore, January 2008 - December 2008
Spencer Davis, August 2007 - May 2008
Yoon-Shin Bae, August 2002 - December 2007
Brad Brimhall, August 2006 - May 2007
Braydan Du Ree, August 2006 - May 2007
Heidi Patricia Disla Aybar, August 2005 - May 2007
Lucy Martin Cid, August 2005 - May 2007