John Quaranta

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Contact Information Phone:  304-293-9942

Education
	B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Youngstown State University, 1984
	B.E., Civil Engineering, Youngstown State University, 1988
	M.S., Civil Engineering, West Virginia University, 1993
	Ph.D., Civil Engineering, West Virginia University, 1996
Research Interests
	geotechnical research into improving coal waste impoundment safety through laboratory and field site testing; soil and groundwater remediation of legacy defense waste streams; and soil characterization and environmental forensics of unexploded military ordnance and contaminants.
Teaching Interests
	soil mechanics and laboratory testing; foundation engineering; groundwater and seepage; earthwork design; soil properties and behavior; geotechnical field methods; geosynthetics.