School of Engineering

Poul Lade’s research interests include application of appropriate experimental methods to determine the three-dimensional stress-strain and strength behavior of soils and the development of constitutive models for frictional materials such as soils, concrete, and rock. The laboratory experiments involve monotonic loading and large three-dimensional stress reversals, and include studies of stability, instability and liquefaction of granular materials, and time effects. The constitutive models are based on elasticity and work-hardening, isotropic and kinematic plasticity theories. Dr. Lade has written over 200 publications based on research performed with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). He serves on the editorial boards of five international journals on geotechnical engineering, he was elected member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (2001), and he was awarded Professor Ostenfeld’s Gold Medal from The Technical University of Denmark (2001).