1. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Queen’s Univ. Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
2. Professor and Research Director, Dept. of Civil Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, 13 General Crerar, Royal Military College of Canada, Sawyer Building, Room 2414, Kingston, Ontario K7K 7B4, Canada (corresponding author).
3. Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Univ. of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019.