1. Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223 (corresponding author).
2. Principal Engineer, Mosaic Engineering and Consulting, 3033 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22201.
3. Project Manager, Conestoga-Rovers and Associates, Overland Park, 1502 SW 41st St., KS 66609.
4. Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.
5. Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
6. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901.
7. Associate Professor, Glenn Dept. of Civil Engineering, Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC 29634.
8. Research Civil Engineer, Engineering Research and Development Center/Geotechnical Structures Laboratory-Structural Mechanics Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199.
9. Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology at Trichy, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
10. Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223.
11. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology at Trichy, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.