1. Graduate Student, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Queen’s Univ., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
2. Professor and Canada Research Chair in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Queen's Univ., Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada (corresponding author). E-mail: address: