MICHELLE L. BERNHARTD, Ph.D.
ACADEMIC RANK:
DEGREES:
Assistant Professor
BSCE, Texas A&M, 2008
MSCE, Texas A&M, 2009
Ph.D., Texas A&M, December 2013
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SERVICE:
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, 2013-present
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
Industrial/Consulting:
Geotechnical Engineering Intern, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2008
Engineering Intern, Lockheed Martin, 2007.
Structural Engineering Intern, Carter & Burgess (now Jacobs), 2006
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:
Engineer in Training, Texas, No. 43407
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Geo-Intsitute
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow (2010-2013)
Building Future Program Faculty Fellow – NC State University (2012)
PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS OVER PAST FIVE YEARS:
Peer-reviewed Journal Papers
Bernhardt, M.L., O’Sullivan, C., and Biscontin, G. “Macro‐and Micro‐scale Effects of Sample
Preparation Methods in DEM Simulations.” (In preparation)
Bernhardt, M.L., Briaud, J.L.,Kim, D., Leclair, M., Storesund, R., Lim, S.G., Bea, R.G.,
Rogers, J.D. (2011). “Mississippi River Levee Failures: June 2008 Flood." International
Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, Vol.2, Issue 3, p. 127‐162.
doi:10.4417/IJGCH‐02‐02‐03.
Briaud, J.L., Bernhardt, M.L., and Leclair, M. (2011). “The Pocket Erodometer Test:
Development and Preliminary Results.” ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal.
Technical Notes
Bernhardt, M.L. and Biscontin, G. “Simple Shear Testing of Metal Ballotini using stacked
confining rings.” (In preparation)
Conference Proceedings
Bernhardt, M.L., Biscontin, G., O’Sullivan, C. (2014). “3D Discrete Element Method
Simulations of a Laminar-type Simple Shear Apparatus.” Proceedings of Geo‐congress 2014,
Atlanta, GA. (Accepted and to be presented in March)
Warden, R., Bernhardt, M.L., (2013). “Existential Resonance between Engineering and Historic
Preservation.” Proceedings of the ASCE Texas Section 2013 Centennial Conference, Corpus
Christi, Texas.
Bernhardt, M.L., O’Sullivan, C., Biscontin, G. (2012). “Macro‐ and Micro‐scale Effects of
Pluviation Based Sample Preparation in DEM.” Proceedings of Geo‐congress 2012, Oakland,
CA.
Bernhardt, M.L., Bea, R.G., Briaud, J.L., Franken, D., Govindsamy, A., Lim, S.G., Kim, D.,
Leclair, M., Hempen, G., Maerz, N.H., Rogers, J.D., Storesund, R., Watkins, C. (2009). "2008
Midwest Levee Performance Investigation: Summary of Erosion and Index Testing," Proceedings
of the 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Bernhardt, M.L., Bea, R.G., Briaud, J.L., Franken, D., Govindsamy, A., Lim, S.G., Kim, D.,
Leclair, M., Hempen,G., Maerz, N.H., Rogers, J.D., Storesund, R., Watkins, C. (2009). “2008
Midwest Levee Failures: An Investigation,” Proceedings of the ASCE Texas Section Meeting,
Houston, TX.
Technical Reports
Bernhardt, M.L., Bea, R.G., Briaud, J.L., Franken, D., Govindsamy, A., Lim, S.G.,Kim, D.,
Leclair, M., Hempen, G., Maerz, N.H., Rogers, J.D., Storesund, R., Watkins, C. (2010). "2008
Midwest Levee Performance Investigation: Summary of Erosion and Index Testing," Final
Technical Report to the National Science Foundation.
Storesund, R., Bea, R.G., Bernhardt, M.L., Briaud, J.L., Franken, D., Govindsamy, A., Lim,
S.G., Kim, D., Leclair, M., Hempen,G., Maerz, N.H., Rogers, J.D., Watkins, C. (2010). "2008
Midwest Levee Performance Investigation," Final Technical Report to the National Science
Foundation.
Storesund, R., Bea, R.G., Bernhardt, M.L., Briaud, J.L., Franken, D., Govindsamy, A., Lim,
S.G., Kim, D., Leclair, M., Hempen,G., Maerz, N.H., Rogers, J.D., Watkins, C. (2009). "2008
Midwest Levee Performance Investigation: Summary of Initial Field Reconnaissance,"
Preliminary Report to the National Science Foundation.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
2014
Annual Geo-Congress Conference – presented paper in oral presentation
2013
Graduate Teaching Academy Fellow – Texas A&M University
Annual Geo-Congress Conference – attended conference and volunteered during student competitions
2012
Annual Geo-Congress Conference – presented poster

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