Dr. Armin W. Stuedlein, PE, is an Assistant Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at Oregon State University in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering (CCE) and joined the faculty in September of 2009. Dr. Stuedlein received his Ph.D. from The University of Washington in December of 2008 in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical). He also holds an M.S. from Syracuse University (2003) and a B.S. from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (2000). Dr. Stuedlein joined OSU after holding a five year, full-time, concurrent position as a consultant for Seattle-based geotechnical firms, and is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Washington. His primary research interests center on the full-scale behavior, performance, and reliability of geotechnical structures, including deep and shallow foundations, improved ground, and reinforced earth. His approach combines the evaluation of instrumented geotechnical structures with lab-based soil characterization, numerical modeling, and statistical methods to better understand geotechnical performance. Dr. Stuedlein incorporates his research and consulting experience into the classroom, where he teaches undergraduate soil mechanics, and graduate level foundation engineering and earth retaining structure design. He is actively involved in the Geo-Institute Soil Improvement and Risk Assessment and Management Committees, and is presently editing the Robert D. Holtz Honorary GSP, to be released in the 2013 GeoCongress.