Dr. Laureano Hoyos is full professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the recipient at UTA of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence in Teaching Award (2014), the Research Excellence Award (2009), the Outstanding Civil Engineering Instructor Award (2005), and the Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award (2003). He currently serves as chair of the Unsaturated Soils committee of the Geo-Institute of the ASCE.

• 1. Background and Scope 2. Suction-controlled Resonant Column and Bender Element Testing 3. Suction-controlled Plane Strain Testing 4. Suction-controlled Triaxial Testing 5. Suction-controlled True Triaxial Testing 6. Suction-controlled Ring Shear Testing 7. Advances in Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Testing

Dr. Laureano Hoyos is full professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the recipient at UTA of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence in Teaching Award (2014), the Research Excellence Award (2009), the Outstanding Civil Engineering Instructor Award (2005), and the Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award (2003). He currently serves as chair of the Unsaturated Soils committee of the Geo-Institute of the ASCE.

• 1. Background and Scope 2. Suction-controlled Resonant Column and Bender Element Testing 3. Suction-controlled Plane Strain Testing 4. Suction-controlled Triaxial Testing 5. Suction-controlled True Triaxial Testing 6. Suction-controlled Ring Shear Testing 7. Advances in Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Testing

Dr. Laureano Hoyos is full professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is the recipient at UTA of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Excellence in Teaching Award (2014), the Research Excellence Award (2009), the Outstanding Civil Engineering Instructor Award (2005), and the Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award (2003). He currently serves as chair of the Unsaturated Soils committee of the Geo-Institute of the ASCE.

• 1. Background and Scope 2. Suction-controlled Resonant Column and Bender Element Testing 3. Suction-controlled Plane Strain Testing 4. Suction-controlled Triaxial Testing 5. Suction-controlled True Triaxial Testing 6. Suction-controlled Ring Shear Testing 7. Advances in Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Testing