Martin named chair of Glenn Depart of Civil Engineering

James Martin has been named chairman of Clemson University’s Glenn Department of Civil Engineering. He comes from Virginia Tech, where he is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Disaster Risk Management Institute. Martin has served on the CEE faculty since 1990. His main research and teaching interests include geotechnical earthquake and foundation engineering, soil and site improvement, seismic hazard analysis and thermo-active foundations. He has directed field and laboratory engineering research programs for national funding agencies and private sponsors for more than 20 years. Martin also frequently performs post-event field investigations of large-scale worldwide disasters.