Andrew Whittle

Andrew Whittle is the Edmund K Turner Professor in Civil Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering. His research focuses on modeling geomaterial behavior, developing analysis methods for predicting soil-structure interactions, and monitoring and controlling underground infrastructure. He is affiliated with the Sustainable Materials & Infrastructure and Climate and Environment faculties. His research interests include geotechnical engineering, constitutive models for geomaterials, analysis methods for foundations, excavations, tunnels, in situ test methods, ground improvement, field monitoring, and sensor networks. He teaches courses such as Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, Advanced Geotechnical Engineering, Theoretical Soil Mechanics, and Soil Behavior.

Andrew Whittle is a researcher at MIT with a focus on geotechnical engineering, particularly in the areas of soil mechanics and constitutive modeling. His work includes the development of constitutive models for clays and sands, such as the MIT-E3 model for overconsolidated clays, and the formulation of unified models for different soil types. He has also investigated ground movements caused by deep excavations, shallow tunnels, and pile driving in clay. Additionally, he has explored the mechanical behavior of Boston blue clay and the anisotropic properties of soils. His research also extends to water distribution systems, including sensor networks and wavelet-based burst detection. His studies emphasize the application of numerical and analytical methods to understand soil behavior under various loading conditions.