“For” the Arguement

Andrew J. Whittle is the Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. His research deals with the development of constitutive models for soil behavior and their application in predicting the performance of foundations and underground construction projects. He has also carried out extensive research on wireless sensor networks for monitoring underground infrastructure notably in the detection and localization of leaks in water pipe networks. He serves as Chief Scientific Advisor for a start-up company, Visenti Pte. He has served on review panels for hurricane protection systems in New Orleans (NRC), and the ‘stem-to-stern’ safety of the Big Dig tunnels in Boston, and was a Director for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (2009-2015).