Civil & Geotechnical Engineering Expert Witness

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Experience: Dr. Malay Ghose Hajra offers more than 25 years of combined professional engineering, consulting, and academic experience in geotechnical, foundation, and forensic engineering. He has extensive working knowledge of complex projects funded by the Department of Transportation, US Army Corps of Engineers, and the private construction industry. Leveraging a deep understanding of soil mechanics and ground-structure interaction, Dr. Ghose Hajra has performed comprehensive failure analyses to determine root causes and contributing factors in complex civil engineering disputes. He provides clear and defensible technical opinions in litigation and arbitration, supported by well-structured, evidence-based expert reports. Dr. Ghose Hajra brings a balanced, unbiased, and scientifically grounded approach to every investigation. Skills: (i) Subsurface investigation & geotechnical design, (ii) highways & bridge foundations, (iii) Subsurface exploration & design for Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction systems, (iv) Levee slope stability, settlement, and seepage, (v) Retaining structures & floodwalls, (vi) erosion and flood control, (vii) Expansive soils & foundation distress investigations, (viii) construction vibration, and (ix) data analytics in civil engineering. Education: ● Ph.D., Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering, May 2001 (Kansas State University, USA) ● M. Tech., Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering, July 1998 (Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Kharagpur, INDIA) ● B.E., Civil Engineering, August 1996 (University of North Bengal, INDIA) Licenses and Certifications: Professional Engineer (PE) in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Colorado, Minnesota, and District of Columbia. He is also a Board-Certified Geotechnical Engineer (BC.GE). Teaching Experience: As a faculty member and chair of the Dept. of Civil and Env. Engg. at the University of New Orleans, Dr. Ghose Hajra taught several undergraduate and graduate level courses: (i) Geotechnical Engineering, (ii) Soil Mechanics Laboratory, (iii) Foundation Engineering, (iv) Soil Shear Strength & Slope Stability, (v) Deep Foundations, (vi) Dewatering and Groundwater Control, (vii) Ground Improvement, (viii) Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring (ix) Ocean & Coastal Engineering, (x) Sediment Transport & Dredging, (xi) Design of Coastal & Hydraulic Structures, (xii) Coastal & Marine Geotechnics, (xiii) Testing & Monitoring during Geotechnical Construction, (xiv) Mechanics of Materials. Short Course Offerings: ● Ghose Hajra, M. (2019). Shore course on “Soil Shear Strength and Slope Stabilization.” organized by Halfmoon Education, Inc., August 9, 2019, New Orleans LA Selected Publications: ● Ghose Hajra, M. and Koob-Marking, Tonja (2018). Short course on “Soil Erosion and Sediment Control.” Organized by Halfmoon Education, Inc. August 10, 2018, Metairie, LA ● Ghose Hajra, M. (2017). Shore course on “Soil Mechanics, Bearing Capacity and Slope Stabilization.” organized by Halfmoon Education, Inc., July 11, 2017, Shreveport, LA Selected Publications: ● Coco, J. and Ghose Hajra, M. (2025). “Digital Twins: The Next Frontier of Civil Engineering and Infrastructure,” Journal of ASCE – Louisiana section, May 2025, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 6-13. ● Alshamaileh, L., Ghose Hajra, M., McCorquodale, J.A., and Roberts, B.M. (2020). “Geo-hydrodynamics and Erosion Potential of fine-grained cohesive sediments in coastal systems,’ proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE-10), Arlington, VA, November 15-18, 2020 ● Bilici, C., Stark, N., and Ghose Hajra, M. (2018). “In-situ Geotechnical Investigation of surficial sediments in wetland waterway sediments in coastal Louisiana with regard to local morphodynamics.” ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 144, Issue 6, Nov. 2018. Professional Affiliations: ● American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, National Academy of Forensic Engineers