Faculty Profile

CREDENTIALS
Rhode Island, Professional Engineer (Civil)
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Tufts University (1996)
M.S. in Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island (1999)
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Rhode Island (2006)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Dr. Bradshaw's expertise is in the area of geotechnical engineering.  After graduating from New Bedford High School (MA) in 1991 he worked rebuilding the waterfront facilities at the New Bedford Yacht Club that had been destroyed by hurricane Bob.  His passion for the ocean and coastal environments grew as an undergraudate student at Tufts University and eventually inspired Dr. Bradshaw to pursue a graduate degree in Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island.  Under the mentoring of Dr. Armand Silva he gained valuable experience in marine geotechnics particularly in the sampling and testing of soft marine sediments from the deep ocean.  After graduation Dr. Bradshaw moved to Seattle where he worked for Hart Crowser as a geotechnical consulting engineer.  His consulting experience was invaluable as he gained practical knowledge in the areas of contaminated sediment remediation and geotechnical design.  His love for learning brought him back to the University of Rhode Island for a Ph.D. where he worked on the problem of silt liquefaction under Dr. Christopher Baxter.  Dr. Bradshaw has been teaching at Merrimack since January 2007.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Civil Engineering Design Project
• Civil Engineering Design and Research Seminar
• Civil Engineering Materials
• Dynamics
• Engineering Analysis
• Geotechnical Design
• Seepage and Clay Mineralogy
• Soil Mechanics
• Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering
• Statics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Soil Liquefaction
• Dynamic Behavior of Soils
• Rheology of Marine Sediments
• Modeling of Submarine Landslide Kinematics
• Health Monitoring of Buried Pipelines 

For additional information, please click on Bradshaw Publications List.pdf