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\indent I would like to thank my advisers Dr. Jean-Louis Briaud and Dr. Stefan Hurlebaus for their continued support and guidance throughout my PhD.  I would also like to thank Dr. Mark Everett for introducing me to the exciting topic of near surface geophysics and for allowing me to borrow his equipment for two years.  Finally, I am grateful to Dr. Charles Aubeny for his continual advisement from undergraduate soil mechanics until now.

I also want to extend my gratitude to all of my friends/minions who helped me gather data in the extreme heat and freezing cold.  Lastly, thank you to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Southwest University Transportation Center (SWUTC) for funding this research.



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