2026 Timothy D. Stark: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	47	4886	4703	1402	1295	308	8184
Earth Science	46	4236	3894	1642	1459	263	7734

Overview

Timothy D. Stark is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a strong emphasis on civil and structural engineering. Additional subfields include safety, risk, reliability and quality, management, monitoring, policy and law, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The main topics of their work cover various aspects of geotechnical engineering, such as:

Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
Landslides and related hazards
Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
Dam Engineering and Safety

Timothy D. Stark has contributed to several recent research papers, including:

"Static and cyclic characterization of fouled railroad sub-ballast layer behaviour," 2020, published in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
"Interdependencies Between Wildfire-Induced Alterations in Soil Properties, Near-Surface Processes, and Geohazards," 2024, published in Earth and Space Science
"Stability and Stress-Deformation Analyses of Reinforced Slope Failure at Yeager Airport," 2020, published in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
"Runout analyses using 2014 Oso landslide," 2021, published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal
"Drained Residual Shear Strength Power Function Coefficients a and b," 2021, published in Geotechnical Testing Journal

Their work has been frequently published in several venues, including:

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Geotechnical Testing Journal
Geo-Extreme 2021
GEOSTRATA Magazine

Among their frequent co-authors are:

Jiale Lin
Abedalqader Idries
Hyunil Jung
Ben Leshchinsky
Farshid Vahedifard

The scientist has also contributed to books published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, including:

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Embankments, Dams, and Slopes (2021)
Static Slope Stability in Practice (2025)

Best Publications

Drained residual strength of cohesive soils

Timothy D. Stark;Hisham T. Eid

411
Citations
Liquefied strength ratio from liquefaction flow failure case histories

Scott M Olson;Timothy D Stark

381
Citations
Liquefaction Resistance Using CPT and Field Case Histories

Timothy D. Stark;Scott M. Olson

371
Citations
Secondary compression of peat with or without surcharging

G. Mesri;T. D. Stark;M. A. Ajlouni;C. S. Chen

326
Citations
Drained Shear Strength Parameters for Analysis of Landslides

Timothy D. Stark;Timothy D. Stark;Hangseok Choi;Sean McCone;Sean McCone

309
Citations
Municipal Solid Waste Slope Failure. I: Waste and Foundation Soil Properties

Hisham T. Eid;Timothy D. Stark;W. Douglas Evans;Paul E. Sherry

281
Citations
UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH OF LIQUEFIED SANDS FOR STABILITY ANALYSIS

Timothy D. Stark;Gholamreza Mesri

247
Citations
PERFORMANCE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SLOPE STABILITY METHODS IN PRACTICE

Timothy D. Stark;Hisham T. Eid

220
Citations
LANDFILL LINER INTERFACE STRENGTHS FROM TORSIONAL-RING-SHEAR TESTS

Timothy D. Stark;Alan R. Poeppel

213
Citations
Slope Stability Analyses in Stiff Fissured Clays

Timothy D. Stark;Hisham T. Eid

206
Citations
HDPE Geomembrane/Geotextile Interface Shear Strength

Timothy D. Stark;Thomas A. Williamson;Hisham T. Eid

189
Citations
Slope inclinometers for landslides

Timothy D. Stark;Hangseok Choi

187
Citations
YIELD STRENGTH RATIO AND LIQUEFACTION ANALYSIS OF SLOPES AND EMBANKMENTS

Scott M. Olson;Timothy D. Stark

178
Citations
GEOFOAM APPLICATIONS IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY EMBANKMENTS

T D Stark;D Arellano;J S Horvath;D Leshchinsky

155
Citations
1907 Static Liquefaction Flow Failure of the North Dike of Wachusett Dam

Scott Michael Olson;Timothy D Stark;William H. Walton;Gonzalo Castro

151
Citations
Municipal solid waste slope failure. II : Stability analyses

Timothy D Stark;H. T. Eid;W. D. Evans;P. E. Sherry

134
Citations
Aluminum Reactions and Problems in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

G. Vincent Calder;Timothy D. Stark

123
Citations
Shear strength of municipal solid waste for stability analyses

Timothy D. Stark;Nejan Huvaj-Sarihan;Guocheng Li

115
Citations
GUIDELINE AND RECOMMENDED STANDARD FOR GEOFOAM APPLICATIONS IN HIGHWAY EMBANKMENTS

T D Stark;D Arellano;J S Horvath;D Leshchinsky

104
Citations
Aluminum Waste Reaction Indicators in a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Timothy D. Stark;Jeffrey W. Martin;Gina T. Gerbasi;Todd Thalhamer

103
Citations
Closure of "Undrained Shear Strength of Liquefied Sands for Stability Analysis"

Timothy D. Stark;Gholamreza Mesri

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott M. Olson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Patrick J. Fox Pennsylvania State University

Gholamreza Mesri University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dov Leshchinsky University of Delaware

Oldrich Hungr University of British Columbia

Erol Tutumluer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

David E. Daniel The University of Texas at Dallas

Krishna R. Reddy University of Illinois at Chicago

Albert J. Valocchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Charles J. Werth The University of Texas at Austin

External Links

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