A. J. Silva, H. G. Brandes, M. H. Sadd, D. Karamanlidis, W.-M. Tian, E. P. Laine; Experimental and analytical study of creep deformations of submarine slopes, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'89 Conference, pp. 1530 - 1535, September 1989.
Kenneth R. Hinga, Armand J. Silva; Instrumentation development for research on subseabed disposal of radioactive wastes, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 10, pp. 2 - 4, January 1985.
Armand J. Silva, John D. Babb, Joel Lipkin, Paul Pietryka, David Butler; In situ vane system for seafloor strength investigations, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 10, pp. 23 - 31, January 1985.
John D. Babb, Armand J. Silva; An In Situ Vane System For Measuring Deep Sea Sediment Shear Strength, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'83 Conference, pp. 598 - 602, August 1983.
Armand J. Silva received the B.S. degree in 1954, and the M.S, and Ph.D. degrees in 1965 in civil/ geotechnical engineering from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.After approximately three years as a Soils Engineer, he joined the faculty at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, in 1958 and was appointed Head of the Civil Engineering Department in 1971. He joined the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, in 1976 as Professor of Ocean and Civil Engineering and is now Chairman of Ocean Engineering. The Marine Geomechanics Laboratory (MGL) was established in 1977 and he was named Director in 1980. This laboratory was developed specifically for use with marine sediments and includes several unique capabilities not normally available. His publications include over sixty reports and publications with twenty in refereed journals. Current research includes participation in several aspects of the Subseabed Disposal Program regarding disposal of high level nuclear wastes, geotechnical research on stability and creep problems of the Continental Slope/Rise, stress history of deep sea sediments, properties of Labrador Shelf sediments, development of the In Situ Vane (ISV) system, and geotechnical/geological processes of the Mississippi Fan.