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J. Alberto Ortega
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http://www.josealberto.net
Job function
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Company or institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title of group
Prof. Franz-Josef Ulm Research Group
Doctoral thesis advisor
Prof. Franz-Josef Ulm
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
1. Cox, D. and Ortega, J. A. (2002) ‘Laboratory observations of green water overtopping on a fixed deck.’ Technical note, Ocean Engineering, 29, 1827-1840.
2. Buyukozturk, O., Yu, T.-Y., and Ortega, J. A. (2006) ‘A methodology for determining complex permittivity of construction materials based on transmission-only coherent, wide-bandwidth free-space measurements.’ Cement and Concrete Composites, 28, 349-359.
3. Ulm, F.-J., Vandamme, M., Bobko, C., Ortega, J. A., Tai, K., and Ortiz, C. (2007) ‘Statistical indentation techniques for hydrated nanocomposites: concrete, bone, and shale.’ Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 90 (9), 2677-2692.
4. Ortega, J. A., Ulm, F.-J., and Abousleiman, Y. (2007) ‘The effect of the nanogranular nature of shale on their poroelastic behavior.’ Acta Geotechnica, 2(3), 155-182.
5. Ortega, J. A., Ulm, F.-J., and Abousleiman, Y. (2007) ‘The acoustic signature of shale.’ In preparation.
6. Abousleiman, Y.N., Tran M.H., Hoang S.K., Ulm F.-J., Bobko C.P., and Ortega J.A. (2008) ‘Study characterizes Woodford Shale.’ American Oil & Gas Reporter, 51(1), 106-113.

Referenced Conference Proceedings
1. Ulm, F.-J., Vandamme, M., Bobko, C., and Ortega, J. A. (2007) ‘The nanogranular nature of hydrated nanocomposites: concrete, clay and bone.’ In M. Jirasek, Z. Bittnar, and H. Mang (Eds.), Proceedings from MHM 2007: Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials with Applications in Construction and Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 25-27 June 2007, 20-22.
2. Abousleiman, Y., Tran, M., Hoang, S., Bobko, C., Ortega, J. A., Ulm, F.-J. (2007) ‘Geomechanics field and lab characterization of Woodford shale: the next gas play.’ Proceedings from ATCE 2007: SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, USA, 11-14 November 2007, SPE 110120.

Theses
1. Ortega, J. A. (2002) Nondestructive testing using stress waves: wave propagation in layered media. Senior Honors Thesis, University Undergraduate Research Fellows, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
2. Ortega, J. A. (2006) Assessment of FRP confined concrete: understanding behavior and issues in nondestructive evaluation using radar. S.M. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.

PRESENTATIONS
1. ‘Experimental poroelasticity of shale.’ GeoGenome Industry Consortium Meeting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, 6-7 April 2006.
2. ‘Towards poroelastic property predictor in shale.’ GeoGenome Industry Consortium Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, 29 September 2006.
3. ‘The acoustic signature of shales: from nanoindentation to poroelastic velocity prediction.’ GeoGenome Industry Consortium Meeting, Houston, TX, USA, 31 May 2007.
4. ‘The micromechanical signature of shale: from nanoindentation to velocity predictions.’ Invited seminar speaker, Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, 24 August 2007.