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Name A. P. Moser
Academic rank Professor, Assoc. Dean & Director of Engineering Experiment Station
Specialization area Solid Mechanics
Education BSME 1961; MSME 1963; Utah State University
Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1967 Civil Engineering (Solid Mechanics)
Languages English, Limited reading ability in German and French
Professional membership American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Engineering of the
National Academy of Science - Committees on Culverts and Hydraulic Structures
and Soil Structure Interaction
Experience highlights Years of Service at Utah State University: 40 years
1995-present Associate Dean College of Engineering
1993-1995 Acting Dean College of Engineering
1991-1993 Associate Dean, College of Engineering
1977-1991 Professor and Department Head (MAE)
1976-1977 Associate Professor and Department Head
1961-1977 Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor

Other Related Experience:
1975-1988 Organizing and directing the PIPING SYSTEMS INSTITUTE
(PSI) This Institute is for consulting engineers dealing with pipe and piping
systems.
1972-1974 Leave of Absence, Johns-Manville Research and Development.
1961-1962 Summers and part-time, Thiokol Chemical Corp., Brigham City, Utah.

Selected Consulting:
American Iron and Steel Institute (Buried Pipe Research Project)
Intermountain Technology Incorporated (Analyzing nuclear containment
buildings)
U.S. Pipe Corporation
UNI-BELL PVC Pipe Association
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Advanced Drainage Systems
Teaching and Research Teaching last 5 years: Continuum Mechanics, Elasticity, Plasticity, and Advanced Elasticity
Research: Cyclic Life of PVC, Structural Performance of Large Diameter HDPE Pipe, Structural Performance of Low Stiffness Ribbed Steel Pipe. Buried Pipe Design & Testing, Mechanical properties and failure analysis of solid propellant, Fracture Mechanics, Failure criterion for flexible conduits, Analytical Stress Intensity Factors, Structural performance and the Mechanical properties of plastics, Composite Materials, and Piping system design.
Publications (Total) Refereed publications: 24. Reports and technical papers: 72. Books 2
Principal publications of last five years Moser, A. P. "Analytical Methods for Predicting Performance of Buried Flexible Pipes," Paper published in the 77th Annual Meeting Preprint CD-ROM of the Transportation Research Board, January 1998. Moser, A. P. "The Structural Performance of Buried Profile Wall HDPE Pipe and the Influence of Pipe Wall Geometry," Paper published in Structural Analysis and Design -- Bridges, Culverts, and Pipes, Transportation Research Board Record No. 1624, National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 1998.

Watkins, R. K. and Moser, A. P., “Soil and Surface Loads on Buried Pipes Including Minimum Cover Requirements”, Pressure Vessels And Piping vol. 360, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998.

Moser A. P. “Report of Tests to Determine the Structural Performance of Buried Ribbed Steel Pipe,” Culfabco, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, 1999.

Moser A. P. “The Structural Performance of Ribbed Steel Pipe when Buried in Soil,” Helix International, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, 1999.

Moser A. P. “Structural Performance of Buried HDPE Ribbed Pipe,” Quail Piping Products, Inc., Kingman, Arizona, 1999.

Moser A. P. “Structural Performance of HDPE Profile-wall Pipe,” Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 1999.

Moser A. P. and Others “Guide for the Design of Buried Steel Pipe” Prepared by the Joint ASCE-ASME Task Group on Buried Pipe Design, December, 2000.

Moser A. P. “Structural Performance of 42-inch Corrugated HDPE Pipe,” Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 2000.

Moser A. P. “Long-term (22 year) Stress Relaxation and Strain Limit Testing of PVC Pipes,” presented at TRB Committee A2C06, Washington D.C., January 2000.

Moser A. P. “Cyclic Life of PVC Pipe,” Presented at the Uni-Bell Annual Meeting, Key Biscayne, Florida, April 18, 2000.

Moser A. P. "The Influence of Pipe Wall Geometry on the Localize and General buckling of Buried Profile Wall HDPE Pipe," presented at the 80th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting Committees A2C06 and A2K04, Washington, D.C., January 2001

Moser A. P. “The Influence of Profile Geometry on the Structural Performance of Buried Profile-Wall HDPE Pipe,” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Plastics Pipe Institute, Hilton Head, South Carolina, May 7, 2002.

Moser A. P. “A New Method for Predicting the Cyclic Life of PVC Pipes,” Presented at the Uni-Bell Annual Meeting, Henderson, Nevada, April 23, 2002.

Moser, A. P. and Folkman S. L., “The Structural Performance of a Storm Water Detention System Utilizing Bundled HDPE Pipes” Transportation Research Board Record of the National Academy, Washington D.C., Paper submitted July 2002.

Jeffery, Jared D., A. P. Moser and S. L. Folkman, “Revised Theory for Prediction Cyclic Life of PVC pipes”, Submitted for Publication in the Journal of the American Water Works Association, September, 2002.

BOOK
Moser A. P. "Buried Pipe Design Second Edition" McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, February 2001.

PAPERS REVIEWED in last 5 years (30)
Serve as a reviewer for three technical committees and review 5 to 7 technical papers each year.
Awards Awarded an NSF Faculty Fellowship June 1965 to August 1966;
Received the Johns-Manville "A" Award for Outstanding Performance 1973;
Received the MAE Outstanding Teaching Award for 1993.
Distinguished Service Award for service on the BRAG Governing Board 1997
Community Service No. Logan City Councilman 1982-1990.
Mayor No. Logan City 1990-1998.
Chairman Cache Municipal Planning Organization 1992.
Executive Director Cache Municipal Planning Organization 1993.
Governing Board Bear River Associations of Governments, 1993-1997.
Telephone (435) 797-2780
E-mail address a.p.moser@.usu.edu

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