Rate My Professor Samuel Ariaratnam

Ariaratnam has co-authored influential industry guidelines, including the Horizontal Directional Drilling Good Practices Guidelines, Pipe Bursting Good Practices, and the Maricopa Association of Governments’ public works specifications for installing underground utilities in 2016. His key publications include Assessment of infrastructure inspection needs using logistic models (Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2001). He has earned major honors such as Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (2022), Fellow of ASCE (2015), Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (2022), induction into the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2018), and membership in the U.S. National Academy of Construction (2019). Ariaratnam has held leadership roles including president of the ASCE Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute, past chairman of the International Society for Trenchless Technology, chair of the ASCE Pipelines Division, and service on the North American Society for Trenchless Technology Board of Directors (2001-2006), the USDOT Pipeline Advisory Committee, and National Academies committees. His work advances safer underground construction practices, reducing disruptions and enhancing public safety.