• Syam Nair and Dallas Little, (2011). "Mechanisms of Distress Associated with Sulfate-Induced Heaving in Lime-Treated Soils", Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Volume 2212, p 82-90. [Received Best Paper Award].

• Dallas Little, Syam Nair, and Bruce Herbert, (2010). "Addressing Sulfate-Induced Heave in Lime Treated Soils", Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE Volume 136, Issue 1, p. 110-118.

• Dallas Little and Syam Nair, (2009). "Validation of Sensitivity of Sulfate-Bearing Soils to Ettringite Growth by Differential Scanning Calorimetry." Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Volume 2104, p 63-70. [Nominated for K.B. Wood's best paper award].

• Syam Nair and Dallas Little, (2009). "Water - The Key to Expansion of Ettringite in Cementitious Materials." Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Volume 2104, p 55-62.

• Bruce Herbert, Dallas Little, Syam Nair, and Cris Markley, (2009). "Site-Specific Risk Assessmentof Sulfate Induced Heave in Lime-Stabilized Clay Soils." Contemporary Topics in GroundModification, Problem Soils, and and Geo-Support, 2009, (GSP 187) American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, p. 558-565.

• Best Paper Award in soil mechanics section at Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. (2011)

• Nominated for K. B. Wood's Best Paper Award in design and construction at Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. (2009)

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