Professor Patrick J. Fox’s publication Geomembrane damage due to static and cyclic shearing over compacted gravelly sand received honorable mention and was recognized as "one of the best papers published in Geosynthetics International in 2011” by Members of the Editorial Board of Geosynthetics International.

Fox, P.J., Ross, J.D., Sura, J.M. and Thiel, R.S. (2011). Geomembrane damage due to static and cyclic shearing over compacted gravelly sand. Geosynthetics International, 18, No. 5, 272–279.