Cristian Rojas, University of Maine, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Orono, United States, Jennifer L Ross, University of Maine, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Orono, United States, Betty John Kaimathuruthy, University of Bordeaux 1, Talence, France, Isabel Jalon-Rojas, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, EPOC, UMR 5805, Pessac, France and Aldo Sottolichio, EPOC - University of Bordeaux, Talence, France