Jason Lueke, Ph.D., P.Eng., is the National Discipline Leader for Trenchless Technology at Associated Engineering based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and has over 25 years of experience as a consulting engineer, university professor, and construction manager. He has extensive experience in the design and construction of horizontal directional drilling, microtunnelling, and cased crossings; and the rehabilitation of pipes by pipe bursting and sliplining. He has provided expert witness and opinion services on numerous cases for directional drilling and trenchless installations involving changed ground conditions, feasibility of construction methods, and productivity assessments.
Jason has served on the Boards of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT), the Centre for the Advancement of Trenchless Technologies (CATT) and the Executive Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) Pipelines Division; currently is on the Executive Council of the Canadian Underground Innovation Centre (CUIIC), and on the Editorial Board of Trenchless Technology Magazine Canada.
For over 20 years, Jason has been a volunteer instructor for NASTT and has taught the Laterals Rehabilitation, Horizontal Directional Drilling, and Pipe Bursting Good Practices courses. Additionally, he co-authored the second edition of NASTT’s Latera Good Practice Guidelines book. He has published over 80 journal and conference papers related to trenchless design and construction, is a recipient of ASCE’s John O. Bickel Award, ASCE’s Pipelines Division Award of Excellence, and was the inaugural recipient of NASTT’s Trent Ralston Award for Early Career Achievement in the field of Trenchless Technology.