EVALUATING SOIL PROPERTIES AND CYCLIC LOADING EFFECTS OF FLORIDA’S CLAYEY SILTY FINE SAND SOILS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH PILE REBOUND by Ali Fadil M. Omar Master of Engineering Sirte University, Libya 2008 Master of Science Florida Institute of Technology 2013 A dissertation submitted to the College of Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering Melbourne, Florida November, 2016