Geotechnical News June 2011
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GEO-INSTITUTE NEWS
The 4 award-winning lectures in-
cluded:
• H. Bolton Seed Lecture, “Risk and
Reward - Geotechnical Engineer-
ing and the Alberta Oil Sands”
by Norbert Morgenstern, Ph.D.,
P.Eng.
• Peck Lecture, “Seismic Design of
Underground Structures: Lessons
from the Failure of the Daikai Sta-
tion” by Antonio Bobet, Sc.D., P.E
.
• Terzaghi Lecture, “Seismic Mea-
surements and Geotechnical En-
gineering” by Kenneth Stokoe,
Ph.D., P.E., D.GE
• Mercer Lecture, “Use of Geosyn-
thetics to Improve Seismic Per-
formance of Earth Structures” by
Junichi Koseki
Also hosted during Geo-Frontiers
on March 16 was the Geosynthetic
Research Institute›s annual conference
(GRI-24). The conference featured
20
papers
about
“Optimizing
Sustainability Using Geosynthetics.“
View videos and order photos at:
Conferences/Geo-Frontiers2011.html
Geo-Frontiers 2011
Advances in Geotechnical
Engineering
Edited
by
Jie
Han,
Ph.D.,
P.E.; Daniel A. Alzamora, P.E
Geotechnical Special Publications
GSP 211 CD-ROM.
Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011,
held in Dallas, TX, March 13-16, 2011.
Sponsored by Geo-Institute of ASCE;
Industrial Fabrics Association Interna-
tional; North American Geosynthetics
Society; and Geosynthetics Materials
Association. This collection contains
496 peer-reviewed papers that describe
advances in research and the practical
application of geotechnologies, espe-
cially including geosynthetics. Papers
from a memorial session to honor Ber-
nard Myles for his contributions to the
geosynthetics industry are also collect-
ed in this volume.
Geotechnical Professional
Development Corner
Webinars
Load and Resistance Factor
Design (LRFD) for Geotechnical
Engineering
Features:
Design
and Construction of Driven Pile
Foundations
June 21, 2011
Noon - 1:30 PM (ET)
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Tire Derived Aggregate in
Geotechnical and
Environmental Applications -
Part V of VI - New!
June 28, 2011
Noon - 1:00 PM (ET)
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Load and Resistance Factor
Design (LRFD) for Geotechnical
Engineering Features: Drilled
Shaft Foundations
July 8, 2011
Noon - 1:30 PM (ET)
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Load and Resistance Factor
Design (LRFD) for Geotechnical
Engineering Features: Micropile
Foundations July 29, 2011
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (ET)
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For more webinars:
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Seminars
Finite Elements in
Geotechnical Engineering
June 9-10, 2011
Millennium Hotel Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
/
ASCEWebSite/Webinar/ListSeminar.
aspx?CatCode=CED-GEOT
Instrumentation & Monitoring
Bootcamp: Planning, Execution
& Measurement Uncertainty
for Structural & Geotechnical
Construction Projects
Sep 22 - 23, 2011
Hyatt Place Boston Medford
Medford, MA
estore/17984/Instrumentation.pdf
For more seminars:
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First U.S.-India Workshop a
Success
The first U.S.-India Workshop about
Global Geoenvironmental Engineering
Challengeswas held inNewDelhi, India
on November 7, 2010 in conjunction
with the 6th International Congress on
Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG),
held every four years under the
sponsorship of the International Society
for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering (ISSMGE).
A total of 17 U.S.-based participants
met with their 20 Indian counterparts to
discuss several key research initiatives,
including sustainable waste manage-
ment, green and sustainable remedia-
tion, renewable/alternative energy, and
global climate change and greenhouse
gases.
The participants also visited the
Okhla landfill that is located in the
midst of a residential neighborhood.
There they observed some of the op-
erational challenges and deficiencies
not commonly seen in the West: the ab-
sence of a leachate collection system, a
