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Geotechnical News June 2011
GEO-INSTITUTE NEWS
methane/landfill gas collection system,
or the use of daily cover. Additionally,
no operational provisions are in place
for waste diversion or segregation.
By combining the perspectives of
the Workshop participants, researchers
and professionals may collaborate and
develop an understanding of the geoen-
vironmental challenges and needs of
the developing world. Through com-
bined efforts, researchers and profes-
sionals will have an increased ability to
meet these challenges and mitigate the
global effects of these challenges.
Funding for the Workshop, as well
as the participants, was graciously pro-
vided by the National Science Founda-
tion, the Geo-Institute, Indian Geotech-
nical Society, and India’s Department
of Science & Technology. For infor-
mation
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and its engineering and environmental
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Call For Papers for Kulhawy
GSP
Abstracts due: June 30, 2011
Sponsored by the Geo-Institute, ASCE
will publish a geotechnical special
publication (GSP) titled “
Foundation
Engineering in the Face of Uncertainty
”
(subtitled “
Site Heterogeneity, Property
Variability, Risk, and Reliability-Based
Design”
). This GSP honors
Professor
Fred H. Kulhawy, Ph.D., P.E., G.E.,
D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE.
Mohamad Hussein, Kok-Kwang
Phoon,
and
James Withiam
will serve
as editors. Abstracts for proposed pa-
pers dealing with topics related to the
main theme are being considered. Pos-
sible topics are:
Geologic modeling for ground
characterization; Spatial variabil-
ity (natural ground, modified ground);
Test measurement errors (laboratory/
field); Transformation uncertainties
pertaining to design properties; Soil/
rock property statistics (distributions,
correlations); Model/bias factors in de-
sign equations; Probabilistic/reliability
methods; Random finite element meth-
ods; Limit state design (ultimate, ser-
viceability, economic, etc.); Reliabili-
ty-based design (RBD); Case histories;
and more.
Finished manuscripts are expected
in July 2012. The GSP will be released
at a specialty symposium during the
G-I’s 2013 annual meeting. All pa-
pers will be subjected to the standard
ASCE technical papers review process.
E-mail your 300-word abstract to Mo-
hamad H. Hussein at:
MHussein@pile.
com.
International Events
Endorsed by the
Geo-Institute
GeoHunan International
Conference II:
Emerging Technologies for
Design, Construction,
Rehabilitation, and Inspections
of Transportation
Infrastructures
June 9-11, 2011
Zhangjiajie (Hunan Province), China
geohunan11/
5th International Conference
on Debris Flow Hazards
Mitigation
June 14-17, 2011
Padova, Italy
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IS-Seoul 2011: Fifth
International Symposium on
Deformation Characteristics of
Geomaterials
August 31-September 3, 2011
Seoul, Korea
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