Geotechnical News June 2011
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GEO-INSTITUTE NEWS
Dr. Dennis Grubb
.
Members in the News
Donald Appointed Terracon’s
National Director of
Geotechnical Services
Victor Donald, P.E.,
was appointed
national director of Geotechnical
Services for
Terracon
. Donald is a
senior vice president and a senior
principal with the firm, working out of
Terracon’s Baton Rouge, LA office. He
was president of Aquaterra when it
joined Terracon in 2009. In addition to
his current role as division manager of
the Gulf Coast Division, Donald will
provide leadership and direction to
the geotechnical service line. He has
a master’s and bachelor’s degree in
civil engineering from Louisiana State
University. Throughout his 30 years of
professional experience, he gained an
extensive background in geotechnical
engineering and works to promote the
geotechnical profession and its service
to the design and construction industry.
Grubb Hired as Environmental
Technology and Sustainable
Geotechnics Director
Dennis G. Grubb, Ph.D., P.E
. recently
joined CETCO® in the newly created
dual Directorship of Environmental
Technology
and
Sustainable
Geotechnics. In this role, Grubb will
expand CETCO’s capabilities to assist
clients with leveraging opportunities
related to the beneficial reuse of
industrial byproduct and recycled
materials.
“Dennis was championing the con-
cept of beneficial reuse years before
nearly anybody else had even heard
of it, and he is indisputably one of the
most knowledgeable and experienced
experts in this emerging arena,” said
Archie Filshill, Ph.D., president of
CETCO Contracting Services Com-
pany. “His diverse geotechnical, envi-
ronmental and chemical engineering
skills will add a new dimension to our
services that is truly unique in the in-
dustry, allowing us to evaluate sites in
a way that saves our clients money and
provides a foundation for green and
sustainable construction. and beneficial
reuse to the benefit of our clients, both
existing and new.”
G-I Members Influencing
Engineering
The G-I proudly recognizes the
following members for distinguishing
our profession by being a part of
International Water Power & Dam
Construction
magazine’s “Top 20 list”
who made the biggest difference to the
sector over the last decade.
GeorgeAnnandale, Ph.D., D.WRE,
F.ASCE
was the first engineer to de-
velop and publish a scientifically-
defensible and validated approach to
predicting scour of rock. He published
a seminal paper in 1995 that forms the
basis of the Erodibility Index Method
and the understanding of rock scour
that developed since then. Over the
last 10 years, this method has matured
through testing, case study validation
and refinement, and has been interna-
tionally accepted by the engineering
profession for use in the design of new
dams and for developing mitigation
designs ensuring the safety of existing
dams.
JohnDunnicliff,P.E.,Dist.M.ASCE
,
a consultant in geotechnical instrumen-
tation, has taught more than 100 CPD
courses worldwide on geotechnical
instrumentation. He is author of the
book “Geotechnical Instrumentation
for Monitoring Field Performance.”
He has been the editor of
Geotechni-
cal Instrumentation News
(GIN), in the
North American magazine
Geotechni-
cal News
since 1984, and in 2010, was
awarded ASCE Distinguished Mem-
bership.
Paulo Cezar Ferreira Erbisti, P.E
.
is the author of the textbook, “Design
of Hydraulic Gate,” which describes
the principal aspects of the design,
manufacture, installation and operation
of hydraulic gates. This Brazilian engi-
neer has contributed greatly to hydro-
power/dam engineering in the last 35
years in Brazil, Venezuela, and in sev-
eral other countries of the world.
During his 30-year career in Canada
where he worked with BC Hydro and
Klohn Crippen Consultants, and in Ire-
land,
Desmond Hartford
has been de-
veloping the knowledge base and pro-
moting new and modern approaches
to the assessment and management of
dam safety. He was one of the first in
the dam engineering community to rec-
ognize that the risk-informed and sys-
tems-based approach can significantly
improve the decision-making process
in dam safety.
Professor Alfread ‘Skip’ Hen-
dron, Ph.D.
works as full-time con-
sultant on the design and construction
of dams around the world with active
projects in Africa, Southeast Asia, and
North and South America. Most nota-
bly, he is the primary consultant to the
U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission (FERC) which has regulatory
authority over all non-federally owned
hydroelectric dams in the US.
David E Kleiner, P.E.
was the head
of the geotechnical group in Harza En-
gineering in Chicago, IL, where he di-
rected the design of many world class
earth and rock fill dams. He also partic-
ipated in other dam projects reviewing
and defining the foundation for the dam
(Olivenhain and Mossyrock in the U.S.
for example), or as member of review
boards or panel of experts (Toulnus-
touc in Canada, and others).
Harald Kreuzer, Ph.D
., a Swiss
consulting engineer, has participated
in a number of international events and
has served on numerous panels world-
wide, particularly concerning dam
safety issues. His vast experience and
knowledge have made a great contri-
bution in addressing dam safety issues
