18th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
4:30 p.m., Friday, November 3, 2023
Burton Morgan Bldg, Room 121, Purdue University
Professor Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.
Arizona State University
GEO-Alchemy: Biogeotechnical Carbonate Precipitation for Hazard Mitigation and Ground Improvement
17th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
4:30 p.m., Friday, November 1, 2019
Lawson Hall, Room 1142, Purdue University
Professor Cino Viggiani
University of Grenoble Alpes
3D experimental geomechanics at the grain scale: what for?
16th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
4:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Lawson Hall, Room 1142, Purdue University
Professor Guy T. Houlsby
Oxford University
Geotechnical engineering challenges for offshore renewable energy
15th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
4:00 p.m., Friday, October 20, 2017
Lawson Hall, Room 1142, Purdue University
Professor Ross W. Boulanger
University of California, Davis
Seismic response of an embankment on loose saturated sand treated with soil-cement panels: Centrifuge Tests and Numerical Analyses
14th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Friday, November 4, 2016
Ross Ade Pavilion, Shively Media Center, Purdue University
Professor Richard Jardine
Imperial College, London
Geotechnics and Energy
13th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
4:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Lawson 1142, Purdue University
Professor Emeritus Michele Jamiolkowski
Technical University of Torino, Studio Geotecnico Italiano
Soil Mechanics and the Observational Method: Foundation Challenges at the Zelazny Most Tailings Storage Facility
(Informal Lecture)
The Behavior of the Leaning Tower of Pisa 15 Years After the End of Stabilization Works
1:30p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2015
Lawson 1142, Purdue University
12th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
October 1, 2014
Dr. James D. Murff
Evolution of Offshore Geotechnical Engineering
Cold Regions Engineering: The 50th Anniversary of the Purdue Permafrost Conference (1963-2013) and Remembrance of C. W. Lovell
Friday, November 15, 2013
To commemorate the 50 years since the First International Conference, the organizing committee, would like to invite you to attend the Cold Regions Engineering: The 50th Anniversary of the Purdue Permafrost Conference (1963-2013) and Remembrance of C. W. Lovell on Friday, November 15, 2013 at the Bowen Laboratory, Purdue University, Room 1003.
Conference Announcement
Conference Program
11th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
October 17, 2012
Prof. Scott Sloan, Laureate Professor
ARC Center of Excellence in Geotechnical Science and Engineering
University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Geotechnical Stability Analysis
10th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
October 20, 2011
Prof. Heinz Brandl
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Theory and Practice of Near-Surface Geothermal Geotechnics (Energy Foundations and Other Thermo-Active Ground-Source Systems)
Panel Discussion – Engineering Alternative Energy Solutions
Special Lecture "Retaining Structures and Highways/Railways along Sliding Slopes", 10:30 am, October 20 in ARMS 1103. Prof. Brandl presented this lecture at the Prof. E. DeBeer 100-Year Anniversary Lecture at Ghent State University in Belgium earlier this month.
9th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
April 14, 2011
Thomas D. O'Rourke
Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering
Geohazards and Large Geographically Distributed Systems
8th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
October 26, 2009
Dr. Delwyn G. Fredlund
Paradigm Shifts that Facilitate the Practice of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
7th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
October 21, 2008
Prof. David Potts
Using Numerical Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering Practice
6th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
September 21, 2007
R. Kerry Rowe
Long-Term Performance of Contaminant Barrier Systems
5th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
October 5, 2006
James K. Mitchell
Geotechnics: The Past, The Present, and Future Challenges and Opportunities
4th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
October 31, 2005
Malcolm Bolton
Geotechnical Research in Aid of the Decision-maker
3rd C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
February 1, 2005
Harry Poulos
Pile Behavior – Consequences of Geological and Construction Imperfections
2nd C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
April 18, 2004
Kenji Ishihara
Performance of Piles as Evaluated by Three-Layer Model
1st C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
May 12, 2003
Mark Randolph
Science and Empiricism in Pile Foundation Design
About C.W. Lovell
Professor Emeritus C. William Lovell's (1922-2013) career of teaching, research, consulting and practice extended over a period of 45 years. His research interests were broad and varied including: soft rocks (shales), compaction and compacted properties, soil fabric and pore size distribution, slope stability and erosion, cold weather problems, pavements, and uses of waste materials in geotechnical engineering. He supervised almost fifty theses.
Prof. Lovell was an active individual who served Purdue and the community in numerous ways. The establishment of this Distinguished Lecture is one such effort.
About the C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
Beginning in 2003, the C W Lovell Distinguished Lecture series was established through the generosity of Prof. Lovell, who expressed an interest in creating a lecture series at Purdue that will have staying power—one in which a track record of scholarship is clearly established. Thus, each year, the Geotechnical group at Purdue has invited lecturers to Purdue with outstanding accomplishments in Geotechnical engineering research. The lecture series creates an excellent opportunity for our graduate students to meet some of the most important names in Geotechnical engineering in person at Purdue.
