Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop Program
Monday, May 16, 2005
Theme: Recent Advances in Ground Modification: What would G.A.L. say?
Morning Session
Moderator: Antonio Bobet, Coordinator: Ovunc Mutlu
8:00 AM Welcome by Fred L. Mannering, Head, School of Civil Engineering
8:15 AM Deep Soil Mixing for Support of Embankments over Soft Soils - An Overview of a New Design Manual, James Lambrechts, Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
8:45 AM Case History: Use of Vibro-compaction for Ground Improvement of Jordan Hall of Science at the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Scott Ludlow, P.E., Earth Exploration, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
9:15 AM Ground Improvement for Soft Clays and Post-Construction Settlement in China, Renpeng Chen, Associate Professor, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, and Visiting Scholar, Geotechnical Engineering, Purdue University
9:45 AM Break
10:15 AM Rock Slope Stability in Large Open Pit Mines, John Read, Consultant, Queensland, Australia
10:45 AM Qualitative Landslide Hazard Assessment, Carlos Zambrano, Graduate Student, Geotechnical Engineering, Purdue University
11:05 AM Compression Behavior of a Cement-Treated Illitic Clay, Yeoun-Ike Kang, Doctoral Student, Geotechnical Engineering, Purdue University
11:30 AM Free Time
Lunch Session
12:00 PM Lunch (Second Floor, Bowen Lab) and tour of the Bowen Lab guided by Dr. Michael Kreger, Dir. Bowen Lab
Afternoon Session
Moderator: Marika Santagata, Coordinator: Asha Sreekrishnavilasam
1:15 PM Reinforced Embankments in Thessaloniki Greece and in Washington, D.C.: What GAL said and what GAL would say, Dr. Barry Christopher, P.E., Consultant
1:45 PM The Use of Geophysical Surveys to Detect and Quantify Detrimental Characteristics in Human-Placed and Naturally-Occurring Subsurface Materials (Part A), (Part B), (Part C), John A. Mundell, Principal, Mundell & Associates, Indianapolis, IN
2:15 PM Geotechnical and other aspects in the ancient Helike, Ioannis E. Zevgolis, Doctoral Student, Geotechnical Engineering, Purdue University
2:35 PM Electrical Properties of LKD Modified Clayey Soil, Radha Daita, Graduate Student, Geotechnical Engineering, Purdue University
Afternoon Session, Continued
2:55 PM PEOPLE SKILLS MATTER (Educational Issue), C.W. Lovell, Prof. Emeritus of Civil Engineering and Facilitator in Organization and Career Development with Purdue University, Human Resources Services
3:15 PM Workshop Challenge Competition, Antonio Bobet and Radha Daita, Purdue University
4:00 PM Break
4:15 PM Third G.A. Leonards Lecture
Introduction of the Third G.A. Leonards Lecturer: Vincent P. Drnevich
Geosynthetics in Transportation Engineering--New Solutions to Old Problems
Robert D. Holtz, Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
6:30 PM Reception, East Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union
7:00 PM Dinner and Meeting of the PGS, West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union
The Purdue Geotechnical Society gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance from:
Earth Exploration, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, mail@earthengr.com
Fugro Consultants, LP, Houston, TX, http://www.fugrosouth.com
Golder Associates Inc., Atlanta, GA, http://www.golder.com/
Purdue Geotechnical Society Program Committee:
Vincent P. Drnevich, Antonio Bobet, Philippe Bourdeau, Marika Santagata, Radha Daita, Ovunc Mutlu, and Asha Sreekrishnavilasam
Purdue Conference and Continuing Education Staff:
Kathryn R. Walters kw@purdue.edu
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