Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop Program

Monday, May 7, 2007

Stewart Center Room 202, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Theme: Geotechnics and Supplying Future Energy Needs

Morning Session

Moderator: Brock Barry, P.E. Coordinator: Mike Wigger, P.E.

8:00 AM Welcome - M. Kathy Banks, Head, School of Civil Engineering

8:15 AMGeotechnical Engineering Considerations for Energy Development Projects, Timothy Crowl, P.E. - Senior Engineer with Haley & Aldrich in Hartford, CT.

9:15 AM Ground Modification Applications for Bio-Fuel Plants, Raymond J. Franz, Hayward Baker, Roselle IL

9:45 AM Break

10:00 AM Landfill and Bioreactor Engineering for Enhanced Landfill Gas Recovery, Kevin Foye, Ph.D., CTI & Associates, Inc., Brighton MI

10:30 AM Embankment Load Tests on an Active Coal Ash Basin, Alan F. Rauch, Ph.D., P.E., and Thomas G. Pace, P.E., Fuller, Mossberger, Scott & May Engineers, Inc, Lexington, Kentucky.

11:00 AM Instrumentation Results from Construction of a Utility Tunnel for the New Indianapolis International Airport, Scott J. Ludlow, Ph.D., P.E. and Mike Wigger, P.E., Earth Exploration, Inc., Indianapolis IN

11:30 AM Using BX Geogrids as Part of Heavy Duty Pavement Designs, Kevin A. McIlvaine, Tensar International Corporation, Indianapolis IN

Lunch Session

12:00 PM Lunch (Location to be announced)

Afternoon Session

Moderator: Antonio Bobet, Coordinator: Yiannis Zevgolis

1:00 PMGeotechnical Geophysics for Power Development, Richard D. Woods, Ph.D., P.E. - Melchor Visiting Professor, Notre Dame University, Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

2:00 PMSeismic and Electromagnetic Waves for Characterizing Fills and Backfills of Transmission Utilities,Vincent P. Drnevich, Ph.D., P.E., Teresa E. Dallinger, Aaron Evans, Pao-Tsung Huang, Sochan Jung, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and Xiong (Bill) Yu, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

2:30 PMPaleoseismic Investigations for Determining the Design Ground Motions for Nuclear Power Plants, Russell A. Green, Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI

3:00 PMFluids for Trenchless Technology, Marika Santagata, Purdue University, David Geier, Golder & Associates, Lakewood, CO, Wendell Solomon, Nicholson Construction Company, New York, NY.

3:30 PMBreak

Fifth Leonards Lecture, Monday, May 7, 2007, Stewart Center Room 206, Purdue University

4:00 PM Introduction of the Fifth G.A. Leonards Lecturer: Marika Santagata, Purdue University

The Role of Geotechnics in Supplying Future Energy Needs