Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop
Program
Stewart Center,
Room 214, State Street, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Theme: Sustainable,
Stable, and Equitable Communities: Near and Far
7:30 AM Coffee,
juice, rolls, fruit
Opening of Workshop -Vincent Drnevich, Chair PGS-Leonards Lecture
Organizing Committee
8:00 AM Welcome:
Leah Jamieson, John A. Edwardson
Dean of the Engineering / Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, Purdue University
Morning Session
Moderator:
Mike Wigger, Earth Exploration Coordinator: Alan Witthoeft, Purdue Civil Engineering
8:15 AM Keynote: Ethical, Design, and
Cultural Considerations when Working Primarily Outside the United States, William F.
Brumund, Golder Associates,
Jacksonville, FL.
9:00 AM Site Investigation and Foundation
Design Considerations for Offshore Re-newable Energy Projects, Tom McNeilan,
Fugro Atlantic, Norfolk, VA
9:25 AM I-99 Acid Rock Drainage Remediation Project, Kevin Foye, CTI
and Associates, Inc., Brighton, MI
9:50 AM Break
10:20 AM Challenges of Replacing a Small
Rural Bridge Without Impacting the Railroad, Darrin Beckett, Kentucky
Dept. of Highways, Frankfort, KY
10:45 AM Sustainable Reinforced Earth,
Dion Gray, Reinforced Earth Co., Vienna,
VA
11:10 AM Sustainable Goals Challenged by
Urban Fill, Daniel L. Harpstead,
Kleinfelder, Exton, PA
11:40 AM Group Photo - PMU Steps
11:50 AM Lunch - West Faculty Lounge, Purdue Memorial Union
Moderator: Joseph
Sinfield, Purdue Civil Engineering Coordinator: Chike Monwuba, Purdue Civil Engineering
1:00 PM Keynote - Global
Engineering Trends, Rabi Mohtar, Professor of Agricultural and Biological
Engineering and Director of the Purdue Global Engineering Program.
1:45 PM Sustainable Stewardship - Projeto Manuelzao - A Brazilian Rural
Community Project, Casias Terezinha
Galvão, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
2:10 PM Running an Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering Consulting
Company with a Social Mission, John
Mundell, Mundell & Associates, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
2:35 PM Re-engineering Engineers Without
Borders, Shiva Haghighi and Ryan
Hartzog, Purdue - Engineers without Borders, West Lafayette, IN
2:55 PM Participatory
Activities in Nicaragua: Field Work and Social Responsibility, Elena
Benedicto, Department of English, Purdue University
3:20 PM Panel Discussion: What We Can Do To Achieve More Sustainable, Stable, and Equitable
Communities: Near and Far, Joe Sinfield, moderator;
Panelists: Bernard Amadei, William F. Brumund, and Rabi Mohtar
4:00 PM Workshop
closes; refreshments in 214 Stewart Center prior to Leonards Lecture
Seventh G.A. Leonards Lecture
Fowler Hall, Stewart
Center, State Street, Purdue University
4:30 PM Welcoming Remarks: M. Katherine
Banks, Bowen Engineering Head and
Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
Introduction of the Seventh G.A. Leonards Lecturer: Antonio Bobet, Purdue University
Engineering with a Human Face
Bernard Amadei, Founder of Engineers Without Borders - USA
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Dr. Amadei is Professor of Civil Engineering at
the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his PhD in 1982 from the
University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Amadei is the Director of the
Engineering for Developing Communities program at CU Boulder. He is also the
Founding President of Engineers Without Borders - USA and the co-founder of
the Engineers Without Borders-International network. The mission of EWB-USA
is to partner with disadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life
through implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while involving
and training internationally responsible engineering professionals and
students. Among other distinctions, Dr. Amadei is a 2007 co-recipient of the
Heinz Award for the Environment and is a newly elected member of the U.S.
National Academy of Engineering. |
Abstract: The lecture will present the challenges and
opportunities associated with providing sustainable, equitable and appropriate
solutions to the basic needs of about 5 billion people whose job is to stay
alive by the end of the day. Quoting Albert Einstein, "The significant
problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created
them," it is clear that engineering needs to embrace a new mindset in
education, R&D, and practice. Addressing today's developing world problems
requires the education of a new generation of globalized engineers working
hand-in-hand with local communities, governments, and international development
organizations and an engineering profession willing to interact with other
disciplines.
6:30 PM Reception, Main Foyer, Dauch Alumni Center, 403 West Wood Street, Purdue University, West Lafayette
7:00 PM Dinner, Prusiecki Banquet Room, Dauch Alumni Center, 403 West Wood Street, Purdue University, West Lafayette
8:00
PM Meeting
of the PGS
Presentation of a memento to Bernard Amadei and informal remarks by him
Program Sponsors: Earth Exploration, Inc. (Gold), Fugro Consultants, Inc. (Gold), Golder and Associates (Gold), Haley and Aldrich (Silver), and the Purdue Chapter of the Sigma
Xi Scientific Research Society
Purdue Geotechnical
Society Program Committee:
Vincent P.
Drnevich, Antonio Bobet, Philippe Bourdeau, Marika Santagata, Joseph Sinfield, Brock
Barry, Pao-Tsung Huang, Chike Monwuba, Filipe Ochoa, Ruth Wertz, and Alan
Witthoeft of Purdue, and Mike Wigger of Earth Exploration.
Purdue Conference and Continuing Education Staff: Tom Robertson, roberttl@exchange.purdue.edu
The
Purdue Geotechnical Society
Founded in May 2003