Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop Program
Stewart
Center, Room 218, 128 Memorial Mall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Theme:
Geotechnical Engineering: Crossing Boundaries
7:30 a.m.          Breakfast: coffee, juice, rolls, fruit,
etc.
8:00
a.m.          Opening
of Workshop - Philippe Bourdeau, Purdue
University
             
              Welcome -  Melba Crawford, Purdue University
MORNING SESSION  
Moderator: Antonio Bobet, Purdue University;
 Coordinator:
Ahmadreza Hedayat, Purdue University
8:20 a.m.        Keynote: THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN DESIGN
OR MENTAL MODELS AND REAL PERFORMANCE
           
               Rick Deschamps, Nicholson Construction Company
9:00
a.m.        Numerical Analysis of Structure Soils
           
               Angelo Amorosi, Politecnico di Bari
9:20 a.m. 
       August 23, 2011 Central Virginia Earthquake and Implications
of the IBC
           
               Morgan Eddy, Steele Foundations, LLC
9:40 a.m.         Image Processing for Comprehensive Soil Characterization
           
               Roman Hryciw,
University of Michigan
10:00 a.m.         BREAK
10:30 a.m.        New Generation TDR for Water Content and Dry Density of Soils
           
               Sochan Jung,
Purdue University
10:50 a.m.       Bioswale Demonstration
Project (Cook County, Illinois)
           
               Angela
Force, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC
11:10 a.m.       Construction Over Soft Ground: A Cost-Efficient Combination
of Proven Technologies and Novel Design
           
               David Espinoza,
Geosyntec Consultants
11:40
a.m.        GROUP PHOTO, PMU STEPS
11:50
a.m.        LUNCH - Room 118, Purdue
Memorial Union
AFTERNOON
SESSION
Moderator: Mike Wigger, Earth Exploration Inc.;
 Coordinator:
Alain El Howayek, Purdue University
12:50 p.m.        Keynote: IMAGING PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN FRACTURES
           
               Laura Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University
1:30 p.m. 
        Understanding Clays in Oil Sands Processes: how the clay
particle beat the 105 ton per hour process
           
               Cliff Johnston, Purdue University
1:50 p.m. 
        Lubrication Behavior of Drilling Fluids:
Rheology, Tribology & Colloidal Science
           
               Pao-Tsung
Huang, Purdue University
2:10 p.m. 
        BREAK
2:30 p.m.        Effects
of Geochemical Changes on Geotechnical Properties of a Leached Ore Material
           
               Jeong-Yun Won,
Fugro Consultants, Inc.
2:50 p.m.       
Performance of Energy Foundations for Heating and
Cooling of Structures
           
               Guney Olgun,
Virginia Tech
3:10 p.m.       
Residential Clients and Difficult Sites; Putting a Successful Project Together
           
               Rick Prince,
Prince Engineering
3:30 p.m.       PANEL DISCUSSION
           
               Moderator:  Vincent Drnevich,
Purdue University
4:15 p.m.         WORKSHOP CLOSURE