Purdue Geotechnical Society Workshop Program

Friday, April 13, 2012

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