Virginia ASCE Geotechnical Meetings

Virginia ASCE Geotechnical Meetings

In August 2009, Roger Failmezger attended a planning meeting in Denver sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE.  The purpose of the meeting was to encourage geotechnical groups like ours to join the Geo-Institute.  At our October 2009 dinner meeting, we decided to join.  We prepared By-Laws and received an endorsement from the Virginia Section of ASCE.  In February, the Geo-Institute approved us as a chapter.

Each year we organize three to four professional dinner meetings.   Our speakers are leaders in geotechnical engineering and share their technical knowledge with us.  The meetings are held in nice restaurants, whose food is on par with the quality of the speakers.  Typically 25 to 50 engineers attend the meetings.  If you wish to be on announcement list, please email roger@insitusoil.com.  Shown below are the announcements and presentations from previous meetings.

Richard L. Handy

Richard L. Handy, Ph. D.

New Measurements Attack Old Problems

rlhandy@iowatelecom.net
www.handygeotech.com

March 2005

Primer on Soil Arching
Easy Arching

Ray Martin

Adam Cheise

Seepage and Piping in Dams

rayemartin@aol.com

May 2005

Seepage and Piping

IndiesThomas L. Brandon, Ph. D., P.E.

Thomas L. Brandon, Ph. D., P.E.

Rock Slope Remediation in the British West Indies

tbrandon@vt.edu

http://www.cee.vt.edu/geot/

September 2005

J. Brian Anderson, Ph. D., P.E.

J. Brian Anderson, Ph. D., P.E.

Estimatation and Measurement of Earth Pressures in Piedmont Residual Soils

jbanders@uncc.edu

December 2005

Earth Pressure in Piedmont Soils

Michael Cowell, P.E.

Michael Cowell, P.E.

Recent Advancements in Geopier Technology and Dynamic Compaction Technologies

mcowell@geostructures.com

www.geostructures.com

February 2006

Tariq Hamid, Ph. D., P.E.

Tariq Hamid, Ph. D., P.E.

Unsaturated Soil Mechnics–
Introduction and Application

THamid@GeoConcepts-Eng.Com
www.geoconcepts-eng.com

December 2006

Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

IndiesThomas L. Brandon, Ph. D., P.E.

Thomas L. Brandon, Ph. D., P.E.

Rock Slope Remediation in the British West Indies

tbrandon@vt.edu

http://www.cee.vt.edu/geot/

September 2005

Ira Brotman, P.E.

Ira Brotman, P.E.

Roller Compacted Concrete for the Norfolk International Terminals

March 2007

Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement Properties, Design and Construction

Bill Marcuson, Ph. D., P.E.

The Future of Civil
Engineering–2025

William.F.Marcuson@usace.army.mil

April 2007

Paul Bullock, Ph. D., P.E.

Dynamic Testing For All Piles

pbullock@tweinc.com
www.tweinc.com

November 2007

Dynamic Pile Tests

Tom McNeilan

Tom McNeilan

Marine Geotechniques—from
Exploration to Design in
1 to 1000 feet of Water

tmcneilan@fugro.com
www.fugroatlantic.com

March 2008

Dave Mongan, P.E.

Sustainability and His Goals for ASCE

May 2008

Dave White, Ph. D., P.E.

Dave White, Ph. D., P.E.

Ray Martin, Ph. D., P.E.

Pervari Hydroelectric Dam and Landslide

rayemartin@aol.com

March 2009

Pervari, Turkey

John H. Schmertmann Ph. D., P.E.

Use Statistics, Testing and Remediation
to Reduce Pile Foundation Costs

October 2009