GENG840
GeoEngineering Seminar Course Schedule
Fall
2010
(still under construction, will be updated once details are final)
| Date |
Time |
Presenter/Subject |
Location |
| Mon, Aug 9 |
3 pm |
Sam Frydman,
Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
Haifa, Israel, "Learning from Geotechnical Failures", |
Dunning 12 |
| Tues, Sept 7 |
10 - 11:30am |
William Powrie, FREng, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, "Insights into the behaviour of geotechnical structures through field observation" |
Ellis 324 |
| Tues, Sept 21 |
4:30-5:30pm |
John Atkinson, Coffey Geotechnics Ltd, Reading, Berkshire, UK, "What is Failure and Why Do Failures Occur?" |
Watson 217 |
| Wed, Sept 29 |
4:30-6 pm |
Chris Clayton, University of Southampton, Rankine Lecture: "Stiffness at small strain
- research and practice" |
Jeffrey 127 |
| Tues, Oct 5 |
4:30-5:30pm |
Paul Marinos |
Watson 217 |
| Tues, Oct 19 |
4:30-5:30pm |
Robert Phaneuf, P.E., Acting Director,
Bureau of Hazardous Waste & Radiation Management, "New York State’s Regulatory Approach to Environmental Containment Systems" |
Watson 217 |
| Thu, Oct 21 |
12 noon |
Sarah Springman, Head of Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, Zürich,
Switzerland, "The Rüdlingen landslide experiment" |
Kingston Brew Pub |
| Tues, Oct 26 |
4:30-5:30pm |
Dr. Yanful |
Watson 217 |
| Tues, Nov 2 |
4:30-5:30pm |
Dr. R.D. Holtz, PhD PE DGE, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Eng., Seattle, WA |
Watson 217 |
| Tues, Nov 9 |
4:30-5:30pm |
|
Watson 217 |
| Tues, Nov 16 |
4:30-5:30pm |
|
Watson 217 |
| Tues, Nov 23 |
4:30-5:30pm |
|
Watson 217 |
| Tues, Nov 30 |
4:30-5:30pm |
|
Watson 217 |
| Tues, Dec 7 |
4:30-5:30pm |
|
Watson 217 |
|
