GENG840
GeoEngineering Seminar Course Schedule
Fall
2010
| 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 |
The Victor Milligan Lecture series, by Chris Clayton, University of Southampton, Rankine Lecture: "Stiffness at small strain
- research and practice" |
Jeffrey 126, not 127 ! ! |
| Mon, Oct 4 |
12:00 noon |
Paul Marinos,
Geology of Athens, Greece. - A case of urban geology for land use,
construction of major engineering structures, hazard assessment and
sustainable development
Luncheon invite |
Kingston Brewing Company, 34 Clarence Street, Kingston |
| Tues, Oct 5 |
4:30-5:30pm |
Paul Marinos,
"Ongoing challenges in Engineering Geology for tunnelling in difficult ground" |
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"
Luncheon invite |
Kingston Brewing Company, 34 Clarence Street, Kingston |
| Tues, Oct 26 |
4:30-5:30pm |
No seminar this week |
Watson 217 |
| Tues, Nov 2 |
4:30-5:30pm |
The Victor Milligan Lecture series, by Dr. R.D. Holtz, PhD PE DGE, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Eng., Seattle, WA, "Reinforced Soil Technology: From Experimental to the Familiar" |
Watson 217 |
| Thu, Nov 4 |
4:00-5:00 pm |
Yahya Nazhat,
School of Civil Engineering,
University of Sydney, "Digital image analysis of dynamic compaction effects on sand"
|
Dunning 27 |
| Tues, Nov 16 |
8:30 am - 4:30 pm |
All day short course by Ian Moore, "Culvert and Sewer Deterioration and Repair Using Polymer Liners"
(more info) Please contact Jolanda for sign up |
Performance Lounge, John Deutch Centre |
| Wed, Nov 17 |
9 am - 4:30 pm |
All day short course by Ian Moore, "Pipe Replacement Using Pipe Bursting"
(more info) Please contact Jolanda for sign up |
Performance Lounge, John Deutch Centre |
| Mon, Nov 29 |
4:30-5:30pm |
Dr. Elisabeth Bowman,
Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, "The Sept 2010 Christchurch Earthquake" |
Ellis 323 |
|
