Geotechnical Engineering Community
TOFANELLI Room (2nd Floor)
Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel,
Sunday, May 18th,
2008
Final Program
| 8:00 – 8:30 PM | Registration - Dr. Chris Baxter, Dr. John Bowders and Dr. Marte Gutierrez
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| 8:30 – 8:45 AM | Introductions and Announcements - Dr. Anand Puppala, Dr. Susan Burns and Dr. Jim Hanson
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| 8:45 – 10:00 AM | Research Session - Dr. Russell Green and Dr. Ali Maher
Speakers Dr. Lewis Semprini, Oregon State University, Single-Well Tests for Evaluating the Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents in the Subsurface Dr. Carlos Santamarina, Georgia Tech, National Research Council's Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation
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| 10:00 – 10:15 AM | Break
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| 10:15 – 11:00 AM | Speakers (cont.)
Mr. Richard Anderson, Principal Engineer, Somat Engineering, former President of ABET, The Globalization of Geotechnical Engineering Dr. Annie Kammerer, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC Geotechnical Engineering Needs in Staffing and Research Dr. Richard J. Fragaszy, Program Director, US National Science Foundation, Geotechnical Engineering Research at NSF – Recent Past and Future Directions
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| 11:00 – 11:10 AM | Break
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| 11:10 AM – 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion Moderators: Dr. Russell Green and Dr. Ali Maher Panelists: Dr. Lewis Semprini, Dr. Carlos Santamarina, Mr. Richard Anderson, Dr. Annie Kammerer, and Dr. Richard J. Fragaszy
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| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch Buffet (in the same room)
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| 1:30 – 2:00 PM | Education Session - Dr. Andrea Welker
Speaker Mr. Richard Anderson, Principal Engineer, Somat Engineering, former President of ABET, Graduate Education in Geotechnical Engineering & the Civil Engineering BOK
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| 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Three Breakout Group (BG) Meetings of Education Group Subcommittees (Syllabi and Course Content; Laboratory Facilities and Teaching Modules and Outreach)
BG 1: The BOK, ASCE program specific criteria, and ABET a-k: where do geotechnical courses fit in? Session led by the Syllabi and Course Content Subcommittee, Dr. Andrea Welker (Lead) BG 2: Geotechnical subjects in the first two years: how geotechnical concepts can be used in Statics, Dynamics, and other fundamental engineering classes. Session led by the Laboratory Facilities and Teaching Modules Subcommittee, Dr. Guoping (Gregg) Zhang (Lead) BG 3: What can we do to make our classes more enticing to underrepresented groups? Session led by the Outreach Subcommittee, Dr. Kimberley Warren (Lead)
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| 3:00 – 3:15 PM | Break
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| 3:15 – 4:15 PM | Breakout Groups Summary and Discussion Moderator: Dr. Andrea Welker |
| 4:15 – 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion: Mentoring Young Faculty and Outreach Issues Moderators: Dr. Anand Puppala and Dr. Jim Hanson Panelists: Dr. Barbara Luke, Dr. Matt Evans, and Dr. Thomas Zimmie
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| 5:00 PM | Closure (Dr. Jim Hanson)
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| 6:30 PM | USUCGER Banquet (Sofia’s Restaurant, Close to the Sheraton)
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