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From: JAMES E. LAIER, Ph,D, P.E
Subject: A Call for Abstracts!

FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
A geotechnical special publication honoring JOHN H. SCHMERTMANN
Editors: James E. Laier, David Crapps and Mohamad Hussein

Sponsor: The Deep Foundations Committee of the Geo-Institute.

Professor John H. Schmertmann has been active in research, design, construction and innovations, and he has served in many review boards and as an expert witness for many years. Dr. Schmertmann is a generalist at a time when many have specialized. His contributions, and the topics of this Geotechnical Special Publication cover the whole field of geotechnical engineers. A complete list of topics and subtopics is available at the Deep Foundations Committee’s website: www.ce.uncc.edu/gidfc/schmert.html.

Deadline: October 1, 2006 for abstracts of no more than 500 words, abstracts must be submitted online by e-mail to JHSVolume@soearth.com.

For more information please contact:
James E. Laier, Southern Earth Sciences, Inc.
P.O. Box 160745
Mobile, AL 36616
phone: (251) 344-7711
email: jlaier@soearth.com

Subject: Call For Papers and other Information added to Case Histories web site

We are happy to inform you that Call for Papers for the Sixth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering and Symposium in Honor of Professor James K. Mitchell, Washington, D.C., August 11-16, 2008 has been posted at www.6icchge2008.org
The Themes are varied and will interest you. Our State of the Art and Practice Speakers are from Belgium, Canada, India, Japan, United Kingdom, and USA. A Symposium to Honor Professor James K. Mitchell will be held on Thursday, August 14, 2008. You are invited to contribute a paper and please share this information with your friends and colleagues who may be interested.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Shamsher Prakash, Conference Chairman
Professor Emeritus in Civil Engineering
University of Missouri – Rolla
prakash@umr.edu