State of the Art and Practice Keynote Presentations

Ronaldo Borja, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

"Computational Plasticity for Geotechnical Applications"

Craig Benson, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison

"Using Unsaturated Geotechnics to Design Covers for Waste Containment"

George Fliz, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech

"Column Supported Embankments"

Vaughan Griffiths, Division of Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

"Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering: Stability Analysis of Highly Variable Soils"

Serge Leroueil, Civil Engrgr., Laval University

"Landslide Investigation and Analysis"

Fred Kulhawy, Cornell University

"Reliability- Based Design of Foundations"

Paul Mayne, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech.

"Requirement of Multi-channel In-situ tests for Routine Geotchnical Site Characterization"

James Mitchell (Virginia Tech) and

Vern Schaefer (Iowa State University)

"Ground Improvement in the 21st Century:

A Comprehensive Web-Based Information System"

Carl Monismith, University of California- Berkeley

"Flexible Pavement Analysis and Design- A Half Century of Achievement"

Soheil Nazarian, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Texas El- Paso

"Shear Wave Profiling"

Mark Randolph, Scool of Civil and Resourse Engineering, University of Western Australia

"Offshore Geotechnics -- the Challanges of Deepwater Soft Sediments"

Ray Seed, Univ. of California- Berkeley, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engrg

"Stability Analysis of Levees"

Nick Sitar, Dept. of Civil & Enivironmental Engineering, UC- Berkeley

"Seismic Earth Pressures on Retaining Structures and Basement Walls"

Jonathan Stewart, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA

"Nonlinear Site Response in Generic Site Factors and from Site- specific Analysis"

Fulio Tonon, Dept. of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engrg., University of Texas - Austin

"Tunneling in Difficult Stress-Strain Conditions"

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

"Geotechnical Engineering Education"

Jorge Zornberg, Dept. of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engrg., University of Texas - Austin

"State of the Art on Geosynthetics Engineering"

Jeff Adams, ENGEO, Inc. and

Krishna Reddy, Dept. of Civil & Materials Engineering, U. of Illinois - Chicago

"Characterization, Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites: Lessons Learned and Recent Advances"

Peter Anderson, The Reinforced Earth Company

"State of the Practice of MSE Wall Design for Highway Structures"

Rudy Bonaparte, Geosyntec, Inc.

"The Business of Geotechnics"

Don Bruce, Geosystems, L.P.

"Real Time Instrumentation in Dam Foundation Grouting"

Dan Brown, Dan Brown and Associates, Inc.

"Drilled Foundations: State of the Practice"

Don DeGroot, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (with Chuck Ladd)

"Site Characterization using Advanced Sampling Techniques in Combination with Insitu Tests"

Philippe Jean-Jean, BP Americas, Inc.

"Offshore Geotechnics - State of Practice Throughout the Life of an Offshore Field"

Demetrious Koutsoftas, Independent Consultant

"Braced Excavations in Soft Soils"

Suzanne Lacasse, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

"Risk Assessment and Management"

Patrick Lucia, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.

"The Practice of Geotechnical Forensic Engineering"

John Nelson, Enganalytics, Inc. and

William Houston, Dept. of Civil, Environ, and Sustainable Engrg., Arizona State Univ.

"Foundation Engineering on Expansive and Collapsing Soils: State of Practice"

Sissy Nikolaou, PhD, PE, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers

"Geo-Seismic Design in Eastern US: State of Practice"

Harry Poulos, Coffey Associates

"Foundation Design for Tall Buildings"