We would like to thank Carmeuse Industrial Sands for donating the sand for the Student Geo-Challenge.
Student Papers and Student Paper Competition
Abstracts were sought from students for an oral presentation session and a poster
session during the congress.The winner of the GeoCongress 2008 Student Paper Competition, Abouzar Sadrekarimi, M.S. will present his paper entitled, “Shearing Behavior of Sands in Terms of Compressibility Mechanisms”On Wednesday, March 12 at 8:00 a.m. during the session entitled “The Confluence of Visualization, Experimental Mechanics and Theoretical Mechanics in the Solution of Geotechnical Problems II” located in Napoleon B3.The student program is open to both graduate and undergraduate students who will be enrolled in a relevant degree program in the 2007-2008 academic year (all or part of the academic year). Students were able to collaborate with other students, however collaborations with other individuals (e.g., professors, academic advisors, professional advisors, etc) were not allowed.
Notification of acceptance of abstracts was May 4, 2007. Upon abstract acceptance students were asked to submit their papers according to the guidelines for Geotechnical Special Publications*. The deadline for draft paper submissionwas July 15, 2007. Papers were reviewed by a committee and review decisions on draft papers were provided by August 31, 2007. Final papers were due on November 2, 2007.
Accepted papers were assigned to either an appropriate oral or poster presentation session. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. One paper received a student best paper award. The award winner was announced on December 3, 2007. His/Her conference registration expenses will be covered.
* The guidelines are available at:
www.geoinstitute.org/publications.cfm
Workshop on “Building a Resume for, and Applying to, a Faculty Position”
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2008
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Students who are interested in considering a faculty career will be able to attend a free, two-hour workshop that will provide information and tips on how to develop a competitive resume for a faculty position in engineering/science. The workshop will also talk about putting together an effective job application, as well as planning an effective interview strategy. Tips on how to build a list of good referees will also be provided.
Geo-Challenge Student Competition on Retaining Wall Construction
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Teams of students from across the country will again compete in the action-packed MSE Geo-Challenge. The competition involves constructing a scaled-down model of a mechanically stabilized wall in which dry sand reinforced with paper is retained behind a paper wall that has been constructed in a plywood form. The event is judged on the wall’s capacity to support a design load, the amount of reinforcement used, and the quality of the design report. Congress attendees are encouraged to attend this exciting event to cheer on the contestants. Details concerning the rules for competition and judging can be found at http://www.ce.unlv.edu/egl/asce/.
