Advances in Geotechnical Engineering

The Geo-Frontiers 2011 Technical Paper is in developement. Please check back in mid-September for a complete listing of an estimated 90 sessions featuring over 500 technical papers from over 1000 authors and co-authors.

TECHNICAL TRACKS

Soil/Rock Mechanics and Modeling
Topics Include:
Characterizing and predicting expansive soil behavior
Multi-scale characterization and modeling of soils
A hysteresis curve of SWCC for unsaturated soils
Computational methods in geotechnical engineering
Micro-mechanics of granular soils: experimentation, modeling and computational analyses
Soil-structure-geosynthetics interaction
Bio-mediated soil Improvement

Geotechnical Testing and Site Characterization
Topics Include:
Characterizing, testing, modeling and case studies on expansive clays and compacted
Advances in site characterization
Geophysical technologies to characterize variability and uncertainty for engineering
Use of geophysical methods for transportation infrastructure inspection
Soil/rock behavior and lab testing

Foundations and Ground Improvement
Topics Include:
Energy foundations
Wind turbine foundations - geotechnical explorations, analysis and design
Design of shallow foundations under non-uniform loading and subsurface conditions
Ground improvement
Deep foundations

Slopes, Embankments, and Earth Retaining Structures
Topics Include:
Green engineering: Walls and slopes with cellular confinement systems
Retaining walls for transportation projects
Slope stability issues and stabilization methods
Dynamic soil-structure interaction
Excavation and buried structures
Embankments and dams

Geosynthetics
Topics Include:
Advances in materials, design methods, and performance evaluation of drainage geocomposites in landfills
Interaction of geosynthetics with unsaturated soils
Geosynthetic clay liners - new research
Concrete protection liners
Geosynthetic floating cover systems       
Geotextile tubes
Geosynthetic properties and evaluation

Geoenvironmental Engineering
Topics Include:
Advances in sustainable barrier materials and systems
Sustainable use of waste
Advances in site remediation technologies
Recent advances in the use of geosynthetics for containment systems
Geosynthetic liners for containing contaminants of emerging concern
Elevated temperatures in landfills
Characterization and re-use of waste materials such as; coal combustion products, shredded tire, foundry sand, and other emerging waste
Unsaturated characteristics and behavior of solid waste fills
Transport in porous media

Geo-Hazards (Earthquakes, Landslides, Erosions, Others)
Topics Include:
Blast hazards to geotechnical  structures - characterization and mitigation
Landslides - analysis and design
Monitoring and health assessment of earth structures and other geotechnical systems
Geological site characterization for geohazards management
Fundamentals of erosion
Seismic hazards and mitigation
Land subsidence and ground movement

Transportation Materials and Pavements
Topics Include:
The use of lightweight fill, example projects and design requirements
Best practices for the structural evaluation of existing highway pavements
Geosynthetic reinforcement mechanisms in pavement stabilization applications
Mechanistic-based evaluation of pavement layer and foundation properties
Behavior and design of stabilized pavement layers and foundations

Other Geotechnical-Related Issues
Topics Include:
Geotechnical engineering for design innovations with new technologies
Geotechnical education
Statistical, reliability, and risk analysis

Panel Discussions
Topics Include:
Installing and welding HDPE geomembranes - How we do it and why
Evaluations of existing foundations
Installation of large diameter steel caissons
The development of national standards for leak detection technologies
Redefining the role of geology in site geo-characterization for LRFD projects

*Complete Session Listing coming soon.

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Technical Program Questions
Barbara Connett, bjconnett@ifai.com 

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