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To submit news of interest to the geotech group
please send an email to the webmaster.
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10th C.W. Lovell Distinguished Lecture
The 10th C.W.
Lovell Distinguished Lecture will be held on October 20th, and will feature
Prof. Heinz Brandl from Vienna University of
Technology in Austria with his lecture titled, "Theory and Practice of
Near-Surface Geothermal Geotechnics (Energy
Foundations and Other Thermo-Active Ground-Source Systems)."
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William F. Brumund: Georisks
in the business environment
Great appreciation
to Dr. Brumund (Ph.D., 1969, Purdue Geotech) for his insight lecture on Georisks.
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Sochan Jung ready for
graduation
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Congratulations to
Dr. Sochan Jung for his Ph.D. defense with Prof. Drnevich.
His dissertation focuses on "New Methodology for Soil Characterization
using Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)".
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Prof. Prezzi awarded Telford Prize
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Congratulations to
Prof. Prezzi for being awarded the Telford Prize
of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for her paper with students P. Basu and D. Basu entitled
"Analysis of PVD-Enhanced Consolidation with Soil
Disturbance." She will receive
the award in London in October.
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Prof. Bobet wins Ralph Peck Award
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Congratulations to
Prof. Antonio Bobet for being selected by the
ASCE GeoInstitute Board of Governors to receive the
2011 Ralph Peck Award. He received the award for his outstanding
contributions to the geotechnical engineering profession; particularly, his
case study on the earthquake-induced failure of the Daikai
Station (Kobe) and, based thereupon, the develoment
of analysis/design procedures for shallow underground structures subject to
seismically-induced deformation.
Prof. Bobet will be presented with the Peck Medal at the GeoFrontiers 2011 Conference in March.
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[posted
July 20 2009]
–GIGSO TURKEY RUN STATE PARK CANOE TRIP,
July 25, 2009
[posted
July 14 2009]
–GIGSO GOLF CLINIC, July 17, 2009
The following geotech students graduated in
2011. Congratulations to all of them and good luck to their future endeavors.
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Grad. Date
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Name
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Degree
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Thesis Title
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May 2011
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El
Howayek, Alain
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MSCE
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Characterization, Rheology
and Microstructure of Laponite Suspensions
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Aug 2011
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Tian, Yu
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MSCE
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Tunnels in saturated elastic transversely
anisotropic rock with drainage
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Dec 2011
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Sochan, Jung
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Ph.D.
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New Methodology
for Soil Characterization using Time Domain Reflectometry
(TDR)
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