Advancing the Geoengineering Community

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Advancing the Geo-engineering Community
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• G-I Honors
• Awards
• Jean-Louis Briaud

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G-I Honors and Awards

• 2009 Harry Schnabel Jr. Award for Career
  Excellence in Earth Retaining Structures
• Presented to
• Edward Ulrich, P.E.
• Ulrich Engineers, Inc.
• In recognition of his thirty-six years of
  service as a geo-technical engineering leader in
  earth retaining structures, tall buildings and
  reinforced concrete.

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G-I Honors and Awards

• 2009 Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award
• Presented to
• Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E.
• Dan Brown Associates
• For his contributions to improvements in the
  design and quality of drilled shaft construction
  through research in testing and construction, as
  well as extensive consulting experience on large
  scale foundation projects.

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G-I Honors and Awards

• 2009 Karl Terzaghi Award
• Presented to
• Richard Finno, Ph.D., P.E.
• Northwestern University
• For pioneering an adaptive management framework
  for excavation deformations and the application
  of inverse analysis techniques to ground
  movements from excavations allowing optimization
  of soil parameters in a finite element situation
  that when coupled with autonomously collected
  field-response data automates the observational
  approach.

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G-I Honors and Awards

• 2009 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development
  Award
• Presented to
• Dominic Assimaki, Ph.D.
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• For her contributions to geotechnical earthquake
  engineering and engineering geology related to
  assessing seismic ground motions.

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G-I Honors and Awards

• 2009 Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research
  Prize
• Presented to
• Tarek Abdoun, Ph.D., P.E.
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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G-I Honors and Awards

• 2008 Thomas Middlebrooks Award
• Presented to
• Patrick J. Fox, Ph.D., P.E
• The Ohio State University
• For the papers Coupled Large Strain
  Consolidation and Solute Transport I Model
  Development and Coupled Large Strain
  Consolidation and Solute Transport II Model
  Verification and Simulation Results.
• Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental
  Engineering Volume 133, Number 1 pp. 3-30

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G-I Honors and Awards

• 2008 Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award
  Recognizing
• John R. Wolosick, Ph.D., P.E.
• Hayward Baker, Inc.

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G-I Honors and Awards

• 2009 Corporate Volunteer Award
• Presented to
• Geopier Foundation Company
• Mooresville, NC

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G-I Honors and Awards

• USUCGER Distinguished Researcher Award
• Presented to
• Dr. Tuncer Edil
• University of Wisconsin-Madison

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G-I Honors and Awards

• Committee of the Year
• Geophysical Engineering Committee
• Presented by
• Kevan Sharp, Ph.D., P.E.
• Chair, Technical Coordination Council

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G-I Honors and Awards

• Outgoing Technical Committee Chairs
• Susan Burns (Geoenvironmental Engineering)
• Kok-Kwang Phoon (Risk Assessment and Management)
• Vern Schaefer (Soil Improvement)
• Tim Siegel (Computational Geotechnics)
• Mohamad Hussein (Deep Foundations)
• Ross Boulanger (Earthquake Engineering and Soil
  Dynamics)

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G-I Honors and Awards

• JGGE Editorial Board Member of the Year
• C. Hsein Juang, Ph.D., P.E.
• Clemson University
• Presented by
• Jonathan Stewart, Ph.D., P.E.
• Editor-in-Chief, JGGE

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G-I Honors and Awards

• Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental
  Engineering
• JGGE Service Awards
• Presented to
• Anil Misra
• Kok-Kwang Phoon
• Steve Kramer
• Krishna Reddy
• Presented by
• Jonathan Stewart, Ph.D., P.E.
• Editor-in-Chief, JGGE

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Geo-Institute Introductions

• Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D. P.E.
• G-I President

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Meet Your Governors
Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E. -
President Arthur Hoffmann, Jr. P.E.
Past-President Ed Kavazanjian, Ph.D., P.E. Vice
President Larry Jedele, P.E. - Treasurer Craig
Benson, Ph.D., P.E. (not pictured) Philip King,
P.E. Moustafa Gouda, Ph.D., P.E. William Camp
III, P.E.
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G-I Staff

• Carol Bowers, P.G., CAE, G-I Director
• Linda Bayer, G-I Manager
• Lauren Tighe, G-I Board and Meetings Specialist
• Elizabeth Cuscino, G-I Administrative
  Specialist

Our staff motto We never drop the ball.
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Recognition

• Past Geo-Institute Presidents

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Thank You All 52 G-I Organizational Members
( A 9 increase over 2008 )

• DGI-Menard, Inc.
• Duffield Associates, Inc.
• ECS Limited
• Ellington Cross
• Fudo Construction, Inc.
• Fugro Consultants, LP
• Gannett Fleming, Inc.
• Geocon Incorporated
• GeoKon, Inc.

• Anderson Drilling
• Ardaman Associates, Inc.
• Brayman Construction Corporation
• CH2M Hill
• Condon-Johnson
• Associates, Inc.
• Con-Tech Systems Ltd.
• D'Appolonia
• DBM Contractors, Inc.

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G-I Organizational Members

• Kleinfelder, Inc.
• Layne GeoConstruction
• Loadtest, Inc.
• McKinney Drilling
• Moore and Taber
• Moretrench
• Nicholson Construction Company
• NTH Consultants, Ltd.
• R.W. Harris, Inc.
• Rembco Geotechnical Contractors, Inc.
• SME, Inc.
• Schnabel Engineering
• Schnabel Foundation Company
• Strata Systems, Inc.
• STS Consultants Ltd/AECOM
• Terracon, Inc.

• Geopier Foundation Co.
• Geo-Solutions Inc.
• Geosphere Consultants, Inc.
• GeoSyntec Consultants
• Geotechnology, Inc.
• Geotecknik A.S
• Golder Associates Inc.
• Gregg Drilling and Testing, Inc.
• GRL Engineers, Inc./Pile Dynamics
• Grupo Sandstorm GAM S.A. de C.V.
• Hayward Baker Inc.
• Insulfoam
• Kelly Tractor

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G-I Organizational Members

• What about YOUR company?

• Terra Insurance Company
• TerraTech, LLC
• Testing Service Corporation
• Thompson Engineering, Inc.
• Underpinning Foundation Skanska, Inc.
• URS Corporation
• Zetas Zemin Teknologisi A.S.

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2008-2009

• The Geo-Institute
• Working Hard For You

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The G-IWorking Hard For You

• Strategic Plan Outcomes
• Creation of Task Forces
• Underway
• Local Involvement
• Practice Journal
• Geotechnical Constructability Guidelines Report

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The G-IWorking Hard For You
Completed Task Forces

• Corporate Award Task Force
• Charge Develop a corporate award program to
  recognize companies for the volunteer activities
  of their employees.
• TF Recommendations
• Award to be presented every year at the
  geo-congress
• Winner will receive a plaque and a feature in an
  issue of Geo-Strata
• Firms must be a current G-I Organizational Member
  in good standing to apply
• Firm must meet a minimum amount of award criteria
  to be considered.
• Action
• Inaugural Corporate Volunteer Award presented at
  IFCEE to Geopier Foundation Company
• Applications for next years selection due in
  August 2009 watch Geo-Strata for details

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The G-IWorking Hard For You
Completed Task Forces

• Organizational Member Task Force
• Charge To enhance organization membership to
  encourage increased support of the Geo-Institute
• TF Recommendations
• Create a two-tiered membership structure with an
  Organizational Member Firm paying 1000/year in
  membership dues and a Premier Organizational
  Member Firm paying 2000/year in dues. The
  increase in dues will help support student
  participation in the annual conference.
• Create a student social at the annual GeoCongress
  geared towards creating an environment of
  opportunities for interaction between students,
  professors, and OM firms
• Create a specific Client Track at the annual
  GeoCongress focusing on business and technical
  issues

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The G-IWorking Hard for You

• Organizational Member Task Force (cont.)
• Create a volunteer chair position for the
  Organizational Member Council
• Action The G-I Board and staff are currently
  reviewing all recommendations and are
  implementing them as circumstances permit.

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The G-IWorking Hard For You
Completed Task Forces

• FUN/Volunteerism Task Force
• Charge To develop a program to enhance
  volunteer enjoyment and personal fulfillment
  during Geo-Institute activities
• TF Recommendations
• Develop a comprehensive list of G-I volunteers to
  better track volunteer participation
• Recognize volunteers at the annual GeoCongress
  with special volunteer-only events and tokens
  of appreciation
• Provide volunteer training for committee chairs
  and other leadership positions
• Action
• G-I Staff is recommending to the Board that we
  undertake the TFs following recommendations
• Train Committee Chairs to be inclusive
• Prepare handouts on committee meetings, times and
  location
• Have a volunteer ribbon for volunteers to place
  on their name badge at conferences
• Actively encourage volunteer participation by
  reaching out to members in Geo-Strata, on the G-I
  homepage and in the eUpdate

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The G-IWorking Hard For You
Presidential Initiatives

• Creation of the Student Presidential Group
• President Jean-Louis Briaud commissioned a group
  of 16 students in late 2008 to help better
  identify how the Geo-Institute can serve its
  student members.
• The groups first conference call yielded the
  following suggestions
• Early exposure to the geotechnical field (in the
  undergraduate years) is critical
• A conference exclusively for students should be
  created
• An online research database should be created
• The student geo-competition should be at the
  level of the steel bridge competition and the
  concrete canoe competition
• The group will meet here in Orlando to further
  discuss initiatives

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The G-I Working Hard For You
Presidential Initiatives

• Local group visits visits
• President Briaud has begun an initiative to
  travel to local sections and branches to foster
  local involvement within the G-I

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• 2008 Achievements
• Art Hoffmann

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2008 G-I Achievements

• GeoCongress 2008 March 9-12, New Orleans, LA.
  (800 attendees, 67 exhibitors)
• GEESD IV May 18-22, Sacramento, CA (600
  attendees, 19 exhibitors)
• 11th Multidisciplinary Conference on Karst
  September 22-26, Tallahassee, FL (190 attendees,
  15 exhibitors)
• Conducted the first G-I traveling short course in
  San Diego, CA in March 2008. G-I President
  Jean-Louis Briaud presented a course on
  Shrink-Swell Soils.

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2008 G-I Achievements

• 1 New G-I Chapter Sacramento Chapter
• 7 New Geotechnical Special Publications.
• G-I Board hosted their Fall business meeting in
  October 2008 in conjuction with the Delaware
  Valley G-I Chapters monthly meeting. The Board
  hosted a reception for all DVGI members and
  attended the DVGIs dinner program.

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• FY08 Financial Summary
• Larry Jedele, Treasurer

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Fiscal Year 2008 Income
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Fiscal Year 2008 Expenses
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ISSMGE Fund

• Endowment Fund Balance
• 493,973 as of 12/31/2007
• 347,035.43 as of 12/31/2008
• The endowment Fund may be used for
• international activities of the G-I
• national and international programs that enhance
  the practice of geotechnical engineering and,
• technical conferences and publications for the
  purpose of raising additional funds.

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Greetings from CGS

• Michel Aubertin, President, Canadian Geotechnical
  Society

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The Canadian Geotechnical SocietyLa Société
Canadienne de Géotechnique
Michel Aubertin, ing. Ph.D. Professor, Ecole
Polytechnique, University of Montreal President
2009-2010 michel.aubertin_at_polymtl.ca
Administrator Wayne Gibson (wgibson_at_gibsongroup
.ca) Secretary General Victor Sowa
(vsowacgs_at_dccnet.com) Web Site www.CGS.ca
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www.geohalifax09.ca
Also, CGC Calgary, 2010
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Toronto October, 2011
14th PanAmerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering
5th Conference on Learning and Teaching of
Geotechnical Engineering
64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference
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Sheraton Center

• Chair Andrew Drevininkas
• Co-Chair Paulo Branco
• Financial Chair Harry Oussoren
• Technical Program Chair Tim Newson

14th PanAmerican Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering, Toronto, Oct. 2011
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Greetings from CISMGE

• Zuyu Chen President, Chinese Institute of Soil
  Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

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• Looking Ahead2010
• Ed Kavazanjian

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Upcoming G-I Events

• GeoFlorida 2010 February 20-24, 2010, Palm
  Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach,
  FL
• Earth Retention 2010 August 1-6, 2010, Hyatt
  Regency Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
• 5th International Conference on Scour and Erosion
  (ICSE-5) November 2010, San Francisco, CA

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Geo-Florida 2010

• Call for Papers Deadline April 17, 2009
• Topics to include Modeling of Geotechnical
  Materials In Situ Testing and Site
  Characterization Advances in Geotechnical
  Analysis, Computational Geotechnics and Software
  Reliability, LRFD and Risk Assessment Mitigation
  of Geohazards Geotechnical Applications and
  Designs
• Conference Dates and Location February 20-24,
  West Pal Beach, FL
• Questions? Contact Pat Fox at fox.407_at_osu.edu
• www.geocongress.org

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Earth Retention 2010

• Conference Dates and Location August 1-4, 2010
  Bellevue, Washington Hyatt Regency Bellevue
• Topics include Supported Excavations
  Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls Seismic
  Design of Walls Numerical Analyses of Walls
  Wall Selection Performance of Walls Tied Back
  Support Soil Nailing Sinking of Shafts Soil
  Mixed Walls Recent Advances Design of Walls
• Questions? Contact Youssef Hashash at
  hashash_at_illinois.edu
• www.er2010.org (coming soon)
• Call for papers coming soon!

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Fifth International Conferenceon Scour and
Erosion (ICSE-5)San Francisco 2010
Website www.icse-5.com
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8/14/2009
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• Questions?

www.geoinstitute.org
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Now for the prizes. Who will win?

• G-I Baseball Cap
• G-I Personal Cooler
• G-I Six-Pack Tote
• G-I Briefcase and Luggage Tag
• GeoFlorida 2010 Registration

YOU ?
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• Thank you for your support
• Enjoy the Conference.