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    Geoengineer.org Newsletter Issue #61
    A monthly publication of Geoengineer.org website
    January 2010

    Greetings

    Happy New Year and welcome to the first issue of the 2010 Geoengineer.org Newsletter! This is our 61st issue!

    In this month's newsletter we share, as always, some of our new resources, news, upcoming events and other information related to our profession. We are also very pleased to announce Nicholson Construction as our latest Corporate Sponsor. Their participation in our Sponsorship program will assist us in growing Geoengineer.org's initiatives. If you are interested in joining our group of sponsors, just contact us.

    Our Online Geoengineering Library includes now more than 1,500 searchable papers and 1373 authors in 22 categories. We hope you find it useful in your every day work.

    Also, do not forget that there are currently three ongoing contests:

    1. The Geoengineering Blog of the Year Contest
    2. The 2009-2010 Newsletter Membership Drive and
    3. The 2009-2010 Photo Contest Competition
    It's very easy to participate and you may win prizes!

    Happy New Year!

    Dimitrios Zekkos, Ph.D., P.E.

    Managing Director of Geoengineer.org
    Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Group.
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor



    News of our Affiliates

    Nicholson Awarded Earth Retention Contract for Seattle Light Rail Project - ID#GEO-70.

    Nicholson Awarded a Contract on the MTA's Second Avenue Subway Project - ID#GEO-69.

    NEW BOOK: Geotechnical Engineering - A Practical Problem Solving Approach - ID#GEO-68.

    2010 Shamsher Prakash Research Award - ID#GEO- 67.

    ADSC Drilled Shaft Foundations Seminar & Exhibits - ID#GEO-66.

    CPT'10: REGISTRATION OPEN - EARLY DISCOUNT - ID#GEO-65.

    Training Course: 3D Finite Element Analysis for Geotechnical & Tunnel Engineering - ID#GEO- 64.

    Seminar: Geotechnical Advances in Urban Renewal: Analysis & Design - ID#GEO-63.

    Nicholson Names Andy Brengola New England District Manager - ID#GEO-62.

    See the latest News of our Affiliates

    Fully Searchable Online Geoengineering Library

    A collection of publications available on the internet at no cost. (Currently the Online Geoengineering Library includes 1,514 documents in 22 categories and 1,373 authors ).

    New Additions:

    Soil Mechanics

    Jotisankasa A., (2005). Collapse Behaviour of a Compacted Silty Clay. PhD Thesis, University of London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London.

    Rafel Monroy E.I., (2005). The Influence of Load and Suction Changes on the Volumetric Behaviour of Compacted London Clay. PhD Thesis, University of London, Imperial College London.

    Borja R.I., (2006). On the Mechanical Energy and Effective Stress in Saturated and Unsaturated Porous Continua. International Journal of Solids and Structures 43, pp. 1764-1786, Elsevier Ltd.

    Jaksa M.B., Kaggwa W.S., and Woodburn J.A., (2002). Influence of Large Gum Trees on the Soil Suction Profile in Expansive Soils Australian Geomechanics, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 23-33.

    Jaksa M.B., and Kaggwa W.S., (1992). Degree of Saturation of the Keswick Clay within the Adelaide City Area above the General Groundwater Table. Proceedings 6th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Christchurch, pp. 336- 341.

    Foundation Design

    Engineering and Design: Retaining and Flood Walls, (1989). Engineer Manual: EM 1110-2-2502. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC.

    Engineering and Desing: Design of Sheet Pile Cellular Structures Coffedams and Retaining Structures, (1989). Engineer Manual: EM 1110-2-2503. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC.

    Engineering and Desing: Stability of Gravity Walls Vertical Shear, (1994). Technical Letter: ETL 1110-2- 352. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC.

    Sabatini P.J., Pass D.G., and Bachus R.C., (1999). Geotechnical Engineering Circular No.4: Ground Anchors and Anchored Systems. Technical Report: FHWA-IF-99-015, Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Transportation.

    Lazarte C.A., Elias V., Espinoza R.D., and Sabatini P.J., (2003). Geotechnical Engineering Circular No.7: Soil Nail Walls. Technical Report: FHWA A0-IF-03-017, Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Transportation.

    Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Soil Dynamics

    Olson S.M., Stark T.D., Walton W.H., and Castro G., (2000). 1907 Static Liquefaction Flow Failure of the North Dike of Wachusett Dam. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 12, ASCE.

    Stark T.D., and Olson S.M., (1995). Liquefaction Resistance Using CPT and Field Case Histories. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 121, No. 12, ASCE.

    Green R.A., Obermeie, S.F., and Olson, S.M., (2004). The Role of Paleoliquefaction Studies in Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering in the Central-Eastern United States. 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, Paper No: 1643.

    Olson S.M., (2003). Strength Ratio-Based Liquefaction Analysis of Sloping Ground. 12th Panamerican Conference. on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Boston, MA, Paper No: 271.

    Olson S.M., and Stark T.D., (2001). Liquefaction Analysis of Lower San Fernando Dam using Strength Ratios. 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics and Symposium in Honor of professor W.D. Liam Finn, San Diego, California.

    Tunneling & Underground Construction

    Angistalis G., Papadatos I., Rentzeperis I., and Saridou E., (2009). Abstract: Practical Discussion on the Interpretation of Geomonitoring Measurements and their Influence on Tunnel Support Design. A Case Study. Monitoring, Settlement Control, ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress, pp. 190-191.

    Angistalis G., Papadatos I., Rentzeperis I., and Saridou E., (2009). Practical Discussion on the Interpretation of Geomonitoring Measurements and their Influence on Tunnel Support Design. A Case Study. ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2009 and the 35th ITA-AITES General Assembly (WTC 2009) - "Safe Tunneling for the City and for the Environment", Budapest, Hungary.

    Forensics / Litigation

    Bost R.C., Campbell M. David, Campbell Michael D., Eckols T.R., Fono A.L., (2005). Flawed Geoscience in Forensic Environmental Investigations Part III: How Daubert is a Surrogate for Ethical Questions Regarding Expert Opinions. 3rd NGWA Environmental Law & Ground Water Conference, Baltimore, MD.

    Bost R.C., Campbell M. David, Campbell Michael D., Eckols T.R., Fono A.L., (2005). Flawed Geoscience in Forensic Environmental Investigations Part II: How Daubert Affects the Scope and Bases for Expert Opinions. 3rd NGWA Environmental Law & Ground Water Conference, Baltimore, MD.

    Bost R.C., Campbell M. David, Campbell Michael D., (2004). Flawed Geoscience in Forensic Environmental Investigations Part I: The Effect of Daubert Challenges on Improving Investigations. NGWA Environmental Law & Ground Water Conference, Chicago, Ill., pp. 1- 19.

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    Events on Geoengineering

    Conferences

    International Conference on Slope Thailand 2010 : Geotechnique and Geosynthetics for Slopes. 28-30 July, 2010. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Files for Paper Submission.

    2nd International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT'10). 09-11 May, 2010. Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa , Huntington Beach, California, USA.

    Short Courses

    Training Course: 3D Finite Element Analysis for Geotechnical & Tunnel Engineering. 04-05 March, 2010. TNO Zuidpolder Complex, Delft, The Netherlands.

    ADSC Drilled Shaft Foundations Seminar and Exhibits. 19 March, 2010. Doubletree Hotel, Houston Intercontinental, Houston - Texas.

    Seminar: Geotechnical Advances in Urban Renewal: Analysis & Design. 20 June, 2010. London, UK.

    Comprehensive Listing of Events on Geoengineering

    Geoengineering Community Blogs

    The Geoengineering Community Blogs were created to facilitate the exchange of information among members, companies and organizations in geoengineering.

    The annual blog contest is now open till the 15th of September 2010. Every year the most active and useful blogs will receive prizes, which may include free-books or conference registrations. Please enter!

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    Album: Tunneling
    Sub-Album: Egnatia Odos Tunnels, Greece

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    Contributors
    Special thanks to:

    1. Angistalis G., CEng MIMMM, Eur Ing, Geological Engineer M.Sc., Egnatia Odos A.E., Design Department, Thessaloniki, Greece.
    2. Campbell Michael D., P.G., P.H., Managing Partner "M. D. Campbell and Associates", L.P., Houston, Texas and Seattle, Washington.

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