May 27-29, 2010 • San Diego,
California
Members of GEER (Geo-Engineering Extreme Events
Reconnaissance), will be presenting several special sessions during the Fifth
International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering and Soil Dynamics and Symposium in Honor of Professor I.M. Idriss.
These experts will address issues surrounding recent earthquakes in Haiti,
Chile, Peru, Italy, China, Japan, Pakistan and Honduras, and the tsunami in
American Samoa.
To take advantage of these
informative sessions, register online at
http://5geoeqconf2010.mst.edu.
Schedule of GEER Sessions:
|
Thursday, May 27, 2010 |
|
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
GEER SPECIAL SESSION
Haiti and Chile 2010
Earthquakes
Chairman: Jonathan
Bray (USA) |
|
8:30 PM - 8:45 PM |
Jonathan Bray
Recent Seismic Activity
Around the World |
|
8:45 PM - 9:15 PM |
Ellen Rathje
Geotechnical Aspects
and Ground Motions in Haiti |
|
9:15 PM - 9:45 PM |
TBA
Geotechnical Aspects
and Ground Motions in Chile |
|
9:45 PM - 10:00 PM
|
Discussion from
Floor/Replies from Authors |
|
Friday, May 28, 2010 |
|
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
|
GEER I
( Geo-Engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance) SESSION
Chairman: Jonathan Bray (USA)
|
|
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM |
Chairman opens the
Session
Jonathan Bray (USA)
GEER Overview & Accomplishments
|
|
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM |
Brady Cox (USA)
Recent GEER
Post-Event Reconnaissance
Jonathan Stewart
(USA) & Francesco Silvestri (Italy)
2007 Ica-Pisco, Peru
Earthquake Reconnaissance
2009 L'Aquila, Italy
Earthquake Reconnaissance |
|
11:40 AM - 12:50 PM |
Rob Kayen (USA)
Emerging Reconnaissance
Technologies & Practice
Kazuo Konagai (Japan)
Reconnaissance Tools & Google Earth
David Frost (USA)
Use of New Technologies
William Holmes (USA)
Data Collection and Protocols
Ellen Rathje (USA)
Impacts from Learning from Earthquakes
TBA
Remote Sensing |
|
12:50 - 1:00 PM |
Panel Discussion and Closure by
Chairman |
|
Saturday, May 29, 2010 |
|
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
GEER II - SPECIAL SESSION ON EARTHQUAKE
REPORTS
Chairman: Jonathan Bray (USA) |
|
10:30 AM-10:50 AM |
EQ 1 - Lanmin Wang (China )
Geotechnical Aspects of the 2008 China
Earthquake |
|
10:50 AM-11:05 AM |
EQ 2 - Susumu Yasuda (Japan)
Geotechnical Aspects of Recent Japan
Earthquakes |
|
11:05 AM-11:20 AM |
EQ 3 - Sarfraz Ali (Pakistan)
Geotechnical Aspects of Recent Pakistan
Earthquakes |
|
11:20 AM-11:35 AM |
EQ 4 - Roberto Paolucci (Italy)
Strong Ground Motion in the Epicentral
Region of the Mw 6.3, Apr 6 2009 L'Aquila Earthquake, Italy |
|
11:35 AM-11:50 AM |
EQ 6 - Ronaldo Luna (USA)
Reconnaissance Report of the May 28, 2009 Honduras Earthquake, M 7.3 |
|
11:50 PM-12:05 PM |
EQ 7 - Jennifer Donahue (USA)
September 2009 American Samoa Tsunami |
|
12:05 PM-12:30 PM |
Remarks by Chairman and Closure |
If you have any questions, please email Conference
Secretary Lindsay Bagnall at:
geoeqconf2010@mst.edu.
I look forward to seeing you in San Diego.
Shamsher Prakash
Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering
Email:
Prakash@mst.edu
-------------------------------------
This
Press Release was made available from the Geoengineer.org Press Release
Distribution center. Geoengineer.org assumes no responsibility for the
content of the Press Release and does not necessarily endorse the
opinions expressed herein.