ASCE Oregon Section Geotechnical Engineering Technical Group Meetings

Each month we have the opportunity to attend an ASCE sponsored dinner in Portland. We are very fortunate to work closely with the local Oregon Section Geotechnical Engineering Technical Group. Consultants have chipped in to create a fund to sponsor student’s attendance at group meetings. These are invaluable opportunities to meet practicing engineers, discuss their projects, and perhaps get to know future employers. You may also have the opportunity to meet or be reacquainted with recent graduates who have transitioned into the workforce.             

 

Geotechnical Lecture Series at Oregon State University for the 2022-2023 School Year

January 27, 2022 - Prof. Ikuo Towhata - Ground Water is More Important in Triggering Landslides than so far Supposed

January 18, 2022 - Daniel Simpson and Whitney Ciani - Examples of Consulting Engineering Careers (Time: changed to 6:00PM)

 

 

Geotechnical Lecture Series at Oregon State University for the 2018-2019 School Year

May 15, 2019 - Marvin R. Pyles - Lessons from the Oso Landslide

Aprial 29, 2019 - Christophe Gaudin - Geotechnics of Offshore Renewables

March 20, 2019 - Joseph Thomas Coe - Surface Wave Testing for In Situ Characterization of Geologic Materials: Geotechnical Applications, Limitations, and Recent Advances

February 13, 2019 - Chukwuebuka C. Nweke - Reconsidering Basin Effects in Ergodic Site Response Model

January 24, 2019 - William Gunderson - OPEN CELL System: From Concept to Industry Standard

December 6, 2018 - Mike Greenfield - The Effect of Long-Duration Ground Motions of Soil Liquefaction

October 11, 2018 - Paul W. Mayne - Analytical Cavity Expansion-Critical State Model for normal, Sensitive, and Organic Clays

October 9, 2018 - Ted S. Vinson - Cold Regions Engineering and Engineering Education:"The Problem is the Problem"

 

Geotechnical Lecture Series at Oregon State University for the 2017-2018 School Year

As part of an effort for continuing education outside of the classroom the GIGSO hosts a monthly guest lecture series throughout the year. Engineering students are highly encouraged to attend!

May 24,2018 - Zhangwei Ning - Eyes in the Heavens: Multi-roles of Satellite Technologies in Remote Site Geotechnical Monitoring

May 10, 2018 - Edward Kavazanjian, Jr. - Geo-Alchemy (Turning Sand into Sandstone) and other Biogeotechnologies

May 3, 2018 - Bill S. Marczewski - Development of Pile Driving Criteria for Design Engineers and Pile Driving Contractors

April 12, 2018 - Philip L. WurstLandslide Mitigation of the Sheep Creek Bridge

March 1, 2018 - Yifei MaDiscrete Element Modeling of the Brittle-Ductile Failure Mechanism Transition of Quasi-brittle Materials

February 22, 2018 - Ben Upsall and Tygh Gianella - Project Delivery in Geotechnical Engineering

January 11, 2018 - Diane Moug - A Direct Cone Penetration Model for Development of Engineering Correlations

November 30, 2017 - Richard M. Iverson - The USGS Debris-Flow Flume: Past, Present, and Future 

October 30, 2017 - Kirk Ellison - Numerical Modeling to Support Total Design of Critical Infrastructure

October 5, 2017 - George Filz2017 Cross-USA Lecture: Geotechnical Engineering at Kennedy Space Center

 

Geotechnical Lecture Series at Oregon State University for the 2016-2017 School Year

May 17, 2017 - James Walters and Stephen Mclandrich - Geotechnical Aspects of the Burnside Bridege Retrofit Study

April 18, 2017 - Matthew Gibson - Seismic Analysis of Rock Slopes: Failure Modes and Displacements

March 16, 2017 - Daniel Mageau - Innovative Earth Retention: Frozen Soil Shoring

January 19, 2017 - Deepak Rayamajhi - Application of Numerical Methods to Evaluate Seismic Response of Soil-Structure-Interaction Systems

November 9, 2016 - Scott A. Anderson - The Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture: Natural Hazards, Risk, and the Resilience of Transportation Infrastructure

November 3, 2016 - Frank W. Pita - An Introduction to Geotechnical Railroad Track Bed Stabilization Engineering using a Multi-Year Case History

October 6, 2016 - Thomas D. O'RourkeTerzaghi Lecture: Ground Deformation Effects on Subsurface Pipelines and Infrastructure Systems

 

Real Money Course - Fall 2016

As part of the GIGSO mission to help geotechnical engineering students become engineering professionals, the organization is sponsoring a quarter-long course on money management. The course is free to all. For more information see here.

 

Past Geotechnical Lectures held at Oregon State University

June 1, 2016 - Dylan Anderson

May 11, 2016 - Rick Valentine

April 20, 2016 - Doug Lindquist

March 8, 2016 - Rick Riker and Jaco Esterhuizen

February 18, 2016 - Ben Upsall with Tygh Gianella

January 20, 2016 - Dov Leshchinsky

November 19, 2015 - Dominiki Asimaki

October 7, 2015 - Daniel Pradel

June 04, 2015 - Richard Bathurst 

May 28, 2015 - John Selker

April 21, 2015 - Ken Stokoe

April 16, 2015 - Arvin Farid

March 11, 2015 - Rick Colwell

February 19, 2015 - Karen Henry

February 11, 2015 - Michael Beaty

January 8, 2015 - Tim Blackwood

December 4, 2014 - Craig S. Dewey

November 13, 2014 - Ning Lu

October 30, 2014 - J. Carlos Santamarina

October 2, 2014 - Timothy J. Pfeiffer

May 29, 2014 - Scott F. Burns

May 15, 2014 - Mark Koelling

May 1, 2014 - Arlan H. Rippe

April 14, 2014 - Nicholas Sitar

April 1, 2014 - Tom O'Rourke

March 13, 2014 - Matthew Sleep

January 23, 2014 - Justine Bird

January 9, 2014 - Scott A. Ashford

November 21, 2013 - Stan Kelsay and Scott Schlechter

November 2013 - John S. McCartney

October 2013 - Tae‐Hyung Kim

April 2013 - Fumio Tatsuoka

March 2013 - Dorthe Wildenschild

February 2013 - Dov Leshchinsky

January 2013 - Matthew R. Kuhn

December 2012 - Bruce Lane

November 2012 - Antonio Marinucci

October 2012 - Ben Leshchinsky & Matt Evans

March 2012 - Michael Beaty

February 2012 - Thomas Kinney

January 2012 - Pedro Arduino

November 2011 - Joseph Wartman

October 2011 - Kenneth Campbell

September 2011 - Conrad Felice

May 2011 - Lawrence Hansen

May 2011 - Robert Holtz

April 2011 - Tony Allen

March 2011 - Frederick Rhyner

February 2011 - John Bowders

January 2011 - Roland French

November 2010 - Nason McCullough

October 2010 - Stan Boyle

September 2010 - Barry Christopher

May 2010 - Trevor Smith

April 2010 - Steven Kramer

April 2010 - Nontapat Nimityongskul and Scott Ashford

March 2010 - Poul Lade

February 2010 - Yohsuke Kawamata