Final Program - American Society of Civil Engineers

Table of Contents
Welcome 2
Congress Organizing Committee 2
Schedule-at-a-Glance 3
Short Courses
Half-Day Courses 4
Full-Day Courses 5
Student Program 6
Chronological Program
Seminar: Ethics for Geotechnical Engineering 7
H. Bolton Seed Medal Lecture 7
Ralph B. Peck Lecture 7
Karl Terzaghi Lecture 11
Concurrent Technical Sessions 14-36
Poster Session 37
Floor Plan Maps 40
General Information 41
Sustainable Practices 42
Committee Meetings 42
Exhibitors 43
Sponsors 47
Cooperating Organizations 47
2013 Geo-Congress Back Cover
2012 Congress Organizing
Committee
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR
Kyle Rollins, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Brigham
Young University
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Roman Hryciw, Ph.D., M.ASCE, University
of Michigan (Chair)
Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, Ph.D.,
A.M.ASCE, University of Michigan
Nazli Yesiller, Ph.D., M.ASCE, California
Polytechnic State University
SHORT COURSES/WORKSHOPS CHAIR
Russell Green, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE,
Virginia Tech
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WELCOME TO THE 2012 GEO-CONGRESS
FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIRS
On behalf of the organizing committee, we welcome you to Geo-Congress
2012!
The challenges that our Profession is facing are great: ageing infrastructure,
increased natural hazards, elevated infrastructure performance requirements (to
name a few) in an increasingly competitive and weak global economy. Such
challenges raise the expectations for geo-professionals.
Geo-Congress 2012 is the first Geo-Institute Congress that focuses on the
“State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering.” Our vision is that this
conference will provide a truly unprecedented opportunity to integrate the latest
research advances with the current engineering practices. Our metric for success of
this conference is not just the attendance of geotechnical researchers, but the strong
attendance of practicing geo-professionals from the United States and worldwide.
To achieve that, the organizing committee has put together a program that we think
is truly unique and includes technical sessions, panel discussions, outstanding fullday
and half-day short courses, social events, and a USUCGER workshop, as well
as the distinguished Terzaghi, Peck and Seed lectures.
A major deviation of this conference from previous ASCE Geo-Institute
Geo-Congresses, is the 30 State-of-the-Art and State-of-the-Practice keynote lectures
delivered by a truly outstanding group of speakers, largely selected by the technical
committees of the Geo-Institute. These lectures (and accompanying papers) span
the entire breadth of geotechnical engineering research, practice and education
and provide an overview of our Profession.
The conference program includes the oral presentation of 346 papers and
the poster presentation of 118 papers. Posters have not been the norm in previous
Geo-Congresses, but they are necessary for a conference of this size and breadth.
All papers have been peer-reviewed and are of the highest standard; the session
chairs made their decisions based on the need to create a common thread for the
papers presented in their session.
This program has also a strong student activities program that we think is
critical in retaining a diverse and strong group of students who will shape our
Profession’s future.
This conference summarizes the present and hopefully helps shape a bright
future in the geotechnical Profession. We thank you for being part of that effort.
On behalf of the organizing committee, welcome to Oakland!
Congress Chair
Dimitrios
Zekkos, Ph.D.,
P.E., M.ASCE,
University of
Michigan
STUDENT ACTIVITIES CHAIR
William Kitch, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE,
Cal Poly Pomona
SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS CHAIR
Thaleia Travasarou, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE,
Fugro West
EXHIBITS/SPONSORSHIP CHAIR
Jim French, P.E., G.E., M.ASCE, AMEC
Geomatrix
RESEARCH and EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
CHAIR
Ali Maher, Ph.D., Rutgers University
LOCAL LIAISON CHAIR (G-I SAN FANCISCO
CHAPTER)
Hong Yang, Ph.D., P.E., P.G., M.ASCE,
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Congress Co-Chair
Jean-Louis
Briaud, Ph.D.,
P.E., D.GE
F.ASCE, Texas
A&M University
CONGRESS COORDINATION COMMITTEE
LIAISON
Gerald A. Miller, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE,
University of Oklahoma
Geo-Institute Staff
Robert Schweinfurth, Aff.M.ASCE, Director,
Geo-Institute
Linda Bayer, IOM, Manager, Geo-Institute
Helen Cook, Board and Program Specialist,
Geo-Institute
ASCE Conference Staff
Elaine V. Watson, Manager, Conferences
and Meeting Services
Rachel A. Bare, Coordinator, Conferences
and Meeting Services