2005 GEOTECHNICAL/GEOPHYSICAL AGENDA
Schedule of Events
Wednesday Afternoon – April 13
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Registration Desk Opens (Foyer)
Thursday Morning – April 14
7:00 am – 3:00 pm	Registration Desk Opens (Foyer)
7:30 am – 8:15 am	Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Area)
8:15 am - 8:30 am	Introduction (Salon C-E) Geotechnical Session I Moderator – Chris Kreider, PE, NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
8:30 am – 9:00 am	Micropiles in Transportation Applications Allen Cadden, PE ~ Schnabel Engineering
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Design of Pile Supported Foamed Concrete Embankment Seungwoon Han, PhD, PE ~ Tierra, Inc.
9:30 am – 10:00 am	Highway vs. Rail Design – A Geotechnical Comparison Gary Taylor, PE ~ Parsons Brinckerhoff
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Break (First Drawing, Exhibit Area)
	Geotechnical Session II (Salon C-E) Moderator – Jamey Batts, PE, NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
10:30 am – 11:00 am	Evaluation of a Portable Falling Weight Deflectometer for NCDOT Quality Assurance Testing of Chemical Stabilization Subgrades Tim McConnell, LG ~ NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
11:00 am - 11:30 am	The Design and Implementation of the Repairs for the I-40 Landslides John Fargher, PE, Nilesh Surti, PE, Shane Clark, PE ~ NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
11:30 am – 12:00 pm	Evaluating NCDOT’s Unknown Bridge Foundations J. Darrin Holt, PhD, PE ~ FDH Engineering, Inc. Jerry Beard, PE ~ NCDOT Hydraulics Unit
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch & Keynote Speaker (Carolina Ballroom) What's Your E.Q.? (Ethical Quotient) Dr. Deborah H. Long, DREI, CRS, EdD
Thursday Afternoon – April 14
	Geotechnical Session III (Salon C-E) Moderator – J. Darrin Holt, PhD, PE, FDH Engineering, Inc.
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	Strength and Permeability in Mixtures of Lime, Fly Ash and Flue Gas Desulfurization Material John L. Daniels, PhD, PE ~ University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm	Site Classification for Seismic Design in Charleston, South Carolina Jiewu James Meng, PhD ~ WPC Engineering, Inc.
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Data Granularity in the Storage and Reporting of Soil Exploration Information Salvatore Caronna ~ gINT Software
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Break (Second Drawing, Exhibit Area) Geotechnical Session IV (Salon C-E) Moderator – Allen Cadden, PE, Schnabel Engineering
3:30pm – 4:00 pm	New Development in Soil-Cement Technology David R. Luhr, PhD, PE ~ Soil-Cements/RCC Pavements
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm	SR 4 Escambia River Embankment Construction William F. Knight, PE ~ Professional Service Industries
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Using TDR Technology for Earthwork Compaction Quality Control Gary N. Durham, PhD, PE ~ Durham Geo Slope Indicator
5:10pm – 6:10 pm	Social Hour (Third Drawing, Exhibit Area)
Friday Morning – April 15
7:30 am – 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Area) Geotechnical Session I (Salon C-E) Moderator – Nilesh Surti, PE, NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
8:30 am – 9:00 am	Borehole Ground Penetrating Radar Investigation of Fractures Limestone Jorgen Bergstrom ~ General Engineering Geophysics, LLC
9:00 am – 9:30 am	Development of a National Pile Driving Vibration and Noise Database Edward L. Hajduk, PE ~ WPC Inc.
9:30 am – 10:00 am	US 421 Sanford Bypass – Intelligent Compaction Demonstration Thomas M. Hearne, Jr., PE ~ NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
10:00 am – 10:30 am	Break (Fourth Drawing, Exhibit Area) Geotechnical Session II (Salon C-E) Moderator – John Fargher, PE ~ NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
10:30 am – 11:00 am	Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering Robert Barrett ~ Soil Nail Launcher, Inc.
11:00 am – 11:30 am	Pile Driving effects on NC Fisheries – NC Fisheries Effect on Highway Construction Season. Tommy Douglas, LG, PE ~ NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit General Session
11:30 am – 1:00 pm	Design/Build Panel Discussion