Paul B. Pizzimenti presenting the Golden Apple to Prof. J.K. Mitchell after the presentation (Photo by Walter J. Papp, Jr.)
Prof. James K. Mitchell, Dist. M.ASCE presented the "Seismic Ground Improvement of Earth Dams" for the 18th Annual Mueser Rutledge Technical Lecture on December 11, 2008.
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 Tim Lynch, P.E., Chief Engineer of the New York City Department of Buildings Excavation and Major Renovations Unit, delivered a lecture to the Met Section's Geotechnical Group on October 23, 2008. As part of the community outreach portion of his position at the Department of Buildings, Mr. Lynch helps to educate the design and construction community about the dangers involved with performing excavation with insufficient research, engineering, and excavation support.
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Presented by: Gerhard Sauer, Dipl. Ing., Dr. tech., P.E., President, Dr. G. Sauer Group, Salzburg, Austria
The Geotechnical Group’s Sixth Annual William Barclay Parsons Lecture was held at the CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall in Manhattan on April 17, 2008 and was presented by Dr. Gerhard Sauer, a noted tunnel engineer. Dr. Sauer was introduced by Dr. George Munfakh of Parsons Brinckerhoff. The sponsor for this lecture was Allentown Shotcrete Equipment.
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Presented by: Amr Ragy, Chief Engineer and Estimator, Treviicos Corporation, Boston, MA
On March 25, 2008, the Geotechnical Group held a lecture at the CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall in Manhattan focusing on the reconstruction of the ancient library of Alexandria, which was destroyed more than 2,000 years ago and rebuilt in the late 1990s. Amr Ragy, currently chief engineer and estimator for Treviicos Corporation and formerly senior geotechnical engineer for the Alexandria Library project, gave the lecture to the group. The sponsor for this lecture was Treviicos Corporation.
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Presented by: Frank Rauche, Ph.D., GRL Engineers, Inc.
The Geotechnical Group returned to the CUNY Recital Hall in Manhattan for its fifth lecture of 2007-2008 on February 20, 2008. The lecture introduction by Dr. Terry Holman included a brief moment of silence in memory of the recent passing of Dr. Ralph Peck, one of the founding fathers of the field of geotechnical engineering. The lecture focused on dynamic testing of deep foundations installed by non-impact methods, and included a summary of dynamic testing theory, examples of load testing on drilled and cast-in-place foundations, and a brief discussion on integrity testing.
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