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Archive of Past Conferences 1980 - 1989

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1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1980

Presiding Chairmen: William Kwasny and Warren Hanson

• "Stability of Slopes"
  G.A. Leonards
   

• "Expansive Soils and Over-consolidated Clays"
  R.M. Hardy
   

• "Professional Liability for Geotechnical Engineers"
  Scott A. McKown
   

• "The Evaluation and Measurement of the Density of Cohesionless Soils Using the SPT"
  Wesley G. Holtz
   

• "Practical Dewatering Techniques and How to Choose from Among Them"
  Patrick Powers

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1981

Presiding Chairmen: Warren Hanson, J.S. Braun and George Cochran

• "Geotechnical Knowns and Unknowns and Related Attitudes"
  Elio D'Appolonia
   

• "Probabilistic Approaches to Soil Mechanics"
  M.E. Harr
   

• "Investigation of Pile Foundations for an Existing Ore Dock"
  Paul Schwarz
   

• "How a Soils Engineer Can Reduce His Liability on a Project"
  Philip Bruner
   

• "High Bearing Pressure Caissons in Soil - Loring Municipal Ramp in Minneapolis"
  William M. Weyrauch
   

• "Platteville Formation Characteristics and Removal Criteria - A Case History of the Minneapolis Hyatt Regency Hotel Caissons"
  Louis P. Matis
   

• "Field Investigation Techniques and Results, Installation and Performance Testing of Soil and Rock Anchors Along Minnesota Part of NSP Twin Cities-Winnipeg 500 kV Transmission Interconnection"
  Gerald V. Chezik
   

• "Techniques in Pressure Meter Testing and its Application for High Soil Loadings"
  John E. Anderson
   

• "Pressure Meter Testing to Evaluate Uncompacted Fill Industrial Building Project - Minneapolis"
  Robert E. Pendergast
   

• "Case History of Compression of Organic Materials"
  John Dickson
   

• "A Test Section on Compressible Landfill Materials at the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission Metro Plant in St. Paul"
  Donovan Stormoe
   

• "Compressing Organic Soils on the 160-foot High Hibbing Taconite Company Tailings Dam"
  Warren W. Hanson
  Philip B. Solseng
  Arden Swanson
   

• "Construction of a Composite Dike on a Swamp"
  Samuel Y. Ng

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1982

Presiding Chairmen: George Cochran, John Anderson and Larry Feldstein

• "Soil Improvement - State of the Art"
  James Mitchell
   

• "Geotextiles in Geotechnical Engineering"
  Robert Holtz
   

• "Geotechnical Aspects of Site Selection for Hazardous Waste Disposal"
  Memos Katsoulis
   

• "Design and Construction of Fabric Reinforced Embankments"
  Jack Fowler
   

• "Acceleration Techniques for Muskeg Stabilization"
  Samuel Ng
   

• "Use of Geotextiles in County Road Construction"
  Wayne Fingalson
   

• "Geotextiles and Rock in Bank Stabilization"
  William Weidenbacher
   

• "Chemical and Physical Modification of Clay Used in Liner Construction"
  Warrin Hanson
   

• "Use of Preloading for Construction on Peat"
  Tuncer Edil
   

• "Use of Stone Columns for Landslide Stabilization"
  Vernon Bump
   

• "Use of Horizontal Drains for Slope Stabilization"
  Robert Cartford
   

• "Spread Footings on Compacted Sand"
  Robert Pendergast
   

• "Foundation Stabilization at Milton R. Young Station Center"
  Camden McConnell

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1983

Presiding Chairmen: Douglas Spaulding and Michael O'Donnell

• "Impact of Testing Errors on Engineering Design"
  Roy E. Olson
   

• "Prediction of Ground Movements in Swelling Clays"
  Delwyn Fredlund
   

• "Blackstrap Lake Ice Cover Parking Lot"
  William Meneley
   

• "Foundation Design of Silos on Clay Soils"
  Michael Bozozuk
   

• "Design for Lateral Earth Pressures: Fact of Fiction?"
  Glen Ferguson
   

• "Building on Marginal Soils"
  Robert Pendergast
   

• "Pavement Deformation Caused by Unusual Behavior of Peats"
  Samuel Ng
  Gordon Eischens
   

• "Tunneling in the St. Peter Sandstone: The Minneapolis Experience"
  Leonard Krumm
   

• "Hydrogeologic Evaluation at Six Selected Waste Management facilities in Minnesota"
  R. Blomquist
  T. Clark
  R. Johnston
  H. Pfannkuch
  B. Sielaff

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1984

Presiding Chairman: -unavailable

• "Performance of Embankment Dams"
  Stanley D. Wilson (Kersten Lecture)
   

• "Earth-Retention Systems -- Temporary and Permanent"
  Thomas C. Anderson
   

• "Chemical Exchange Rates Between Water and Soil"
  James C. Clarke
   

• "Groundwater Hydraulics - Potential Problems for Piezometer Placement"
  Kelton D. Barr
   

• "Hazardous Waste Site Clean-up: The Real World"
  Larry L. Johnson
   

• "Repeated Load Testing of Soils and Granular Materials"
  Marshall R. Thompson
   

• "Pavement Construction Over Marsh Deposits"
  Glenn R. Korfhage

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1985

Presiding Chairman: Mervyn Mindess and Donovan Stormoe

• "Design and Construction of Reinforced Embankments on Weak Foundations"
  Victor Milligan (Kersten Lecture)
   

• "Foundation Engineering on Expansive Soils"
  John D. Nelson
   

• "Bridge Construction with Spread Footings"
  Douglas Gifford
   

• "Slurry Trench Cut-Off Walls"
  Robert T. Coneybeer
   

• "Soil Solidification"
  Robert P. Schafer
   

• "Evaluation of Seasonal Variation in Resilient Modulus of Granular Soil Affecting Pavement Performance"
  Thaddeus C. Johnson
   

• "Negative Skin Friction on Driven Piles"
  Louis P. Matis
   

• "The 800 MW NSP Sherco 3 Project"
   

• "Dynamic Compaction"
  Christian Guyot
   

• "Pressure Injected Grout"
  Steve Jaques

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1986

Presiding Chairmen: Mervyn Mindess, George Cochran and Larry Feldsein

• "Slope Stability Analysis: Applications in Plastic Clays"
  James Graham (Kersten Lecture)
   

• "Geotechnical Considerations in Design and Construction of Lock and Dam 26, Mississippi River"
  Bruce H. Moore
   

• "Soil Improvement by Dynamic Compaction"
  Robert G. Lukas
   

• "Computation of Vibration Levels in Underground Space"
  I.G. Vardoulakis
  R.L. Sterling
  K.L. Leung
  B. Dasgupta
  D.E. Beskos
   

• "Biaxial Compression Apparatus"
  A Drescher
  I.G. Vardoulakis
   

• "Design and Construction of a Steep Reinforced Embankment: A Case History"
  James C. Rudd
   

• "Fractured Bedrock Abutments: Investigation and Evaluation of the South Zumbro Watershed Structure WR-6A, Olmsted County, Minnesota"
  Wendell L. Scheib
   

• "Slope Stability Experience on the Great Lakes Coastline"
  Tuncer Edil

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1987

Presiding Chairman: Philip Solseng

• "CPT/DMT QC of Ground Modification at a Power Plant"
  John H. Schmertmann
   

• "Prediction of Roadway Strength from Soil Properties"
  David C. Esch
   

• "Insulation Performance Beneath Roads and Airfields in Alaska"
  David C. Esch
   

• "The Climatic-Materials-Structural (CMS) Pavement Model"
  Barry J. Dempsey
   

• "Characterization of the Saturated/Unsaturated Hydraulic Properties of Potash Tailings"
  Daniel K.H.Wong
   

• "Risk Management of toxic Chemicals in California Groundwater: A 1987 Assessment"
  David B. Cohen
   

• "Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Landfill Design"
  Robert H. Isenberg
   

• "Effect of Landfill Leacheate on the Permeability of Clay Soils"
  Douglas A. Wierman
   

• "Frozen Wall for Groundwater Control"
  Douglas W. Barr
   

• "Frost Heave: A Case History"
  Ross D. Miller
   

• "Dump Point Stability"
  Robert DeGroot
   

• "Soo Line Railroad Embankment Stabilization Program, Shoreview, Minnesota"
  Robert P. Sands
  Magery S. Vittal
   

• "Evaluation of Pressure in a Confined Artesian Aquifer with Piezometers"
  Wendell L. Scheib
  Benjamin C. Doerge
   

• "Pavement and Test Track Performance for 100-ton-axle-load Vehicle"
  James C. Rudd

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1988

Presiding Chairmen: -unavailable

• "Stability Evaluation During Staged Construction"
  Charles C. Ladd (Kersten Lecture)
   

• "The Seismic Piezocone Penetration Test: A Practical Site Investigation Tool"
  R.G. (Dick) Campanella
   

• "Design of Mined-Space Developments in the Twin Cities"
  Charles R. Nelson
  D. Lee Petersen
  Brent K. Nelson
   

• "Experiences in the Development of Mined Underground Space in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area"
  R.L. Sterling
  Charles Fairhurst
  J.C. Carmody

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1989

Presiding Chairman: -unavailable

• "Modern Procedures for the Design of Driven Pile Foundations"
  G.C. Goble
   

• "Slurry Trench Cutoff Design and Construction for Floodwater Retarding Structure WR-6A, South Zumbro Watershed, Olmsted County, Minnesota"
  Benjamin C. Doerge
   

• "St. Paul Downtown Airport - Embankment Design and Construction: Runway 14-32 and Building Area"
  R.D. Holtz
   

• "Tension Behaviors of Foundations in Soil: An Overview"
  Fred H. Kulhawy
   

• "Tied Sheetpile Cofferdam for the St. Cloud Hydroelectric Project"
  Steven P. Larson
   

• "Movements of Pollutants through Clayey Soil"
  R. Kerry Rowe
   

• "A Case History of a Large Earth Embankment Failure Over Muskeg, Stabilized by Carefully Staged Construction, Lightweight Fill and Vertical Wick Drains"
  William K. Cody

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