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Archive of Past Conferences 1990 - 1999

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1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

1990

Presiding Chairmen: unavailable

• "Minnesota Road Research Project"
  David E. Newcombe
  Nelrae Succio
  Steve Lund
   

• "Applications of Pressuremeter Testing"
  Jean-Louis Briau
   

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

• "Movement of Pollutants Through Clayey Soil"
  R. Kerry Rowe
   

• "Tension Behavior of Foundations in Soil"
  Prof. Fred H. Kulhawy
   

• "Modeling the relationship between soil suction and vertical ground movement in expansive soils"
  Pamela J. Sattler
   

• "Soil Stabilization Using Vegetation"
  Tien H. Wu
   

• "The Reliability of Clay Barriers in Contact with Liquid Organics"
  Robert M. Quigley
   

• "Temporary Foundation Support for Departure Ramp at Anchorage International Airport"
  Richard W. Christensen
  Arthur H. Whitmer
   

• "Marie Dam Evaluation and Repair"
  John T. Lee
  Philip B. Solseng
   

• "Performance Behavior of Soil Nailing System"
  Sanchul Bang
  Y.I. Chung
   

• case study of the Target Center Arena foundation
  Michael Heuer

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1991

Presiding Chairmen: unavailable

• "Measuring Lateral Pressures of Soil in-situ"
  Richard Handy
   

• "Professional Update: Current Research in Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Minnesota"
  Joseph F. Labuz
   

• "The Use of the Cone Penetration Test for Evaluating Capacity of Driven Piles"
  Peter Robertson
   

• "Analysis of Soil-Stress Cell Interaction"
  David Van Deusen
   

• "Vibration Effects of Pile Driving"
  Charles H. Dowding, P.E.
   

• "Geosynthetic Reinforcement for Wall and Slope Construction"
  Barry R. Christopher, P.E.
   

• "Soil and Rock Anchors"
  Donald A. Bruce
   

• "Rapid Construction of a Surcharge Embankment Over Organic Soils"
  William L. Lawyer
   

• "The Use of Shredded Tires as a Lightweight Subgrade on 9 Ton Road Design"
  James C. Rudd, P.E.
  Bruce Loney, P.E.
   

• "Evaluation of Variation in Compaction Relative to Settlement of a Deep Fill"
  William B. Tepley
  Bruce Smith, P.E.
   

• "Cedar Avenue Bridge Foundations"
  William K. Cody, P.E.

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1992

Presiding Chairmen: Joseph Labuz and Daryl Zuelke

• "Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering"
  G. Wayne Clough
   

• "Geostatistics for Geotechnical Site Investigation"
  Randal Barnes
   

• "Nondestructive Testing of Geotechnical Systems with Surface Waves"
  Kenneth H. Stoke, II
   

• "Ground Improvement"
  Joseph P. Welsh
   

• "Slope Stability / Braced Excavations"
  Richard Finno
   

• "Geo-Environmental Issues"
  Robert Landreth
   

• "Effect of In-situ Environmental Conditions on the Interface Shear Characteristics between Sand and Geomembranes"
  Sridhar R. Palakur
   

• "Wellner-Hageman Flood Control Project"
  Darrell Apelgrain, P.E.
  Thomas F. Prehoda, P.E.
  Philip B. Solseng, P.E.
   

• "Repair of Sinkhole on Highway 169 near Hibbing, Minnesota"
  Todd R. Campbell, P.E.
  Samuel Y. Ng, P.E.
  John Templeman
   

• "Lock and Dam 10 Dewatering"
  Darrell Morey
   

• "Specification, Design, and Construction of the I-94 Modular Block Wall"
  Vicki Barron
  Ryan R. Berg
  Dennis Larson

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1993

Presiding Chairmen: Daryl Zuelke and Jeff Voyen

• "Recent Developments in the Design of Deep Foundations"
  Clyde N. Baker, Jr. (Kersten Lecture)
   

• "The Forest City Landslide"
  Roy E. Hunt
   

• "The Design and Construction of Rafferty Dam on the Massive Prairie Clay Foundation"
  Igor Holubec
   

• "MNROAD Update"
  David Newcomb
   

• "Freeze-Thaw, Shrink-Swell, and Other Effects on Landfill Covers"
  Moir D. Haug
   

• "Stability Analysis of Multiple Composite Slopes"
  John Boschuk, Jr.
   

• "Evaluation of Geotechnical Variability in the Cone Penetration Test"
  Bjorn Birgisson
   

• "Compression Anchors"
  Donald E. Bobbitt
   

• "A New Approach to Temporary Retaining Walls"
  Alan Ringen
  Patricia Cole
  Lowell E. Wenzell
   

• "The Evolution of Geotechnical Design Philosophies in Lake Agassiz Soils"
  Mark S. Meyers
   

• "Raising a Tailings Dam the was Constructed above Unstable Soils"
  Ron Shaffer
  Stephen Gale

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1994

Presiding Chairmen: Jeff Voyen and David Rydeen

• "Observations on the Collapse of Granular Materials"
  Norbert R. Morgenstern (Kersten Lecture)
   

• "Static and Dynamic Testing of Piles"
  Bengt H. Fellenius
   

• "Grouting for Urban Construction"
  Wallace H. Baker
   

• "Plastic Insulation in Earthworks"
  David S. Greeley
   

• "Dewatering Problems Encountered in the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Cut"
  Otto D.L. Strack
   

• "Electrical Strengthening of Clays by Dielectrophoresis"
  Julie O. Shang
   

• "Case History - The Great Flood of 1993"
  Paul D. Madison
   

• "Application of the Borehole Shear Test"
  Lisa M. Lee
   

• "Rockfall Field Testing and Mitigation at Silver Cliff, Near Two Harbors, Minnesota"
  D. Lee Peterson
  Charles Howe
   

• "Use of Rigid Insulation Below Grade for Roadways and Parking Areas"
  Thomas G. Krzewinski
  Jay D. Bergman

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1995

Presiding Chairmen: David Rydeen and Ron Farmer

• "Methods of Analysis for Slopes in Soil"
  James Michael Duncan, Ph.D., P.E.
   

• "Geotechnical Legacies of Glacial Lake Agassiz"
  Andrew Baracos, Ph.D., P.E.
   

• "Effects of Foundation Stiffness on the Development and Deterioration of Cracks in Jointed Concrete Pavement"
  Mark B. Snyder, Ph.D.
   

• "Embankment Instrumentation"
  Christopher P. Groves, P.E.
   

• "Deformation of Compacted Clay Fills"
  Iraj Noorany, Ph.D., P.E.
   

• "Field-Scale Hydrologic Performance of Earthen Landfill Final Covers"
  Craig H. Benson, Ph.D.
   

• "Field Demonstration of Thermal Pre-compression of Peat"
  James L. Hanson
   

• "Design and Construction of a Geocell/Geogrid Reinforced Retaining System"
  Blake E. Nelson, P.E.
   

• "MnDOT's Soils Information Processing System (SIPS): Automating Soil Collection, Data Processing and Plotting"
  Michael J Rief, P.E.
   

• "Impact of Old Tunnel Systems on Foundations Systems for New Construction in St. Paul, Minnesota"
  Jeffrey P. Klein, P.E.
   

• "Nelson Lake Dam Slope Analysis and Repair"
  Kevin L. Mann
  Craig Bleth

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1996

Presiding Chairmen: Ron Farmer and Gregory Reuter

• "The Practical Use of Geotechnical Instrumentation: Some Problems and Solutions"
  John Dunnicliff
   

• "Stabilizing and Re-leveling Heavy Structures By Means of Compaction Grouting"
  Sam Bandimere
   

• "The State of the Practice of the Vibro Techniques for Ground Improvement in North America"
  Joseph P. Welsh
   

• "Frost Action, Pavements, and Load Restrictions"
  Orlando B. Andersland
   

• "Karst Topography and Sinkholes: Engineering Implications"
  E. Calvin Alexander, Jr.
   

• "Remote Monitoring of Piezometers with Automation"
  Brian K. Johnson
   

• "Investigation of Blasting and Construction Vibration Claims - Case History of the Funk Residence"
  Lawrence W. Gubbe
   

• "Compression and Uplift Static Capacity of Driven H-Pile"
  William K. Cody
  Neil T. Schwanz
   

• "Environmental Cleanup of 100-Year Old Coal Gasification Plant, Rochester, Minnesota"
  James C. Rudd

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1997

Presiding Chairmen: Gregory Reuter and Gary Person

• "Aging of Soils"
  Gholamreza Mesri
   

• "Rational Approaches to the Evaluation of Socket Resistance in Drilled Shafts in Intermediate Geomaterials"
  Michael W. O'Neill
   

• "Rock Engineering in the Twin Cities"
  Charles R. Nelson
   

• "Geo-Institute: A Progress Report"
  Michael O'Neill
   

• "Panel Presentation on Design of Drilled Piers"
  Moderator:
  Lowell Wenzel, P.E. - Wenzel Engineering
  Panel:
  Michael O'Neill, P.E. - University of Houston
  Don Schulze - Layne Minnesota Company
  Bob Ingvalson - Kirkman Foundation Company
  Jim Melcher - Tri-State Drilling, Inc.
   

• "Investigation and Potential Application of Segmental Compression Anchors"
  Wei Zhang
   

• "Geotechnical Investigation into Settlement of Multiplate Long-Span Metal Culvert"
  S. Bang
  T.V. Schaefer
  V. Bump
   

• "Design and Construction of the Foundations for a World Class Roller Coaster: The Wild Thing"
  B. Birgisson, J. Fox, J. Lin
   

• "Analysis and Design of Flexible Retaining Structures by Elastic Methods"
  Lawrence Gubbe, Jeffrey Carlson
   

• "SPT Energy Measurements with the PDA"
  Rich Lamb

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1998

Presiding Chairmen: Gary Person and Bruce Thorson

• "Geo-Engineering for Power in the Northland"
  Dr. Ralph B. Peck
   

• "Heave Predictions in Expansive Soils"
  John D. Nelson
   

• "Case Histories of Foundations on Sand and Clay"
  Charles Riggs
   

• "The Stockwood Fill: a Failing Grade in Northern Pacific Construction Engineering"
  Donald P. Schwert
   

• "Experiences During Flooding on the Red River of the North"
  Darrell W. Morey, P.E.
   

• "Long-Term Settlement of Shredded Tire Fills"
  Thor Heimdahl
   

• "Specifying and Bidding Segmental Concrete Faced MSE Walls on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Projects"
  Mark Meyers, P.E., Ph.D.
  Neil Schwanz, P.E.
  Ryan Berg, P.E.
   

• "Anchor Testing in St. Peter Sandstone"
  Mark Meyers, P.E., Ph.D.
  Brent Nelson, P.E.
   

• "Use of Alternative Backfill for Integral Abutment Bridge End Treatment"
  Steve Soupir
   

• "MnDOT's New Base Compaction Specification Based on the Dynamic Cone Penetrometer"
  John Siekmeier, P.E.
  Tom Burnham, P.E.
  David Beberg

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1999

Presiding Chairmen: Bruce Thorson and Don Schulz

• "Lessons Learned from Failures Associated with Geosynthetics"
  Dr. J.P. Giroud, P.E.
   

• "Retrospection of Limit Analysis"
  Dr. Andrew Drescher
   

• "Finite Element Slope Stability Analysis"
  Dr. Ethan Dawson
   

• "Characterization of Geomaterials by Enhanced In-Situ Testing"
  Dr. Paul Mayne, P.E.
   

• "Improvement of Soft Organic Ground for Construction"
  Dr. Tuncer Edil, P.E.
   

• "Validation of p-y Curves from Pressuremeter Tests at Pascagoula Mississippi"
  J. Brian Anderson
   

• "Performance of Pile Foundations Subjected to Downdrag"
  Alan Wagner, P.E.
  Van Komurka, P.E.
   

• "Construction of Bridge 02037 T.H. 10 over University Avenue on Temporary Earthfill Embankment"
  Dr. Lawrence Gubbe, P.E.
  James Hill, P.E.
   

• "Ground Improvement Works in Very Soft Cohesive Soils at the Shah Alam Expressway in Malaysia"
  Dr. Masud Alam, P.E.
  Paul Ha
   

• "Soil Nailing for the WHEDA Office Building in Madison, Wisconsin"
  E. Bahner, P.E.
  J. Sirvinskis

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