Organizing Committee
Syed Faiz Ahmad
Senior Structural Engineer
Saudi Oger Ltd.
P.O. Box 1449
Riyadh - 11431 Saudi Arabia
Cell: 966-508-169304
Tel: 966-1-4773115 office
Fax: 966-1-4773115/5331
Email: sfaiz@saudioger.com
syedfaiz23@hotmail.com
Mohammed B. Akhundov
Secretary, Azerbaijan National Committee
ISSMGE
Mir-Jalal, 31, Apt. 7
Baku, 370 134, Azerbanijan
Tel: +994 12 383125/304436
Fax: +994 12 920777
Waddah Akili
Professor of Civil Engineering,
Principal, Geotechnical Engineering
3222 Evergreen Rd.
Ames , IA 50014
E-mail: w.akili@isunet.net
Azm S.Al-Homoud
Professor Civil Engineering
American University of Sharjah
P O Box 26666
Sharjah, UAE
Tel: 971-6-5055901
Fax: 971-6-5055979
E-mail: ahomoud@ausharjah.edu
E-mail: ahomoud@aus.ac.ae
George Athanasopoulos
Professor
University of Patras , Greece
University of Patras
Department of Civil Engineering
Partas 261 10 , 0 Greece
Tel: 30-2610-997677
Fax: 30-2610-997274
E-mail: gaa@upatras.gr
Dennes T. Bergado
Professor
Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
School of Engineering
Asian Institute of Technology
Bangkok, Thailand
E-mail: bergado@ait.ac.th
Jorge Bonifazi
President
ISSMGE
Sociedad Argentina de Ingenieria
Geotecnica Pablo Mirizzi
471-Barrio Parque Velez Sarsield,
5016 Cordoba, Argentina
E-mail: bgings@infovia.com.ar
Mrs. Luljeta Bozo
President, Albanian Geotechnical Society,
National Geotechnical Society
ISSMGE
Polytechnical University of Tirana
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Rr. “Muhamed Gjollesha,” 54
Tirana, Albania
Tel: 00355 4 224970
Fax: 00355 4 254686
Cell: 00355 682136140
E-mail: luljeta_bozo@yahoo.com
Ronald Chaney
Professor Emeritus
Humboldt State University
Dept.of Environmental Resources Engr.
Karshner House 47, Room 212
Arcata, CA 95521
Tel: (707) 826-3619
Fax: (707) 826-3616
E-mail: rcc1@humboldt.edu
Jin-Ching Chern
Vice President
Sinotech Engr. Consultants, Inc.
171 Naking E. Rd., Sec. 5
Taipei 10547, Taiwan, China
Tel: 886-2-27692130 ext. 21470
Fax: 886-2-2765-5010
E-mail: jcchern@ninotech.org.tw
Dott. Ing. Filippo Ciuffi
Direttore Scientifico
I’Officiana dell’ intra Videre
Istituto Ricerche Territoriali Indagini Sperimentali
Unita di Ricerca di Potenza
Via N. Sauro, 23
85100 Potenza, Ferrara, Italy
Tel: 39-0971-473084
Fax: 39-0971-472895
E-mail: ciuffi@intravidere.com
Jose Clemente
Bechtel Corporation
5275 Westview Drive (BP2-3A10)
Frederick, MD 21703
Tel: 301-228-7646
Fax: 301-682-6415
E-mail: jlclemen@bechtel.com
Ing. Enrique Padilla Corona
Jefe del Dept. de Supervision
Ave. San Francisco # 3428
Col. Jardines de los Arcos
Guadalajara, Jalisco, 45400
MEXICO
Tel: 3-122-75-97
Fax: 3-122-75-97
E-mail: enrique.padilla@cosic-mexico.com
Anirban De
Assistant Professor
Manhattan College, Dept. of Civil Eng.
Riverdale, NY 10471
Tel: 718-862-7175
Fax: 718-862-8015
E-mail: anirban.de@manhattan.edu
Dimitris Dermatas
Professor
Director, W. M. Keck Geoenviornmental Lab.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Center for Environmental Engineering
P.O. Box 909
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Tel: 201 216-8916
Fax: 201 216-8212
E-mail: dermatas@stevens.edu
Gloria Maria Estrada
Circular 74A No. 39B apto 502
Edificio Dardanelos
Medellin, Antioquia
Colombia
Tel: 574-4355425
Fax: 574-260012
E-mail: GlorEsAl@suramericana.com.co
Bomi Ghadiali
2605 Armacost Ave. #4
Los Angeles, CA 90064-3501
Tel: 310-473-3574
E-mail: Bamang8@aol.com
M.S. Ghuman
Dr. Ghuman and Gupta Geotech Consultants
Chief Executive & Technical Director
SCO 64-65 (Basement), Sector 17-A
Chandigarh, India
Tel: (0) 5085631
Fax: 2707211
E-mail: ghuman@gggclab.com
Jesus Gomez
Schnabel Engineering Associates
Senior Associate
510 East Gay Street
West Chester, PA 19380
Tel: 610-696-6066
Fax: 610-696-7771
E-mail: jgomez@schnabel-eng.com
Nenad Gucunski
Associate Professor
Rutgers University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
P O Box 909, Brett and Bowser Roads
Piscataway, NJ 08855
Tel: 732-445-4413
Fax: 732-445-0577
E-mail: gucunski@rci.rutgers.edu
Vito A. Guido
Professor
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art
Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003-7120
Tel: (212) 353-4000
E-mail: guido@cooper.edu
M.D. Sahadat Hossain
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 19308
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX 76019
Tel: (817) 272-3577
Fax: (817)272-2630
E-mail: hossain@uta.edu
Bujang B.K. Huat
Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering
Putra Mayaysia University
43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor
Malaysia
Tel: 603-89466368
Fax: 603-86567129
E-mail: bujang@eng.upm.edu.my
Ivo Herle
Lehrstuhl fur Bodenmechanik und Grandbau Institut fir Geotechnik Technische Universitat
Dresden
D-01062 Dreden
Germany
Tel: 49-351-46337540
Fax: 49-351-46334131
E-mail: ivo.herle@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
Pedro Hidalgo
Director/IAEE
Universidad Catholica de Chile
Professor, Departamento de Ingenier a
Estructural Casilla 306
Correo 22, Santiago, Chile
E-mail: phidalgo@ing.puc.cl
NK Kumapley
Secretary, Ghanan Geotecnical Society
ISSMGE
University of Science and Technology University
P O Box 40
Kumasi, Ghana
Sanjeev Kumar
Professor and Distinguished Teacher
Southern Illinois University
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering B-24A - Mail Code 6603
1230 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
Tel: 618-453-7873
Fax: 618-453-3044
E-mail: kumars@ce.siu.edu
Shihai Li
Professor
Vice Director, Division of Engineering,
Institure of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Professor, Institute of Mechanics, (CAS)
No. 15 Beisihaunxi Road,
Beijing, PR China 10080
Tel: 00086-01062573764
Fax: 00086-01062562284
E-mail: shli@imech.ac.cn
Majid T.Manzari
Professor
The George Washington University
Civil & Environmental Engineering
801 22nd Street, NW
Washington, D.C.20052
Tel: 202-994-5970
Fax: 202-994-0127
E-mail: manzari@gwu.edu
Edmund Medley
Senior Consultant
GeoSyntec Consultants
475 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: 510-836-3034
Fax: 510-836-3036
E-mail: edmedley@geosyntec.com
Jay N. Meegoda
Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Department of Civil and Env. Engineering
University Heights
225 Colton Hall, Suite 200
Newark, NJ 07102-1982
Tel: 973 596-2464
Fax: 973 596-5790
E-mail: meegoda@njit.edu
Anil Misra
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
University of Missouri-Kansas City
350H Flarsheim Hall
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
Tel: 816-235-1285 (W)
Fax: 816-235-1260
E-mail: MisraA@umkc.edu
George Mylonakis
University of Patras
Department of Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
GR-26500, Rio, Greece
Tel:30-2610-996542
Fax: 30-2610-996576
E-mail: mylo@upatras.gr
Sissy Nikolaou
Associate
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
14 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10122
Tel: 917-339-9381
Fax: 917-339-9400
E-mail: snikolaou@mrce.com
Hidetoshi Ochiai
Professor
Kyushu University
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Hakozaki, Higashi-ku Fukuoka
Japan
ochiai@civil.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Peter Osborn
National Team Leader for GT field Operations
FHWA
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101
Tel: 410-962-0702
E-mail: peter.osborn@fhwa.dot.gov
Alain Pecker
Chairman Managing Director
Geodynamique et Structure
157 Rue des Blains
92220 Bagneux France
Tel: 33146650011
Fax: 33146655854
E-mail: alain_pecker@geodynamique.com
Vlad Perlea
US Army Corps. of EN., Sacramento District,
Dam Safety and Infrastructure Support Section
Attn: CESPK-ED-GP, 1325 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-2922
Tel: 916-557-5320
Fax: 916-557-6803
E-mail: vlad.g.perlea@spk01.usace.army.mil
Glenn J. Rix
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mason Bldg, Room 235
Atlanta GA 30332
Tel: 404-894-2292
Fax: 404-894-2278
E-mail: glenn.rix@ce.gatech.edu
Kyle Rollins
Brigham Young Unversity
Enviornmental Engineering
368 CB
Provo, UT 84602
E-mail: rollinsk@et.byu.edu
E-mail: rollinsk@byu.edu
Celso Romanel
Department of Civil Engineering
PUC-Rio Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil, 22453-900
E-mail: romanel@civ.puc-rio.br
Peter Scharle
Chairman, ISSMGE Hungarian National Committee
ISSMGE
H-1126, Orbanhegyi ut 13
Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: scharle.peter@hungarnet.hu
E-mail: scharle@sze.hu
Bang-Woong Shin
Chungbuk National University
Civil Engineering, 48 Gacsin
Cheong-Ju, Chungkuk
S. Korea 763-453
E-mail: bwshin@cbucc.chungbuk.ac.kr
Eun Chul Shin
Professor
University of Inchon
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
177 Dohwa-dong, Narn-ku
Inchon 402-749 Korea
Tel: 032-760-8466
Fax: 82-32-8460
E-mail: ecshin@lion.inchon.ac.kr
T. G. Sitharam
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
Tel: + 91-80 -360 2261/293 2919
Fax: +91-80- 360 0404 / 360 0683
E-mail: sitharam@civil.iisc.ernet.in
Elias Sotiropoulos
Geomechaniki Ltd.
451 Mesogion ave.
Aghia Paraskevi
Athens, GREECE 15343
Tel: 30-1-603-2813
Fax: 30-1-666-9019
E-mail: elias@newmedialab.gr
Jost Studer
Studer Engineering
Thujastr, 4
CH-8038 Zurich, Switzerland
Western Europe
Tel: 41-1-481-0600
Fax: 41-1-481-0602
E-mail: studer@studer-engineering.ch
Dr. Karim Sultanov
Institute of Mechanics & Seismic Stability of Stuctures
Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
E-mail: instmech@uzsci.net
E-mail: khusanov@yahoo.com
Ion Vlad
Romanian National Center for Earthquake Engineering & Vibrations
Universitatea Tehnica De Constructi
Bucuresti, Bd. Lacul Tei nr. 124, Sector 2, RO- 72302
Bucuresti 38 Romania
E-mail: vlad@dial.kappa.ro
Robert Yin
Senior Engineer
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
PATC Room 234
241 Erie Street
Jersey City, NJ 07320
Tel: (973) 565-7593
E-mail: Wcryin@aol.com
Zia Zafir
Kleinfelder, Inc.
Principal Engineer
3077 Fite Circle
Sacramento, CA 95827
Tel: 916-366-1701
Fax: 916-366-7013
Dimitrios P.Zekkos
GeoSyntec Consultants
475 14th Street, Suite 450
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: 510-836-3034
E-mail: zekkos@geoengineer.org
A.Z. Zhuspbekov
Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society
ISSMGE
The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
5 Muanitpassov Str.
Astana, 473021, Kazakhstan
E-mail: askarz@nets.kz
Chairman, Shamsher Prakash
Professor Emeritus in Civil Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
1870 Miner Circle, Room 227 Civil Eng.
Rolla, MO ( USA) 65409-0030
Tel: 573- 341-4489
Fax: 573- 341-4729
E-mail: prakash@mst.edu