1/2 Hour Oral Presentations
George Gazetas OSP 1
Professor
National Technical University of Athens
School of Engineering
President of Laboratory of Soil Mechanics
36, Assimakipoulou Str. Ag. Paraskevi
Athens, Greece
Tel: 30 210 600 8578
Fax: 30 210 600 7699
E-mail: Gazetas@ath.forthnet.gr
Topic: Newmark Sliding-Block Analysis: Surprising Results with Directivity-Affected Near-Fault Shaking
D.S. “Sax” Saxena,
P.E. OSP 2
ASC Geosciences, Inc.
CEO & Chief Consultant
20 Lake Wire Drive, Suite 200
P.O. Box 3644
Lakeland, FL 33802
Tel: 863-644-8300
Fax: 863-644-8203
E-mail: dsaxena@ascworld.net
Topic: Case Studies in Forensic Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering
George E. Leventis
OSP 3
Langan International
21 Penn Plaza, Suite 900
360, 31st Street, 8th Floor
New York City, NY 10001
Tel: 212-479-5402
Fax: 212-479-5544
Cell: 201-665-6444
E-mail: gleventis@Langan.com
Topic: Case Histories of a Bridge Foundation
Tony Canale OSP 4
Associate
Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
225 West, 34th Street, 14 Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10122
Email: tcanale@mrce.com
Topic: New York City High-rise on “Rock” Uncovering the Unknown Leads to Variable Foundation Solutions
Rolf Katzenbach OSP 5
Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics
Darmstadt University of Technology
Institute fur Geotechnik - TU Darmstadt.
Faculty of Civil Eng. And Geodesy
13 Petersenstrabe
Darmstadt, D64287 Germany
Tel: 49-6151-16-21-49
Fax: 49-6151-16-66-83
E-mail: katzenbach@geotechnik.tu-darmstadt.de
Topic: Case Histories of Underground and Surface Constructions with Specific Emphasis on the Urban Environment - Actual Developments for the City of the Future
A.
Verghese Chummar OSP 6
F.S. Engineers
Managing Director
98, Velachery Road/Guindy
Chennai, 600032 India
Tel: 91-442-2351862
91-442-2353279
Fax: 91-442-2353279
Cell: +919884079353
E-mail: chummar@fsengineers.com
E-mail: geotechnical@fsengineers.com
Topic: Case Studies of Failures of Cast-in-Situ Piles
Dr.
Nikos Gerolymos OSP 7
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
School of Civil Engineering
Geotechnical Department
9 Heron Polyrechneiou St.
Zografou 15773 Greece
Tel: 30-210-601-5207
Fax: 30-210-772-2405
E-mail: gerolymos@mycosmos.gr
Topic: Seismic Response of Caisson Foundations in the Presence of Soil and Geometric Non-Linearities, with Applications to Major Bridge Piers
Mark
R. Svinkin OSP 8
President, Vibraconsult
No. 205
13821 Cedar Road
Cleveland, OH 44118
Tel: 216-397-9625
Fax: 216-397-1175
E-mail: msvinkin@roadrunner.com
Topic: Soil and Structure Vibration from Construction and Industrial Sources
Azm S. Al-Homoud OSP 9 (withdrawn)
Professor of Civil Engineering
American University of Sharjah
School of Engineering
PO Box 26666
Sharjah UAE
Tel: 971-6-5055979
Fax: 30-210-600-7699
Email: ahomoud@aus.ac.ae
Email: gulf_geotech@yahoo.com
Topic: Ground Improvement Experiences in Calcareous Sand Land Reclamation Mega Projects of UAE
Wang Lanmin OSP 10
Lanzhou Institute of Seismology
Lanzhou 730000 China
E-mail: wanglm@gssb.gov.cn
Topic: Qinghai-Tibet Railway, China and the Solutions to its Major Geotechnical Problems for Construction