Update on St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazard Mapping Project for Missouri Seismic Safety Commission
Friday August 22, 2008, St Louis, Missouri
Possibilities for 21st Century Technology to Reduce Flood Risk and Reduce Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana, for Environmental Defense Fund’s Coastal Louisiana Recovery Panel, Baton Rouge, LA, September 17, 2007.
Levee Design Issues in the Mississippi Delta, for the Environmental Defense Fund’s Coastal Louisiana Recovery Panel, Sausalito, CA, August 6, 2007.
Overview of the Threat Posed by the New Madrid Seismic Zone, for the GIS Training Symposium for Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, sponsored by the USGS NGTOC III Emergency Response GIS Training and Support Team, Rolla, MO, Thursday May 17, 2007.
Detection of Underground Openings, for the Underground Group, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency-West, St. Louis, January 6, 2004.
1928 St. Francis Dam Failure for the Ventura County Museum of History and Art, Ventura County Courthouse, Ventura, CA on March 12, 2003.
1928 St. Francis Dam Failure for the Historical Society of Southern California, Mark Taper Auditorium Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA on March 10, 2003.
Dams and Disasters: A brief overview of dam building in California, Member Agency General Counsels Dinner Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA on January 13, 2003.
Dams and Disasters: A brief overview of dam building in California, California Division of Dam Safety, Sacramento, CA on January 8, 2003.
The St. Francis Dam Failure and Its Impact on Southern California Water Resources Development, Metropolitan Water District Member Agency Legal Counsel Dinner, Los Angeles, CA on January 11, 1999.
The St. Francis Dam Failure and Flood, Santa Paula Oil Museum, Santa Paula, CA on February 8, 1998.
Panelist, El Nino and What’s in Store for Us: Association of San Francisco Bay Area Governments one-day seminar on the 1997-98 El Nino Cycle, Oakland, CA on December 9, 1997.
Reassessment of the St. Francis Dam Failure at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, CA on May 13, 1997.
St. Francis Dam Failure: What Happened? Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles on April 9, 1997.
Reassessment of the St. Francis Dam Failure Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose, CA on February 26, 1997.
Reassessment of the St. Francis Dam Failure, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station and Engineering Research and Design Center, Vicksburg, MS on Nov. 15, 1996.
Featured presenter, “Look Before You Build” workshop sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, Contra Costa County Dept. of Public Works on February 15, 1996.
An Engineer’s Look at Liability Exposure of Public Agencies, for Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Pacheco, CA on March 10, 1992.
Engineering Geologic Framework of the San Francisco Bay Depression and Implications for Development of the Bay Margins, Testimony before State of California, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Engineering Criteria Review Board, San Francisco, CA on September 11, 1991.
Development of Contra Costa County Civil Works Infrastructure for Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, Pacheco, CA on June 14, 1991.
Late Quaternary Geology and Evolution of the San Francisco Bay Depression and Its Impact on Seismic Site Response, special presentation California Department of Transportation, Transportation Laboratory, Sacramento on March 29, 1990.
Unraveling the East Bay Stratigraphy as a First Step in Assessing Site Response of the I-880 Cypress Structure and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge During the Loma Prieta Earthquake, California Division of Mines & Geology, Pleasant Hill, CA on March 7, 1990.
An Engineer’s Perspective on Liability Exposure of Water Agencies, Association of California Water Agencies, La Quinta, CA on March 2, 1990.
Observations of the I-880 Cypress Structure Collapse and Unraveling Asymmetric Site Response During the Oct 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, invited testimony before the Governor’s Board of Inquiry on the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, Oakland, CA on December 14, 1989.
Observations of the I-880 Cypress Structure Collapse and Unraveling Asymmetric Site Response During the Oct 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, invited testimony before the Assembly Transportation Committee, State of California, November 7, 1989, Los Angeles, California, Hon. R. Katz, Chairman.
Observations of the I-880 Cypress Structure Collapse and Unraveling Asymmetric Site Response During the Oct 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, invited testimony before the Senate Transportation Committee, State of California, Oakland, CA, November 1, 1989, Hon. Quentin Kopp, Chairman.
Instructor, Slope Stability and Landslides, One day short course U.S. Forest Service West Regional Engineering Center, Pleasant Hill, CA on September 20, 1986.
Landslides and Legal Issues, for the Contra Costa County Department of Public Works, Martinez, CA on February 22, 1984.
Massive rock toppling at Clear Creek, Second Grand Canyon Research Symposium, National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ on October 11, 1978.