Invited Presentations with Published Abstracts

Overview of Post-Flood Surveys of the Upper Mississippi Valley in the Summer of 2008: Finding the Balance Between Floods, Flood Protection, and River Navigation, scientific meeting sponsored by St. Louis University, Abstracts and Program, Presentation No. 7.  November 11, 2008, St. Louis.  

The Boulder Canyon Project and Hoover Dam: Some of Its Impacts on the Engineering Profession: Conference on The Fate and Future of the Colorado River, sponsored by the Huntington-USC Institute on California & the West and the Water Education Foundation, Huntington Library, san Marino, CA Oct 31-Nov 1, 2008. 

Professor Arthur B. Cleaves-An Engineering Geology Pioneer: Invited presentation for Symposium #5 honoring the professional career of Professor Terry R. West, Program with Abstracts 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, New Orleans, AEG News, v. 51 (July), p. 82 (complete abstract published in Changes to Program with Abstracts, AEG 2008, New Orleans, LA, p. 5).

Geologic Conditions Underlying the 2005 17th Street Canal levee Failure in New Orleans (with Darrel W. Schmitz): Invited presentation for Symposium #4 New Orleans Levees and Hurricane Katrina, Program with Abstracts 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, New Orleans, AEG News, v. 51 (July), p. 82.

Seize the Opportunity to Become Advocates for Your Own Collective Protection: Don’t Wait for the Army Corps of Engineers and Congress to Figure It All Out: Invited presentation for UNO CHART/EERI Community Forum on How to Become Successful Disaster Mitigation Advocates Promoting Safer, More Resilient Communities, sponsored by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the University of New Orleans Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, [Proceedings] 60th Annual Meeting, 2008 EERI Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Feb. 6-9, 2008.        

Geologic Factors Promoting Ground Subsidence and Coastal Land Loss in the Mississippi Delta and the Great Debate About What to Do About It: Invited presentation for Special Session on Role of Geology in Planning and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 39:6, Denver, Oct. 2007, pp. 509.

Factors Contributing to the 2005 Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Breach, Reynolds County, MO (with C.M. Watkins and D.J. Hoffman): Invited presentation for Forensic and Engineering Geology Case Studies: A Tribute to James E, Slosson, GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 39:6, Denver, Oct. 2007, pp. 200.

Panama Canal: The World’s Landslide Laboratory: Program with Abstracts 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, Los Angeles, AEG News, v. 50 (July), p. 117-18.

Carrying the Torch:  The Societal Impact of State Geologist James E. Slosson: Program with Abstracts 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, Los Angeles, AEG News, v. 50 (July), p. 116.

Three Southern California Geologists Who Were Pioneers of Engineering Geology: Program with Abstracts 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, Los Angeles, AEG News, v. 50 (July), p. 116-17.

Remembering Mike Scullin, One of the Founding Fathers of Grading and Excavation Ordinances (with P.L. Drumm): Program with Abstracts 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, Los Angeles, AEG News, v. 50 (July), p. 118.

Investigation of Levee Performance in Hurricane Katrina: Levee Failures Along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal; for Mini Symposium (3): Performance Evaluation and Analyses of the New Orleans Levee System in Hurricane Katrina: Final Program, Annual Mtg of the ASCE GeoInstitute, Geo-Denver 2007, February 20, 2007, p. 23.

Hurricane Katrina and the Critical Role of the Media in Shaping Public Policy: Session 101: Geoscience Advocacy and Communicating with the Public Abstracts with Program, Geological Society of America, v. 38:7, Philadelphia, Oct., 2006, pp. 256-7.

Implementation of a COSMOS Format Web-Based Geotechnical Database for the Midwestern United States: for session on Urban Seismic Hazard Mapping in Eastern North America: 77th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America, Memphis, October 3, 2005: Seismological Research Letters, v. 76.  

Lessons on Site Characterization Gleaned from Geoforensic Studies: Visioning the Future of Engineering Geology: A Symposium on Site Characterization: 2004 Program with Abstracts, 2004 Annual Meeting, Association of Engineering Geologists, Dearborn, MI, 30 Sept, AEG News, v. 47 (July), pp. 30.  

Designing a Web-Based Geotechnical Database for the St. Louis Metro Area, Geological Society of America North-Central Section, 38th Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs: Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, March 30, 2004.

Topographic Expression of Landslide-prone Terrain; Lateral Spread Features in the New Madrid Seismic Zone; and Estimating Permanent Deformations of Earthquake-Induced Landslides for the Center for Earthquake Research Information, University of Memphis, March 12, 2004.    

Is Strain Softening Responsible for Sackungen Features?, one of two invited presentations for topical session titled “Deep Rock Deformation: Mechanics, Processes and Timing”, Abstracts with Program, Geological Society of America, v. 35:6, Seattle, Nov., 2003, pp. 311.

Triumphs and Tragedies of Dam Building, Invited presentation for Symposium on Dam Safety, Program with Abstracts 46th Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Sept., 2003, AEG News v. 46, n. 6, pp. 71-72.

Invited Panelist for special session on Condition Assessment of Rock Reinforcement for the Annual Highway Geology Symposium sponsored by the US Transportation Research Board in Burlington, VT (Sept. 2003), one of three selected to be on day-long panel.

Innovative Solutions for Water Wars in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority: International Conference on Military Geology and Geography, United States Military Academy at West Point, 16 June 2003.

Disappearing Practice Opportunities: Why Are Owners and Engineers Taking Increased Risks?  What Can Be Done to Counter This Threat?: Symposia on Visioning the Future of Engineering Geology: Sustainability and Stewardship, Program with Abstracts, 2002 Annual Meeting, Association of Engineering Geologists and American Institute of Professional Geologists, Reno, Sept., AEG News v. 45, n. 6, p. 44. 

State-of-the-Practice in Providing Geotechnical Input for Design of Foundations on Expansive Soils, invited lecture for Symposium on Overview of Recent Advances in Engineering Geology, Program with Abstracts 2001 Annual Mtg., Association of Engineering Geologists, St. Louis, Oct 4, 2001, AEG News, v. 44, n. 4, p. 73.

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Mission Peak Landslide, Fremont, CA: in symposium on El Nino, Landslides, and Coastal Retreat Symposia: Program and Abstracts, 1998 Fall Meeting Abstract Volume, American Geophysical Union, Paper H-72F-09, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 79, No. 45, p. 266.

Spatial Geologic Hazard Analysis in Practice: in symposium on Spatial Analysis in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Final Program, GeoLogan 97, Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Logan, UT, Session 12B, July 18, 1997, p. 11.

Hydrocompression and Hydroswell - New terms in the geotechnical dictionary: Joseph F. Poland Symposium on Land Subsidence: Annual Meeting - Association of Engineering Geologists, 1995, Vol. 38, abstract volume, pp. 81, Sacramento.

Science versus Advocacy: The Reviewer's Role to Protect Public Inter­est: Symposium on A Reviewers Perspec­tive of Regulatory Review, Annual Meeting - Association of Engineering Geologists,  Long Beach, CA on October 7, 1992, p. 40.

Seismic Response of Embankments, 35th Annual Meeting, Association of Engineering Geologists, Long Beach, CA on October 8,1992, p. 40.

Site stratigraphy and its effects on soil amplification in the greater Oakland area during the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake: Abstracts with Program – Cordilleran Section Mtg., Geological Society of America, March 1991, Vol. 23, Issue 2, pp. 93.

Asymmetric Ground Motion and Site Stratigraphy in Vicinity of the Col­lapsed I‑880 Cypress Structure in Oakland During the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earth­quake (with R. Wilhelms), Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 1990, Dallas, Vol. 22, Issue 7, pp. 187-188.

Impacts of Climatic and Environmental Change on Slope Morphology in the Colorado Plateau, Program, Penrose Specialty Conference on Geomorphic and Stratigraphic Indicators of Climatic Change in Arid and Semi‑arid ­Environments, Geological Society of America, Lake Havasu, Arizona, 14-19 April 1985.

The Role of Water in Mass Wasting and Slope Failure (with W.E. Dietrich), in Abstracts with Programs, 97th Annual Meeting Geological Society of America, Symposium on Groundwater Geomorphology, Reno, NV, Nov.1984.