Instruction of Other Workshops and Short Courses
Keynote Speaker, “What should we know about seismic risk in the Midwestern United States?”, FEMA Region V Earthquake Planning Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, Oct. 8-10, 2008.
Instructor, Update on Pilot Program to Assess Seismic Hazards in the St. Louis Metro Area, for St. Louis Chapter, Certified Professional and Commercial Underwriters Society, in Richmond Heights, MO, Tuesday September 23, 2008, 1 hour MO continuing education credit.
Keynote Speaker, The New Madrid Seismic Zone: Likely regional and national impacts, for Regional Interagency Steering Committee (RISC) meeting, sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region V office, Chicago, Illinois, Dec 11-12, 2007.
Instructor, Flood Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Professional Development Program, Flood Protection Course for Levee Board Members. Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Wed Nov 28, 2007. Lecture topics: #1 Why Do We Have Levees in Louisiana; #2 Levee Design Issues in Louisiana; #3 Subsidence and Silt: Why are they so important?; and #4 We have to employ Systems Engineering Concepts in the 21st Century.
Keynote Speaker, Likely Impacts of the Most Probable New Madrid Earthquake, for the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, Springfield, IL, March19-20, 2007
Luncheon Speaker on subject National Impact of a New Madrid Earthquake, also Panelist and Participant, New Madrid Catastrophic Planning Conference 1, sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Central United States Earthquake Consortium, Branson, MO, March 13-15, 2007.
Convener, COSMOS Virtual Geotechnical Database Workshop for the Midwestern and Southeastern United States, sponsored by the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis and the U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program, October 5-6, 2005, Memphis, TN.
Instructor, Geotechnical and Bridge Seismic Design Workshop, sponsored byNatural Hazards Mitigation Institute at the University of Missouri-Rolla, University Transportation Center, Missouri Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, and Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Cape Girardeau, MO on Oct. 28-29, 2004.
Invited Panelist, Special Symposium on "Condition Assessment of Rock Reinforcement", Transportation Research Board Annual Highway Geology Symposium in Burlington, VT on September 23, 2003.
Instructor, Day-long seminar for secondary science teachers on “Geoforensics”, funded by the Eisenhower Professional Development Program of the U.S. Department of Education. Symposia held at Mineral Springs College in Farmington, MO on July 16, 2002.
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Instructor, Workshop on Application of the Uniform Building Code/International Building Code to Engineering Geologic and Geotechnical Engineering Problems, Short Course with 2000 Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists, San Jose, CA on Sept. 20, 2000.
Presenter, Technical Workshop on the Engineer as an Expert Witness, ASCE San Francisco Section, Geotechnical Group, Oakland, CA on April 21, 1998.
Instructor, Seismic Hazards Mapping Act Regulators Course, sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, California Division of Mines & Geology and the Southern California Earthquake Center, Los Angeles, CA on January 22-24, 1998.
Field Trip Leader for Man-Made Disaster at an Old Landslide Dam Site: A Day in the Field with Thomas Dibblee and J. David Rogers, St. Francis Dam area, May 17, 1997: The Dibblee Geological Foundation and 1997 Pacific Section Convention AAPG, SEPM, SEG, SPWLA and DEG, Bakersfield, CA on May 17, 1997.
Instructor, Technical Workshop on Settlement of Soils, ASCE San Francisco Section, Geotechnical Group, San Francisco, CA on October 18,1994.
Presenter, Development of a Computerized Well Database for Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California: First annual symposium of the Coordinating Organization for Northern California Earthquake Research and Technology, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, March 1994.
Instructor, three-day short course on Development of Grading & Excavation Codes, for Republic of China Delegation, sponsored by City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Building & Safety, October 15-17, 1990.
Instructor, One-day short course for California Department of Transportation, Transportation Laboratory, Sacramento, CA on Engineering Geologic Aspects of Seismic Site Response, Sacramento, CA on April 2, 1990.
Instructor, One day short course on Grading and Excavation Codes, City of Los Angeles Department of Building & Safety on February 5,1990.
Instructor, One-day short course on Engineering Geologic Aspects of Seismic Site Response for Oregon Department of Transportation Annual Geotechnical Workshop, Newport, OR on January 29-30, 1990.
Instructor, One day short course on Legal Aspects of Flood Damage, Northern California Chapter American Public Works Association, Oakland, CA on August 20, 1989.
Co-Instructor, One-week short course and field trip Landslides in Central California for the 28th International Geologic Congress, August 1989.
Instructor, Two-day short course on Grading and Excavation Codes, City of Los Angeles Dept. Building & Safety, July 23-24,1989.
Presenter, Prediction of Groundwater Flow into Deep Tunnels and Excavations, sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station and University of California Berkeley, CA on February 17-19, 1987.
Presenter, Public Agency Liability Seminar, American Public Works Association, Concord, CA on October 16, 1986.
Presenter, 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.