Instruction of Short Courses Sponsored by Other Agencies


Instructor, Metropolitan St. Louis Seismic Design, one day short course sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers Geotechnical Committee, St. Louis Section and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, New Madrid Chapter, April 27, 2006, Engineer’s Club, St. Louis, with published lecture notes. 


Courses sponsored by the Association of San Francisco Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

 

Instructor, Rainfall, Floods and Property Damage: What Public Officials Need to Know, One-day short course with printed notes

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on February 6, 1998

 

Instructor, Excavation and Grading Administration, Inspection and Enforcement, Two-day short course with printed notes and textbook.

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA  on November 14-15,1988

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA  on June 2-3, 1989

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on February 4-5, 1991

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on May 18-19, 1992

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on November 9-10, 1992

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on February 16-17, 1993

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on November 29-30, 1993

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on April 11-12, 1994

 

Instructor, Landslide Hazard Analysis and Mitigation.  Two-day short course with printed notes

·         U.S. Geological Survey offices, Menlo Park, CA on November 9, 1988

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on March 3-4, 1993

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on March 9-10,1994

·         ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on February 18, 1998

·         Marin County Public Works Center in San Rafael, CA on July 16,1998 

 

Instructor, Land Slippage Hazard Mitigation. One-day short course with printed notes

  • ABAG Training Center in Oakland on December 17, 1991
  • ABAG Training Center in Oakland on June 19, 1995

 

Instructor, Natural Hazards and Public Agency Liability  One-day course with printed notes.

  • ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on June 15,1992
  • ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on May 20, 1994
  • ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on September 12, 1994
  • ABAG Training Center in Oakland, CA on June 30,1995

Courses sponsored by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO)

 

Instructor, Excavation and Grading Code Inspection and Control Two-day course with printed notes and textbook Excavation and Grading Administration, Inspection and Enforcement

  • Moorpark College in Moorpark, CA on October 27-28, 1989
  • Taiwan Hillside Study Group at Los Angeles City Hall on October 16-17, 1990
  • Bellevue, WA for ICBO Northwest Region on December 10-11, 1990
  • Everett, WA for ICBO Northwest Region on April 29-30, 1991
  • Honolulu Department of Public Works in Honolulu, HI on July 16-17, 1991
  • ICBO Training Center in Whittier, CA on August 9-10, 1993
  • DeAnza College in Cupertino, CA on August 8, 1993
  • ICBO Training Center in Whittier, CA on November 15-16, 1993
  • Tumwater/Olympia, WA for ICBO Northwest Region on February 22-23, 1994
  • Portland, OR for ICBO Northwest Region on February 24-25, 1994
  • DeAnza College in Cupertino, CA on May 8-9, 1995

 

Instructor, Overview of Excavation and Grading Codes. One–day short course with printed notes and textbook Excavation and Grading Administration, Inspection and Enforcement

  • ICBO Los Angeles Basin Chapter, Inglewood, CA on May 30, 1990
  • ICBO Orange Empire Chapter, Fullerton, CA on October 15,1990
  • City of Los Angeles Dept. of Building & Safety in Los Angeles, CA on February 13, 1990
  • Annual Meeting, California Building Codes Institute, San Jose, CA on Nov. 2, 1993
  • ICBO Ventura and Santa Barbara chapters in Santa Barbara, CA on September 19, 1994
  • Annual Meeting, California Building Codes Institute in Riverside, CA on October 21,1998

Course sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

 

Instructor, FHWA Advanced Slope Stability Course.  Developed a pilot 5-day short course with Prof. Sunil Sharma (Univ. of Idaho) on advanced methods of slope stability analysis for public agency transportation engineers across the United States.  This course included case studies to familiarize course participants in field techniques used to explore and evaluate slope stability problems.  Provided over 1000 color slides to illustrate the course across the United States.

·         University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN on May 16-19, 1994.   

Courses sponsored by the United States Navy/Department of Defense.

Instructor, Five-day courses for Navy and Marine Corps intelligence officers.

 

·         Instructor, Aerial Photo and Remote Sensing Interpretation at Fleet Intelligence Training Center San Diego in October 1986; March 1987, September 1987 and January 1988

·         Instructor, Aerial Image Mensuration at Fleet Intelligence Training Center San Diego in October 1986; March 1987, September 1987, January 1988

·         Instructor, Satellite Imagery Interpretation at Joint Intelligence Center Pacific at Pearl Harbor, in June 1988, October 1988, April 1989, September 1989, July 1990 and August 1991

·         Instructor,  Manipulation of Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery at the Naval Technical Intelligence Center/Naval and Maritime Intelligence Center, Washington, DC in August-September 1992, April 1993, August 1993 and February 1994