2020 Annual Kansas City Specialty Seminar

Geologic Hazards

Scheduled Speakers and Presentations:

Occurrence, Evaluation, and Treatment of Expansive Soils
in the Gulf Coast Region
Abhishek Shethji, PE (Fugro USA Land)
Rai Mehdiratta, PhD, PE (Fugro USA Land)
Umesh Bachu, PE (Fugro USA Land)

The Broomfield Claim – Lessons Learned Regarding Expansive Clays
Steve Wendland, PE, RG, DGE (Kleinfelder)

Regional History of Central US Earthquakes:
Recognizing When Earthquake Hazards Pose Earthquake Risks
Phyllis Steckel, RG (Earthquake Insight, LLC)

Seismic Hazards Experience in
West Tennessee & East Arkansas
Ashraf Elsayed, PhD, PE, DGE (Geotechnology)

Sinkholes and Karst - Learning to Live with our Karst Landscape
Douglas Gouzie, PhD (Missouri State University)

Overview of Geophysical Methods for Engineering Applications in Karst:
Using Superpowers (and Corvettes) to Look for Karst and Caves
Thomas Brackman, RG (NSG Innovations)

Monitoring Rockfall and Landslide Hazards Using
Ground-Based Interferometric Radar
Brent Rosenblad, PhD, PE (University of Missouri-Columbia)

Ground Settlement Hazards: The Classic Forensics Problem
in Geotechnical Engineering
Paul Santi, PhD (Colorado School of Mines)

Friday, January 24, 2020

Burns & McDonnell Headquarters, Greg Graves Auditorium

Kansas City, Missouri

Registration Fees (includes meals):

$200 (early bird)

$220 (after 1/17/20)

$15 (students)

Planning Committee Members

Joe Waxse, PE, D.GE: joe.waxse@terracon.com

Brad Gardner, PE: bgardner@burnsmcd.com

David Mathews: mathews3@mindspring.com

Ryan Corey, PhD, PE: ryanc@rtetech.com