ASCE Society President-Elect Webinar

TOPIC: Scour at Bridges

SPEAKER: Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE

LOCATION: Microsoft Teams (Invite will be included in confirmation email and sent to registrants)

COST: Free

BIO:

Jean-Louis Briaud is ASCE’s 2020 President-Elect and will advance to serve as the 2021 President. He is a Distinguished Professor and Holder of the Spencer J. Buchanan Chair in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a Professional Engineer. He received his Bachelor degree in France in 1972 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Ottawa in Canada in 1979. His expertise is in foundation engineering and more generally geotechnical engineering. He has served as President of the Association of Geotechnical Engineering Professors, President of the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, President of the Federation of International Geoengineering Societies and is President Elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Among other awards, he has received the ASCE Ralph Peck Award from the USA, the CGS Geoffrey Meyerhof Foundation Engineering Award from Canada, the Honorable Aitalyev Medal from Kazakhstan, and is a member of the National Academy of Natural Sciences in Russia. Over the last 30 years, Dr. Briaud has conducted about 10 million dollars of research most of which was on foundations and retaining walls. He has supervised 50 PhD students and 90 Master students. He is the author of a book entitled Geotechnical Engineering and one entitled The Pressuremeter; he has published about 300 articles and reports. He enjoys tennis, soccer, and rugby, and plays jazz piano at the amateur level.

Joe is a semi-retired senior consultant for Terracon Consultants Inc. in Olathe, KS. He consults in geotechnical site characterization and analysis; commercial, industrial and infrastructure projects; special interest in in-situ testing, ground improvement, geophysical methods and deep foundation projects. Joe is Chair of the Kansas City Geo-Institute Chapter, and member and Past Chair of the GI Local Involvement Committee. He is active in the ASCE Kansas City Section and the KU CEAE Advisory Board, Past President of the Nebraska Section and San Antonio Branch, Past Chair of the Region 16 Council and Past Director of the Texas Section.