2021 GRIP Meeting


Meeting Information

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In an effort to continue the Geotechnical Research in Progress (GRIP) meeting for the 34th year and to practice social distancing, we will be providing the conference through a webinar series broken into two segments for two different days. PDH credits will be offered for individuals that register and sign into the webinar series independently. To be eligible for the credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations. Certificates will be emailed to the email address you registered for the webinar.

You must register individually for each webinar series at the following links :

Register here for Segment One – Thursday, July 22, 2021

Webinar ID: 800-717-947

Register here for Segment Two – Thursday, August 5, 2021

Webinar ID: 794-342-331

 

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Segment One -- Thursday, July 22, 2021 

No.

Time

Topic

Presenter

 

8:20 – 8:30

Welcome

 

1

8:30 – 9:00

Estimating Soil Pressure against Unyielding Surfaces  

Dr. Mike Rodgers

2

9:00 – 9:30

Field Investigation of Downdrag on Concrete Piles in Sandy Soil

Dr. Gray Mullins

3

9:30– 10:15

Underwater Noise Level Study During Impact Pile Driving 

Dr. Raphael Crowley

 

10:15 – 10:30

Break

 

4

10:30 – 11:30

In-service Assessment of Road Sinkholes with 2D Ambient Noise Tomography

Dr. Khiem Tran

5

11:30 – 12:15

Field Implementation of the Vertical In-situ Permeameter (VIP)

Dr. Mike Rodgers

Segment 1 Maximum PDH = 3.5 hours

 

Segment Two -- Thursday, August 5, 2021

No.

Time

Topic

Presenter

 

8:20 – 8:30

Welcome

 

6

8:30 – 9:00

Performance Testing of GRS Test Piers Constructed with Florida Aggregates – Axial Load Deformation Relationships

Dr. Scott Wasman

7

9:00 – 9:30

Prediction Model of Vibration-Induced Settlement Due to Pile Driving

Drs. Boo Nam & Luis Arboleda

8

9:30– 10:00

Field Load Testing of Florida Limestone

Drs. Mike Rodgers & Michael McVay

 

10:00 – 10:15

Break

 

9

10:15– 10:45

Determining Bearing Resistance of Cantilever Sheet Piles

Drs. Xiaoyu Song

10

10:45 – 11:15

Development of Geo-Stat Software

Dr. Michael Davidson

11

11:15 – 12:15

Assessing Axial Capacities of Auger Cast Piles from Measuring While Drilling

Drs. Mike Rodgers & Michael McVay

Segment 2 Maximum PDH = 3.5 hours