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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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APPENDIX B
Workshop Agenda and Participants

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

 

Division on Earth and Life Studies

Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

500 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20001

Phone: 202 334 2744

Fax: 202 334 1377

www.nationalacademies.org

COMMITTEE ON GEOLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

WORKSHOP AGENDA

February 4–5, 2004

Beckman Center

Irvine, California

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2004

Open Session

8:00 am

Opening Remarks (Auditorium)

Welcome, Jane Long, Chair

Societal Imperatives for Geoengineering, Jane Long, Chair

Knowledge Gaps/Needs, Jim Mitchell, Member

8:15 am

Plenary Session: Key Issues (Auditorium)

8:15 am

Infrastructure Issues, Bill Wallace, Wallace Futures Group, LLC

8:45 am

Sustainability and Sustainable Development, Dirk van Zyl, University of Nevada, Reno

9:25 am

Interdisciplinary Research and Education (Auditorium)

9:30 am

Emerging Issues in Interdisciplinary Research and Education, Debbie A. Niemeier, University of California, Davis

9:50 am

Connections Between Academic Programs, Research, and Industry, George Bugliarello, Polytechnic University (by video)

10:10 am

Switch to Breakout Rooms

10:30 am—12:00 pm

Breakout Sessions with Plenary Speakers on Key Issues and Interdisciplinary Research and Education

1:00 pm

Systems Approach to Geotechnology/Societal Issues Connected to Geotechnology (Auditorium)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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1:00 pm

Development of GIS - Spatial Modelling Databases and Technology, Bill Miller, Environmental Systems Research Institute

1:20 pm

Geoengineering for the Developing World, Don Roberts, Consulting Engineer

1:40 pm

Nanotechnology (Auditorium)

1:40 pm

Physics/Fundamentals of Nanotechnology, Thomas Kenny, Stanford University

2:00 pm

Innovative Examples of Applications of Nanotechnology, Zhong Lin Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology

2:20 pm

Switch to Breakout Rooms

2:20 pm—5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions with Plenary Speakers on Systems Approach to Geotechnology, Societal Issues Connected to Geotechnology, and Nanotechnology

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2004

Open Session

8:00 am

Information Technology and Computation (Auditorium)

8:00 am

Large Data Streams in Real-time, Tom Farr, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

8:20 am

Cyberinfrastructure, Dave Messerschmitt, University of California, Berkeley

8:40 am

Characterization Tools and Visualization (Auditorium)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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8:40 am

Medical Imaging, Perry Sprawls, Emory University School of Medicine

9:00 am

Geosensing, David Lumley, 4th Wave Imaging

9:20 am

Switch to Breakout Rooms

9:40 am—12:00 pm

Breakout Session with Plenary Speakers on Information Technology and Computation and Characterization Tools and Visualization

1:00 pm

Biogeochemistry (Auditorium)

1:00 pm

Bridging the Gaps Between Bio and Civil Engineering, Joseph Hughes, Georgia Institute of Technology

1:20 pm

Using Molecular Biological Processes in Geoengineering, Donald Lush, Stantech Engineering

1:40 pm

MEMS and Sensors (Auditorium)

1:40 pm

Mechanical Properties/Commercial Availability of Tools, Andrei M. Shkel, University of California at Irvine

2:00 pm

Chemical and Biological Sensors, Stephen Casalnuovo, Sandia National Laboratories

2:20 pm

Switch to Breakout Rooms

2:40—5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions with Plenary Speakers on Biogeochemistry and MEMS and Sensors

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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5:00 pm—6:00 pm

Strategy Session (Auditorium)

5:00 p.m.

Open session to discuss strategies for moving forward in research and education, Deborah Goodings, Member

6:00 pm

Final Remarks and Adjourn, Jane Long, Chair

OTHER WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

Akram Alshawabkeh, Northeastern University

Jean Benoît, University of New Hampshire

Craig H. Benson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

David Bloomquist, University of Florida

Jean-Louis Briaud, Texas A&M University

Patricia J. Culligan, Columbia University

Thomas W. Doe, Golder Associates

Richard J. Finno, Northwestern University

Richard J. Fragaszy, National Science Foundation

Dante Fratta, Louisiana State University

J. David Frost, Georgia Institute of Technology

George G. Goble, George G. Goble Consulting Engineer LLC

Bojan Guzina, University of Minnesota

Karen S. Henry, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Francois E. Heuze, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Sandra Houston, Arizona State University

Roman Hryciw, University of Michigan

Boris Jeremic, University of California

Barbara Luke, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

W. Allen Marr, Geocomp Corporation

Muralee Muraleetharan, University of Oklahoma

Juan M. Pestana, National Science Foundation

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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Ellen Rathje, University of Texas

Rodrigo Salgado, Purdue University

Nicholas Sitar, University of California, Berkeley

Chris Swan, Tufts University

Masayoshi Tomizuka, National Science Foundation

Jorge G. Zornberg, University of Texas at Austin

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2006. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11558.
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