The Purdue Geotechnical Society will host the 20th edition of the Purdue Geotechnical Workshop and the 20th G.A. Leonards Lecture on Friday, April 12, 2024 on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University.
The Leonards Lecture, “Seismic Design Considerations for Tailings Storage Facilities,” will be given by Professor Jonathan D. Bray of the University of California, Berkeley. The event will also feature Keynote Lectures by Dr. Georgette Hlepas, USACE, and Professor Timothy Stark, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The workshop is an informal forum where engineers, students, and faculty can interact and discuss matters of common interest. Members as well as non-members of the PGS are welcome. The goal is for all participants to share their professional experience through open dialogue and fruitful debate. Short presentations (20 minutes max.) will be scheduled with additional time for questions/discussion. The emphasis is on oral presentations and debate; no written papers will be required, nor proceedings published. Participants will receive abstracts at the meeting and have the opportunity to post highlights of their presentation on the PGS website after the workshop.
Presentations are invited on all aspects related to the geotechnics of dams. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
| Mine tailings | Embankment dams | Resilient design |
| Reservoir stability | Climate change vulnerability | Probabilistic considerations |
| Foundations | Seepage control | Internal erosion & filters |
| Seismic response | Risk-informed engineering | Flood levee resilience |
| Site characterization & exploration | Construction materials and methods | Ground modification |
| Instrumentation & monitoring | Retrofitting & upgrading | Models & simulations |
| Case histories, forensics & litigation | Regulations and specifications | Decommissioning |
| Dam engineering education | History of dams engineering | Artificial intelligence |
INTENTION TO MAKE A PRESENTATION: Send by email to bourdeau@purdue.edu an abstract using the attached form by Monday, February 12, 2024.
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