Short Courses

Course title: "Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls & Reinforced Soil Slopes (LRFD and ASD Design Approaches)"

This 3-day course presents the latest national recommendations for design and construction practice for reinforced soil structures. It includes a full day of hands-on instruction in using programs MSEW and ReSSA, licensed to the FHWA as well as State DOT's. This course is offered through the College of Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Date: January 28-30, 2009

Instructors: Jim Collin and Dov Leshchinsky

http://www.engr.udel.edu/outreach/MSEW-RSS.html


Course title: “Ground Improvement Techniques”

This following ground improvement materials and systems are presented during this 3 day interactive technical workshop: Prefabricated vertical drains, light weight fill materials, vibro-compaction, dynamic compaction, stone columns, deep soil mixing, column supported embankments, soil nailing, grouting, mechanically stabilized earth walls, reinforced soil slopes.

Date: To be announced...

Instructors: To be announced... (last offered in April 2008 by Jerry DiMaggio and Dov Leshchinsky)

Details and registration at:
http://www.engr.udel.edu/outreach/short-courses/GroundImprovement/index.html


Course title: "Soil Slope and Embankment Design"

This course is provided by the National Highway Institute (FHWA) and it is offered to US State DOT's. Though this course does not deal with soil reinforcement, the slope stability aspects are demonstrated using program ReSSA(2.0). Since January 2003, this course has been offered in Sacramento, California; Denver, Colorado; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Salt Lake City, Utah; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Columbus, Ohio; Carson City, Nevada; Montgomery, Alabama; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. If interested, link to the website below for schedule and then check with local coordinator for availability.

Instructors: Jim Collin and Dov Leshchinsky.

Schedule can be seen at:

National Highway Institute Website


Locations where 1-Day workshops on geosynthetic reinforced soil were offered:

CITY

COUNTRY

YEAR

Columbia (South Carolina DOT)
South Carolina, USA
Scheduled for December 18-19, 2008
Honolulu
Hawaii, USA
2008
Lawrence (Kansas DOT)
Kansas, USA
2008
Bangkok
Thailand
2008
Hanoi
Vietnam
2008
Salem (Oregon DOT)
Oregon, USA
2007
Dover (Delaware DOT)
Delaware, USA
2007
Guatemala City
Guatemala
2007
Santiago
Chile
2007
Minneapolis
Minnesota, USA
2007
Piestany
Slovakia
2007
Warsaw
Poland
2007
Budapest
Hungary
2007
Bogota
Colombia
2006
Seoul
Korea
2006
Baltimore (Maryland DOT)
Maryland, USA
2006

Panama City

Panama

2006

Lima

Peru

2006

Vancouver (FHWA)

Washington, USA

2006

Bangkok

Thailand

2005

Luebbecke

Germany

2005

Melbourne

Australia

2005

Sydney

Australia

2005

Gold Coast

Australia

2005

Auckland

New Zealand

2005

Wellington

New Zealand

2005

Nelson

New Zealand

2005

Christchurch

New Zealand

2005

Bangkok

Thailand

2004

Aschffenburg

Germany

2004

Carson City (Nevada DOT)
Nevada, USA
2004

Lincoln (Nebraska DOT)

Nebraska, USA

2004

San Diego

California, USA

2004

Atlanta (FHWA)

Georgia, USA

2004

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

2003

Qingdow

China

2003

Taipei

Taiwan

2002

Kaosiung

Taiwan

2002

Phuket

Thailand

2002

Arnhem

Holland

2001

 

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