What: GeoCarolinas 2022 Conference
Where: The Mint Museum, 500 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
When: Monday and Tuesday, September 12 and 13, 2022
Speakers: Confirmed so far:
Mr. Frederic Masse (Nicholson): Comparison of CFA Piles, Displacement Piles, and Rigid Inclusions
Dr. Jesus Gomez (GEI): Rigid Inclusion with Post-Improvement CPT
Professor Rich Finno (Northwestern): Advances in Design and Construction of Excavation Support (2018 Peck Lecture)
Dr. Bob Bachus (Geosyntec): Cross USA Lecturer
Professor Jon Stewart (UCLA): Millenium Tower Failure and Repair
Professor Gray Mullins (USF): O'Neal Lecture - Drilled Shafts: What We Know, Think We Know, and Need to Know
Professor Greg Baecher (University of Maryland): Terzaghi Lecture - Uncertainty in Geotechnical Engineering
Professor George Filz (Virginia Tech): Large Reclamation Project Earth Retention System Failure
Dr. Jeff Keaton (Wood): Engineering Geology: Fundamental Input or Random Variable
Mr. Phil Sirles (Collier Geophysics): Geophysics
Mr. Van Komurka (GRL): Incremental Rigidity Method for Load Test Data Reduction
Dr. Georgette Hlepas (USACE): Instrumentation and Performance Data Management
Schedule: TBD
Hotel: Courtyard by Marriott Charlotte City Center at 237 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202. Register online to get the group rate.
GeoCarolinas 2022 will be held at Mint Museum Uptown on September 12-13. Located at 500 South Tryon Street in Charlotte, Mint Museum Uptown houses outstanding collections of American, contemporary and European art. It also includes the James B. Duke Auditorium and an adjacent 22-exhibitor atrium, where the conference will be held. Several hotels, restaurants and attractions are located within walking distance, including NASCAR Hall of Fame, Discovery Place Science, Bank of America Stadium, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, and Wells Fargo Museum.
The conference will include invited technical presentations by George Filz, Greg Baecher, Gray Mullins, Jon Stewart, Bob Bachus, Rich Finno, Jesus Gomez, Frederic Masse and other leaders in the field of geotechnical engineering.
A conference reception, exhibits, a Student Poster Session sharing ongoing research from NC State, UNC Charlotte, Clemson University, and USC will also be featured at the conference. This year, additional scholarships for our Carolina university’s graduate and undergraduate students will be provided to participate in a new event for employee recruitment.
Regarding COVID-19 precautions, the GeoCarolinas Conference will follow the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) guidelines for mass gatherings that are in place at the time of the conference. Those guidelines are updated regularly and can be found here NC DHHS COVID-19 Response.
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