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2024
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
May 14
|
Speaker: W. Paul Burgess, PG
Topic: "California Geological Survey landslide response: before, during, and after heavy statewide rainfall in the 2023-2024 Winter storm season"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
April 09
|
Speaker: Hans Hoek, PG, CEG, PhD.
Topic: "The use of photogrammetry (digital photo stitching) in engineering geology"
|
Westlake Village
Zin Bistro Americana
|
|
February 20
|
Speaker: Sarah Kalika, PG, CAC, CDPH Lead I/A/S
Topic: "State of the Association" and "The challenges and opportunities for environmental and engineering geologists in professional practice."
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
January 09
|
Speaker: Mr. Nolan Seles, PG
Topic: Mr. Seles will cover an overview of GEOKON and their products, reasons for using instrumentation on geotechnical projects, vibrating wire and MEMs sensor technology, and geotechnical instrumentation and data collection.
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
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2023
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
|
Speakers: Mr. Shant Minas, PG, CEG, PMP
Topic: "Everything but the Kitchen Sink": A Multidimensional Geotechnical, Geologic and Environmental Investigation for a Proposed Manufacturing and Office Facility on a Complicated Brownfield Site, Los Angeles, California."
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
October 11
|
Speakers: Mr. Barry Hibbs, Ph.D. in Hydrogeology
Topic: "IDENTIFYING TERRESTRIAL GROUNDWATER INPUTS TO NEW WETLANDS ON THE SHORES OF THE RETREATING SALTON SEA, CA"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
June 13
|
Speakers: Darrin Hasham, PG, CEG
Topic: "Maximizing the Return on Investment from Ground Penetrations."
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
May 17
|
Speakers: Mr. Michael A. Piepenburg, PG, CEG
Topic: "June 24, 1971 Sylmar Tunnel Fire - A Grim Reminder"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
2022
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
June 07
|
Speakers: Richard M Wooten, PG
Topic: "Debris Flows, Big Slow Movers, and Rockslides: Assembling the Geospatial Legacy of Landslides using Lidar, Drones and Boots on the Ground"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
April 30
|
ST. FRANCIS DAM FIELD TRIP
San Francsiquito Canyon
|
Santa Clarita
|
|
April 05
|
Speakers:Dean Francuch, PG, CEG
Topic: "BNSF Railway Southern 'Transcon' Mainline Dual Track Bridge Replacement over the Mojave River, Victorville, California"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
March 08
|
Virtual (zoom) Meeting
|
Online
|
|
2020
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
April 23
|
STUDENT PRESENTATION NIGHT
|
Glendale
Applied Earth Sciences
|
|
March 10
|
Speakers:Jeffrey R. Keaton, PhD, PE, PG
Topic: #1: "Enhanced Geologic Model Complexity Rating System"
Topic: #2: "Seismic Refraction Survey Across the San Andreas Fault from Inside Elizabeth Tunnel"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steak & Seafood House
|
|
Febuary 11
|
Speakers:Mr. Matthew Hacker
Topic: "Senior Resource Specialist
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steak & Seafood House
|
|
January 15
|
Speakers:Shant Minas and Thomas Rockwell
Topic: "A Multi-Phase Fault Rupture Hazard Study in Century City, Los Angeles, California"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
2019
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
November 7
|
Speakers:Janis Hernandez,California Geological Survey
Topic: "The Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence of July 2019"
|
Pomona
Kellogg West Conference Center
|
|
August 28
|
Speakers:Darrin Hasham, Earth Systems Pacific
Topic: "An Earthy Finish to a Mined Wine Cave in Paso Robles, California"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
March 14
|
Speakers:Dean Francuch, Shannon & Wilson
Topic: "The meandering Mundo Mudpot, or how international trade is affected by Salton Sea tectonics"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
February 11
|
Speakers:Dr. Keith Porter, University of Colorado at Boulder
AEG/CalGeo Regional Dinner Meeting
|
Pomona
Caly Poly
|
|
January 15
|
Speakers:Deborah Green, AEG/GSA Jahns Lecturer
Topic: "A Tale of Two Waste Sites"
|
Thousand Oaks
Cisco's Mexican Restaurant
|
|
2018
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
November 1
|
Speakers:Dr. Elena S. Amador of Cal Tech
Topic: "Reconstructing Mars: Untangling the geologic and environmental history of Mars from 34 million miles away"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
August 22
|
Speakers:Dr. Jeff Marshall, Cal Poly Pomona
Topic: "Sizing up the subduction beast: A tale of earthquakes and ancient shorelines in Costa Rica and New Zealand"
|
Orange
Dave and Buster's
|
|
July 11
|
Speakers:Sean Wagner, Tensar
Topic: "Sensible Slopes: Reinforcing Earth with Sub-premium Soils"
|
Thousand Oaks
Cisco's Restaurant
|
|
June 13
|
AEG Southern California Chapter Student Night
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
May 08
|
Speaker:Dr. John Wakabayashi, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, California
Topic: "Evolution of step-overs and bends along strike-slip faults: Implications for seismic hazards assessment"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
2017
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
June 13
|
Speakers:William F. Kane, President and Principal Engineer and Mallory Jones, Staff Geologist and Project Manager, Kane GeoTech Inc., Stockton CA
Topic: "Geohazard Mitigation Methods with a Focus on Debris Flow"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steakhouse
|
|
May 23
|
Speakers:Dr. Scott A. Anderson, GSA AEG Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer for 2016-2017
Topic: "Future opportunities for site and event characterization
using remote sensing and social media
"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
 |
March 8
|
Speakers:Professor George Fitz, Ph.D., PE
Topic: "Deep Mixing Method for Support of Embankments"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steakhouse
|
February 15
|
Speakers:Steve Miller, Jensen Precast Retaining Wall Products Group
Topic: "Introducing ultra-largepre-cast concrete, gravity and reinforced soil retaining structures and concrete fences"
|
Glendale
Old Gyumri Restaurant
|
|
January 11
|
Speakers:Dr. Bruce Carter, Retired Dean of Natural Sciences, Pasadena City College
Topic: "Enormous Megaflood on Santa Cruz Island"
|
|
|
2016
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
November 9
|
AEG Southern California Chapter Student Night
|
|
|
August 2
|
Speakers:Paul Santi, Colorado School of Mines and 2016 President of AEG
Topic: "Debris Flows Following Wildfire in the Western U.S."
|
Commerce
Stevens Steakhouse
|
|
June 11
|
AEG FIELD TRIP: SANTA MONICA AND MALIBU FAULT ZONE
|
|
|
April 26
|
Speakers:Jerome De Graff, 2016 AEG-GSA Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Topic: "What does it take to effectively monitor for environmental and engineering geology projects?"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
 |
|
March 23
|
Speakers:Laurie Racca, Senior Registrar & Geologist, PG, California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG)
Topic: "Evolution of Geology Licensing Requirements in California: Defining a Geological Sciences Degree"
|
Westlake Village
Cisco's Mexican Restaurant
|
|
February 10
|
Speakers:Jeffrey Keaton, PhD, Principal, Amec Foster Wheeler
Topic: "The Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance (GEER) Association response to recognition of important geotechnical effects of the Oso Landslide"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
January 13
|
Speakers:Todd Roberts, Roctest Ltd.
Topic: "Geotechnical Instrumentation"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
2015
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
October 14
|
Speakers:Tanya Leffler and Mile Elliott, REHS
Topic: "On-Site Wastewater Treatment"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
August 11
|
Speaker: Mr. John Diehl, GEOVision Geophysical Services, Corona, California
Topic: "Most Useful Geophysical Methods for Measuring an S-wave Profile"
|
Westlake Boulevard
Cisco's Restaurant
|
|
May 13
|
Speaker: Kim M. Bishop, California State University, Los Angeles
Topic: "The Kohala Landslide - A Newly Recognized Mega-Landslide on the Big Island of Hawaii Discovered by the Use of Topographic Analysis and Balanced Cross-Section Concepts"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
April 06
|
Joint Meeting with the South Coast Geological Society
Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Hudnut, USGS & Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Topic: "Fault Rupture and Afterslip in the South Napa Earthquake (M 6.0 on 24 August 2014)"
|
Santa Ana
Double Tree Club Hotel Restaurant
|
|
March 10
|
Speaker: Desmond Chung, Geobrugg North America, LLC
Topic: "Being Flexible With Slope Stability And Rockfall Solutions"
|
Westlake Village
Cisco's
|
|
February 10
|
Speaker: Dr. Barry Hibbs, California State University, Los Angeles
Topic: "Geological and Anthropogenic Imprints on Ground Water Quality - Beware of the Anecdotal Models"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steakhouse
|
|
January 14
|
Speaker: Ken Fergason, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona and the 2014-2015 President of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)
Topic: "Someone is Paying Me to do This!
The Geologic, Geohazard, and Geotechnical Field Investigation for the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
2014
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
November 12
|
Speaker: James Chinchiolo, Project Development Director, Geostabilization International
Topic: "New Tools and Technologies for Geohazards Mitigation"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
October 14
|
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Keaton, AMEC, Los Angeles
Topic: "The March 22, 2014, Oso Landslide: an Overview of the GEER Response"
|
Santa Ana
DoubleTree Club by Hilton
|
|
August 12
|
Speaker: Gary Luce, AEG President 2013-2014, PE, Senior Geologist and Geotechnical Engineer, Resource Concepts, Carson City, Nevada
Topic: "Virginia and Truckee Railway Historic Tunnel Construction and Reconstruction of Tunnel No. 2 and Proposed Reconstruction of Tunnel No. 6"
"Discussion On Proposed Changes To The Constitution Regarding The Governance Structure Of AEG"
|
Westlake Boulevard
Cisco's Restaurant
|
|
July 8
|
Joint meeting with South Coast Geological Society (SCGS)
Speaker: Eldon Gath, Earth Consultants International
Topic: "Paleoseismology of the North Panamá Deformed Belt from Uplifted Coral Platforms"
"Updating California's Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act for the New Millennium"
|
Santa Ana
DoubleTree Club by Hilton
|
|
June 18
|
Joint meeting with ASCE, Geotechnical Group, Southern California Section
Speaker: Dr. Tarek H. Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Topic: "Recent advancements in remote sensing technology and physical modeling leading to a new reality for health assessment of soil-structure systems"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steakhouse
|
|
April 9
|
Speaker: Christopher W. Goetz, PG, EG, URS Corporation
Topic: "Fault Rupture Hazard Assessment for North Haiwee Dam No. 2, Owens Valley, California"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
Febuary 25
|
Speaker: Gregory (Greg) L. Hempen, PhD, PE, RG, URS Corporation
2013-2014 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Topic: "Mitigating Blasting Impacts without Dimishing Effectiveness"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
January 22
|
Speaker: Dr. Jeff Keaton, C.E.G., PE., Principal Engineering Geologist, AMEC, Los Angeles
Topic: "Seismic Enhancements for Delivering Water to the City of Los Angeles across the San Andreas Fault in the Elizabeth Tunnel"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
2013
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
December
|
No Section Meeting in December
|
|
|
November 13
|
Speaker: Dean G. Francuch, P.G., C.E.G., Associate Geologist, Shannon & Wilson, Inc.
Topic: "The November 2011 White Point Landslide, Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro, California"
|
Westlake Village
Cisco's Restaurant
|
|
October 8
|
Speaker: Sean P. Harvey, PG, CEG, BRIERLEY ASSOCIATES
Topic: "Tunnel Mapping and Comparison of Design vs. Actual Ground Conditions, Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore, Oakland, California"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
August 13
|
Speaker: Ben Turner, UCLA, PhD Student
Topic: "Geologic Aspects of Two Ongoing Research Projects: Friction Losses in Tieback Anchors used for Landslide Stabilization, and Deep Foundation Performance in Laterally Spreading Ground"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
July 9
|
Speaker: Miles Kenney, PhD, PG, Kenney GeoScience
Topic: "Late Quaternary stratigraphic and structural development of the Cheviot Hills / Century City area"
|
Santa Ana
DoubleTree Club by Hilton
|
|
May 10
|
Short Course:
AEG Fault Rupture Mitigation Concepts Workshop
|
Fountain Valley
Orange County Water District
|
|
May 6
|
Joint Meeting with SCGS
Speaker: Mohammed A. Hasan, PE., F.ASCE
Topic: "Directional Drilling in a Megaslide"
|
Santa Ana
DoubleTree Club Hotel
|
|
April 10
|
Speaker: E. D. Michael, CEG, Consultant Geologist
Topic: "Translational Sheet Landsliding in the Pacific Palisades and its Relevance to Safety Factor Calculation"
|
Westlake Village
Cisco's Restaurant
|
|
March 12
|
Speaker: Michele Chimienti, P.E., Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
Topic: "Retrofit of the Big Tujunga Dam for seismic safety and water conservation"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
February 19
|
2013 AEG/GSA JAHNS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER
Sponsored Jointly with the AEG Inland Empire Chapter
Speaker: Dr. James P. McCalpin, GEO-HAZ Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Paleoseismology; Has it Reduced Seismic Hazards, and if not, How Do We Change Course?"
|
Pomona
Geology Dept, Cal Poly Pomona
|
|
February 12
|
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Keaton, AMEC
Topic: #1: "Approaching Geologic Variability with Outcrop Confidence, Geotechnical Complexity, and Quality Levels"
#2: "Reconnaissance-level terrestrial photogrammetry of rock slopes"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
2012
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
November 14
|
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Bray, UC Berkeley
Topic: "Building Near Faults"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
October 9
|
Speaker: Woodrow (Woody) Higdon, President, Geo-Tech Imagery
Topic: "Computer Based Stereo Photo Analysis for Geologists"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
September 4
|
Speaker: Dr. Scott Burns, Portland State University and the GSA/AEG 2011 Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Topic: "Urban Landslides, Challenges to Forensic Engineering Geologists"
|
Santa Ana
Double Tree Club Hotel
|
|
August 14
|
Speaker: Mr. Richard Slade, Upper Los Angeles River Area (ULARA) Watermaster
Topic: "Watermastering the ULARA Groundwater Basins"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
June 12
|
Speaker: Dr. Egill Hauksson, Senior Research Associate in Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology
Topic: "The Goldilocks Seismicity of Southern California"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
April 10
|
Speaker: Jeffrey R Keaton, PhD, PE, PG, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Topic: "Scour at Bridge Foundations on Rock: NCHRP Project 24-29 Overview"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Restaurant
|
|
March 21
|
AEG & ASCE LOS ANGELES SECTION GEOTECHNICAL GROUP JOINT MEETING
Speaker: Joseph Wartman, Ph.D., P.E., University of Washington
Topic: "UNCERTAINTY IN SEISMIC SLOPE DEFORMATION MODEL PREDICTIONS"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
February 16
|
Speaker: Fred Burnet, CEG, City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works
Topic: "EPB Tunnel Drive of Avenue 45 and Arroyo Drive Relief Sewer, City of Los Angeles"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Restaurant
|
|
2011
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
November 8
|
Speaker: David L. Perry, Amec Engineering Consulting
Topic: "Subsurface Characterization at LADWP Headworks Reservoir Site, City of Los Angeles"
|
Westlake Village
Cisco's Restaurant
|
|
August 9
|
Speaker: Dr. Craig Davis, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Topic: "Reconnaissance of Damage to Infrastructure That Occurred During the Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake, February 2011"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steakhouse
|
|
April 12
|
Speaker: Jeremy Lancaster, P.G., C.E.G., California Geological Survey
Topic: "Modeling Alluvial Fan Flood Hazards Using Surficial Geologic Maps: Methodology, Tools, and Data"
|
Westlake Village
Cisco's Restaurant
|
|
March 8
|
Speaker: Bruce Schell, Schell Geological Consulting
Topic: "SYNTHESIS AND REFLECTIONS ON NEW DATA FOR FAULTS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steakhouse
|
|
February
|
No Section Meeting in February
|
|
|
January 11
|
Speaker: Dr. Bill Haneberg
GSA & AEG Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Topic: "Making the Most of Airborne LiDAR for Engineering Geologic Applications"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steakhouse
|
|
2010
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
December
|
No Section Meeting in December
|
|
|
November 9
|
Speaker: Bruce Hilton, AEG President and Chief Engineering Geologist, Kleinfelder
Topic: "Engineering-Geologic Challenges Regarding High Speed Trains through California"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steakhouse
|
|
October
|
No Section Meeting in October
|
|
|
September
|
No Section Meeting in September
Attend the AEG Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC
September 20-25, 2010
|
|
|
August 11
|
Speaker: Duane T. Kreuger, P.G, Environmental Group Manager, Geotechnology, Inc. & AEG National President
Topic: "Environmental Consulting - Where We're at and Where We're Going"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Restaurant
|
|
July 14
|
Speaker: Robert E. Tepel, Member California State Mining and Geology Board
Topic: "Political And Scientific Considerations In The Review Of The Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act Of 1972."
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Restaurant
|
|
June 8
|
Speakers: Jeffrey Keaton, Ph.D, P.G., P.E., MACTEC; and Richard J. Roth, Jr., Consulting Insurance Actuary, Huntington Beach, CA
Topic: "An Insurance Perspective of Landslide Inventory Maps and a Simple Engineering Geological Approach Useful for Insuring Landslides"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steakhouse
|
|
May 12
|
Speaker: Frank Denison, P.G., C.E.G.
Topic: "A Review of the Literature on Site Effects and Structural Focusing at the I-5 and H 14 bridges in the San Fernando Valley from the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake"
|
Westlake Village
Fox Sports Grill
|
|
April 13
|
Speaker: Timothy A. Nicely, P.G., C.H.G., Project Hydrogeologist, Fugro West, Inc.
Topic: "Hydrogeologic Studies Related to Effluent Disposal for the Expansion of a Proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant,Nipomo, California"
|
Westlake Village
Fox Sports Grill
|
|
March 17
|
Joint Meeting with ASCE
Speaker: Hannes H. Richter, G.E., Geofirm/Stoney-Miller Consultants, Inc.
Topic: "Case History of the June 1, 2005 Bluebird Canyon Landslide"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
March 1
|
Speaker: 2010 GSA/AEG Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Dr. Paul Marinos, National Technical University of Athens
Topic: "Ongoing challenges in Engineering Geology for Tunnelling in Difficult Ground"
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
Febuary
|
NO MEETING
|
|
|
January
|
NO MEETING
|
|
|
2009
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
December
|
NO MEETING
|
|
|
November 10
|
Speaker: Stephen L. Varnell, P.G., C.E.G., Project Geologist, Fugro West, Inc.
Topic: "Geologic Studies and Seismic Source Model for a Proposed New Ocean Outfall, San Pedro Shelf, California"
|
Westlake Village
Cisco's Mexican Restaurant
|
|
August 11
|
Speaker: Eldon Gath, Earth Consultants International
Topic: "The Santa Ana Moutains: Indenter-Driven Seismotectonics of The OC"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Restaurant
|
|
July 14
|
Speaker: J. David Rogers, Dept. of Geological Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Topic: "Reassessment of the St. Francis Dam Failure"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steak House
|
|
July 24-25
|
California REG REVIEW Courses
Click here for more information
|
|
|
June 10
|
Speaker: Mark P. Molinari, P.G., C.E.G., C.H.G., Principal Geologist, URS Corporation, 2008-2009 AEG President
Topic: "Practical Applications of Airborne LiDAR Data for Environmental and Engineering Geology Projects"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steak House
|
|
May 12
|
Speaker: Marshall Lew, PhD, GE, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Earthquake Reconnaisance In China"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
April 14
|
Speaker: George Dunfield, PG, California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists
Topic: "Public-Private Partnerships: Functional Application of the Shared Responsibility principle for UTILIZING Professional Standards"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
March 10
|
Joint Meeting with ASCE
Speaker: Edmund Medley, Ph.D., P.E., C.E.G., F.ASCE, Senior Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants
Topic: "The Comforts of Ignorance and the Benefits of Arrogance - Lessons of the Failure Kind for the Geopractitioner"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steak House
|
|
February 10
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Jeffrey R. Keaton, Ph.D., P.E., P.G., F.ASCE, F.GSA, Senior Principal Engineering Geologist, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Guidelines for Evaluating Scour at Bridge Foundations on Rock: Status of NCHRP Project 24-29"
|
Commerce
Steven's Steak House
|
|
January 15
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: George Dunfield, California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists
Topic: "Public-Private Partnerships: Functional Application of the Shared Responsibility principle for UTILIZING Professional Standards"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
2008
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
|
November 11
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Phil Hogan, P.G., C.E.G., Fugro West, Inc.
Topic: "Geohazard Challenges of the Woodside OceanWay LNG Development, Offshore Southern California"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
October 14
|
**Joint Meeting with South Coast Geologic Society**
Speaker:Dr. Jeffrey A. Johnson, P.G., C.E.G.
Topic: "A Preliminary Case for Secondary Tectonic Distress in the Epicentral Region of the M6.7 1994 Northridge Earthquake"
|
Santa Ana
Double Tree Club Hotel
|
|
September
|
No Dinner Meeting In September
See you in New Orleans, LA
for the AEG Annual Meeting
September 15-20, 2008
|
New Orleans
|
|
August 12
|
Section Meeting
Speakers: William C. Tracy and James R. Steele
Topic: "Paleocurrent Indicators and Fault Related Folding, Mission Ridge Fault, Santa Barbara Coastal Plain, Santa Barbara County, California"
|
Thousand Oaks
Courtyard by Marriott
|
|
July 15
|
Section Meeting
No Speaker. Discussion of Section issues: revising Section Bylaws, activating committees, field trip ideas, a proposed committee regarding guidelines for performing Residential Geologic Evaluation for ownership transfer, and student participation and support
|
Commerce
Stevens Steak House
|
|
June 10
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Antony Martin, P.GP., Technical Director, GEOVision Geophysical Services, Corona, California
Topic: "Application of Surface and Borehole Shear Wave Geophysical Techniques to Engineering Investigations"
|
Woodland Hills
Pizza Cookery
|
|
May 13
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Eldon Gath, Tom Rockwell, and Tania Gonzalez, Earth Consultants International
Topic: "Tectonic Geomorphic and Paleoseismic Investigations for the Panama Canal Expansion Project"
|
North Hollywood
Victorio's Ristorante
|
|
April 8
|
Section Meeting
Speaker: Hugh Robertson, R.G., C.E.G., President and Principal Geologist, Robertson Geotechnical, Inc.
Topic: "Homeowner Slope Repairs-Professional Duty or Liability Snake Pit?"
|
Van Nuys
Airtel Plaza Hotel
|
|
March 19
|
Joint Meeting: ASCE-Geotechnical Group-Los Angeles Section and the Southern California Section of AEG
Speaker:Paul Somerville, Ph.D., Principal Seismologist, URS Corporation
Topic: "Basin Effects on Strong Ground Motions, and their Representation in the NGA Models"
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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February 12
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Section Meeting
Speaker: David L. Perry, C.E.G., Senior Engineering Geologist, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Locating the Raymond Fault at Two Developed Urban
Sites in the Highland Park District of Los Angeles, California"
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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January
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NO MEETING THIS MONTH
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2007
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
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December
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***NO MEETING THIS MONTH***
Happy Holidays
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November 13
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Section Meeting
Speaker: Mark Johnsson, Senior Engineering Geologist, California Coastal Commission
Topic: “Geohazard Criteria for Development and Redevelopment Attop Coastal Bluffs in California"
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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October
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No Meeting
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September
24-28 (M-F)
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Los Angeles
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August 14
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Section Meeting
Speaker: Mark G. Olson, President Advanced Geoscience, Inc.
Topic: "Applications of Seismic Reflection, Refraction, and MASW Profiling for Subsurface Geologic Investigations from Lake Elsinore to Hawaii"
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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July 10
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Section Meeting
Speaker: John E. Newby, P.E., G.E., Senior Vice President, CDM
Topic: "Geotechnical Aspects of the King County Brightwater Conveyance System"
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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June 12
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Section Meeting
Speaker: Ory Dor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
Topic: "Pulverized rocks and the depth of dynamic damage generation along the Mojave section of the San Andreas Fault"
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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May 8
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Section Meeting
Speaker: Lorraine Leon, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
Topic: "Borehole and high-resolution seismic reflection evidence for Holocene activity on the Compton blind-thrust fault, Los Angeles basin, California"
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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April 10
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Section Meeting
Joint Meeting with South Coast Geological Society
Speaker: Bruce A. Schell, PG, CEG
Topic: Feasibility of Tunneling to Complete the 710 Freeway from Interstate 10 in Alhambra to Interstate 210 in Pasadena
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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May 21
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The 2nd Annual AEG Southern California Section Golf Tournament is tentatively scheduled for Monday, May 21st. More details to follow…
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March 13
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Section Meeting
Speaker: Jeffrey R. Keaton, PhD, PE, PG, F.ASCE, Senior Principal Engineering Geologist, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc
Topic: Shaking Things Up with a Modified ‘Active Fault' Definition: A Case History of a School Site near the 1971 San Fernando Fault
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Commerce
Stevens Steak House
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February 8
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Section Meeting
Speaker: Terry West, AEG National President
Topic: Solid Waste Disposal, Past, Present and Future
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Van Nuys
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January 16
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Section Meeting
Speakers: Charles Nestle, LA County & Roz Munro, Mactec
Topic: New Orleans, Louisiana and Southwestern Coast, Mississippi: An Informal Pictorial Tour of Recent Conditions in the Aftermath of Hurrican Katrina
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Commerce
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2006
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
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December
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No Meeting in December
Next meeting: Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
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November 14
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Section Meeting
Presenter: Morton Price, City of Los Angeles
Topic: Mitigation Measures for Tunneling Through a Groundwater Gallery with a Hard Rock Shielded Tunnel Boring Machine, Los Angeles, California
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Commerce
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November 5
|
REG Review
Certified Engineering Geology Course
8am-12noon
Hydrogeology Course
1pm-5pm
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Santa Ana
Best Western Orange County Airport North
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October 30 -
November 4
|
AEG 49th Annual Meeting
Northeast Engineering Geology
From Till to Fill
Click here for more information
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Boston MA
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October 10
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Joint Meeting, South Coast Geological Society
Presenter: Dr. Gary Peterson, San Diego State University
Topic: Evolution of Granitic Landscapes
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Commerce
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September 5
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“No meeting due to speaker cancellation”
|
Commerce
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August 15
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Section Meeting
Presenter: Jerry Treiman, CGS
Topic: The Long-Awaited Parkfield Earthquake, September 28, 2004
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Commerce
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July 29
8am-4pm
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REG Review - ASBOG Course
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Corona
Best Western Kings Inn.
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July 13
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Section Meeting
Presenter: Dr. Darrel Schmitz
Topic: Katrina Hurricane
Note: Thursday Night Meeting
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Commerce
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June 13
|
CCGO FUNDRAISER
Presenter: Bill Cotton, Cotton Shires & Associates
Topic: Earthquake-Induced Ground Failures: A Historical Perspective Using the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 as a Starting Point
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Commerce
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May 9
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Dr. Jeffrey R. Keaton
Topic: Consensus Definition of Earth Fissures and Overview of AEG Shlemon Specialty Conference
|
Commerce
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April 11
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Woodrow Higdon
Topic: Bluebird Canyon Landslides: Past, Present, & Future
|
Commerce
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March 14
|
Section Meeting
Presenter: Dr. Jerry Higgins-Jahns Lecturer
Topic: Rock-Fall Analysis and Mitigation
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Commerce
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| February 15 |
Section Meeting
Presenter: Miles D. Kenney, PhD
Topic: Late Quaternary deformation and sedimentation history, Coachella fan area........
|
Commerce |
| January 10 |
Section Meeting
Presenter: Bruce A. Schell
Topic: Faulting and Earthquake Hazards in the Los Angeles Basin Area
|
Commerce |
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2005
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
| December |
No Meeting
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month.
|
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| November 7 |
Section Meeting
Presenter: Dr. Randall Jibson
Topic: The La Conchita Landslides of 1995 and 2005
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Santa Ana |
| October 11 |
Section Meeting
Student Night
Presenter:Dr. John Foster
Topic: Echo Landslide
|
Commerce |
September
17-25 |
AEG Annual Meeting
48th Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists
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Las Vegas, NV |
| September |
No Meeting
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month.
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| August 1 |
Joint meeting with South Coast Geological Society
Presenter:John Parrish
Topic: California Geologic Survey
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Santa Ana |
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July 12
|
Section Meeting
Presenter:Matt Werner
Topic: Dealing With Uncertainty Regarding The Chemistry of Drinking Water Wells—An Example From the City of Riverside
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Commerce |
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June 21
|
Joint Meeting with the Coast Geological Society
Presenters:Dale S. Kunitomi
Topic: “Climate Change: The Paradox of Global Warming Causing A New Ice Age"
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Ventura |
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May 10
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Section Meeting
Presenters:Dr. Joyce Blueford
Topic: AEG-CCGO joint meeting and CCGO Fundraiser & Earthquake History Preserved in Tyson Lagoon: A New Environmental Wetland Center that Happens to be Right on the Hayward Fault!
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Commerce |
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April 12
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Section Meeting
Presenter: Tom Heaton
Topic: “How will high-rise buildings respond in very large earthquakes?”
|
Commerce |
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March 15
|
Section Meeting
Presenters: Gary Luce & Dave Bieber
Topic: "Reconstruction of the Historic Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Lyon, Storey, and Carson Counties, Nevada"
|
Commerce
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February 8
|
Section Meeting
Presenters: Richard C. Slade
Topic: "Regional Hydrogeologic Conditions in the Alluvial and Saugus Formation Aquifer Systems, Santa Clarita Valley, Los Angeles County"
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Commerce
|
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January 11
|
Section Meeting
Presenters: Mark McLarty and Jeffrey Geraci
Topic: "Stabilization of a Southern California Coastal Bluff Using Ultrafine Cement Grout and Cement-Treated Soil"
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Commerce
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2004
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| Date |
Event |
Location |
| December |
No Meeting
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month.
|
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| November 16 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Roy J. Shlemon
Topic: “The 32nd International Geological Congress, August 2004, Florence, Italy: Geology, Renaissance Culture and Much Fun”
|
Commerce |
| October 12 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Benjamin T. Benumof, Ph.D., Esq.
Topic: The Foreseeability of “Unforeseen” Geologic Conditions
|
Commerce |
Sept 26-
Oct 2 |
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AEG Annual Meeting
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Dearborn, MI |
| September 14 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Dr. John Parrish - Executive Officer, State Mining and Geology Board, and
Mr. Paul Sweeney - Executive Director, Board of Registration for Geologists and Geophysicists
Topic: "California Performance Review Report as it Pertains to our Profession"
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Commerce |
| August 10 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Robert D. Jackson
Topic: “Maximum Magnitude for a Fault?”
|
Commerce |
| July |
No Meeting
There is NO Speaker or Meeting this month.
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| June 8 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Maria Teresa Ramirez
Topic: “Active tectonics, the Mexican subduction zone and the Pacific coast of Mexico: the Guerrero Gap and Jalisco Coast”
|
Commerce |
| May 12 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Tanya Atwater, U.C.S.B.
Topic: "Plate Tectonics of Western North America"
|
Commerce |
| April 1-3 |
Shlemon Conference on Earth Fissures |
El Paso, TX |
| April 13 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Ali Bastani, Ph.D,. GE, Leighton Consulting, Inc.
Topic: "Bam, Iran Earthquake of December 26, 2003"
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San Juan Capistrano |
| March 9 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Paul Frost & Mark Gamache, Engineers, California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
Topic: "Urban Development of Oil Fields in the Los Angeles Basin Area, 1983 to 2001"
|
Commerce |
| February 10 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Mr. David Simon, AEG President
Topic: "A Truly Viable Association Once Again” and “Holocene Faulting Near Piute Dam, Piute County, Utah”
|
Commerce |
|
January 13
|
Section Meeting
Speakers: Ted Wolfe (Pacific Soils Engineering) & Steve Yurosek (Sukut Construction)
Topic: “Key Issues for Feasibility and Due Diligence Studies” or “Is Your Next Project Feasible”
|
Commerce
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2003
|
| Date |
Event |
Location |
| December 16 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Student Presentations |
Commerce |
| November 18 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan D. Bray
Topic: Developing Mitigation Measures for the Hazards
Associated with Earthquake Surface Fault Rupture. Click here to read
Dr. Bray's paper on fault rupture mitigation. |
Commerce |
| October 14 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Ms. Amanda Elioff (Parsons Brinckerhoff) & Mr. Carl Kim (Mactec)
Topic: Geotechnical Issues During Design of the East-Side Light Rail Transit System in East Los Angeles |
Commerce |
| Sept 15-20 |
AEG
Annual Meeting
 |
|
Vail, CO |
| August 12 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Shari Christofferson
Topic: Determination of Paleoearthquakes, Slip per Event Data, and a Holocene Slip Rate for the Puente Hills Blind-Thrust Fault, Los Angeles, California |
Commerce |
| July 15 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Eldon Gath
Topic: Uplift of the Puente Hills and Santa Monica Mountains |
Costa Mesa |
| June 17 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Kerry Sieh
Topic: The Denali, Alaska Earthquake of 2002 |
Ventura |
| May 12 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Chester F. (Skip) Watts
Topic: Rockslides: Case Histories and Common Misconceptions |
Commerce |
| April 8 |
Section Meeting
Speakers: Christopher M. Diaz and Allen M. Yourman, Jr.
Topic: Pier T and Pier 400
Container Terminal Buildings Ground Improvement |
Commerce |
| March 11 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Jeff Keaton
Topic: Ground motion for design of the Hoover Dam
Bypass Bridge in Arizona-Nevada. |
Commerce |
| February 11 |
Section Meeting
Speaker: Tom Anderson
Title: Mineral Resource Scarcity Confronting the
Construction Industry in California
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Woodland Hills |
