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J. Carlos Santamarina

Goizueta Foundation Faculty Chair and Professor

Presentations

  1. Pore and Particle Scale Experiments, Series of two lectures at the ALERT School on Geomaterials, Aussois, France (October 2012)
  2. Soil Characterization – New Concepts in the Information Technology Age (tentative), Conference of the European Association ALERT-Geomaterials, Aussois, France (October 2012)
  3. Geophysical Characterization, Panamerican Conference, Toronto (October 2011)
  4. Energy: a Geo-Centered Perspective, University of Wisconsin- Madison (November 2011)
  5. Natural Gas And Hydraulic Fracturing, Clean Energy Speaker Series, Georgia Tech (October 2011)
  6. On the Physics of Geomaterials at Small Scale, Conference of the European Association ALERT-Geomaterials, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble (June 2011)
  7. Pores and Grains: Complementary Opposites, Coussy Memorial, Paris, France (April 2011).
  8. Energy Geotechnology – Revisiting Soil Behavior, Kansas University (April 2011)
  9. Soil phenomena at the particle/pore scale, 2nd International Workshop on Characterization of Materials with Inherent Micros Structure, Bochum, Germany (March 2011).
  10. Energy: Infrastructure Implications, University North Carolina Charlotte (March 2011).
  11. Discontinuities in Soils, ETH Zurich (March 2011).
  12. Soils and Waves, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany (March 2011).
  13. Soil Behavior at the Grain Scale, North Carolina State University, February 2011.
  14. The Role of Civil Engineers in the Energy Challenge, Shaw Lecture, North Carolina State University, February 2011.
  15. Energy Geotechnology, University of Pittsburg, January 21 2011.
  16. 2010 Tewkesbury Lecturer, U. Melbourne, Australia (December 2010).
  17. Particulars of the Particulate, University of Sydney, Australia, November 2010.
  18. The Characterization of Hydrate Bearing Sediments, Int. Symposium on Methane Hydrate Resources, Tokyo, November 2010.
  19. Los Materiales Granulares y Las Estructuras de Pavimentos, Congreso Nacional de Pavimentos, Margarita, Venezuela, September 2010.
  20. Coupled Processes in Sediments -Emergent Phenomena. Oregon State University, Corvalis OR, October 2010.
  21. Cutting Edge Technologies, GT-ME Invited Speaker, October 2010.
  22. Diversity in Universities, GT Symposium, October 2010.
  23. Aspectos Fundamentales del Comportamiento de los Suelos - Nuevos Conocimientos (Fundamentals of soil Behavior – New Concepts), Congreso Nacional, Mendoza, Argentina, Octubre 2010.
  24. Soils: From Grain-Scale Rules To Emergent Phenomena, U.N. Cordoba, Argentina, August 2010.
  25. Geotechnical Phenomena in Energy Applications, Texas A&M University, April 2010.
  26. The Interrelationship of Research, Teaching and Industry Practices in the Development of Geotechnical Engineering, Plenary Pannel, ASCE National Conv. GeoFlorida, February 2010.
  27. New Directions in Unsaturated Soils: Energy Geotechnology, Int. Conf. Unsaturated Soils, Barcelona, September 2010.
  28. Emergent Phenomena in Energy Geotechnology, Workshop on Multiscale & Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics, Stanford University, June 2010.
  29. Gordon Research Conference, Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Colby College, Waterville, ME, June 2010.
  30. Una Nueva Generacion de Ingenieros Civiles: Enfrentando Desafios sin Precedentes, Congreso Nacional de Estudiantes de Ing. Civil, Argentina, October 2009.
  31. Discontinuities in Granular Materials, Horto, Greece, 2009.
  32. Energy Geoengineering, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, June 2009.
  33. Frictional Phenomena in Granular Media, Ein Gedi, Israel, January 2009.
  34. Small and large strain soil response, U. Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 2009.
  35. Soil behavior – particle and pore-scale processes, U. Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina, April 2009.
  36. Geotechnical Challenges in Energy Solutions, Northwester U., Evanston, March 2009.
  37. Soil Friction, ASCE Geotechnical Division, Atlanta, February 2009.
  38. Inverted Base Pavement, Georgia Crushed Stone Assoc., Annual Meeting, Atlanta, February 2009.
  39. National Research Council – Review of DOE Hydrates Programs, Denver, December 2008.
  40. Hydrate Bearing Sediments, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, December 2008.
  41. Soil Characterization, 50th Anniversary, Nat. Geotech. Conf., Caracas, Venezuela, November 2008.
  42. Energy and Geotechnology. 12th IACMAG Conference, Goa, India, October 2008.
  43. The properties of hydrate bearing sediments, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 2008.
  44. Bioactivity in the Deep Biosphere, Chapman Conference, Portland, Mayne, October 2008.
  45. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium, SETEC, Tennessee, October 2008.
  46. Engineering Ingenuity, Puerto Rican Young Presidents, Atlanta August 2008.
  47. Engineered Granular Materials, Lafarge, Lyon, France, June 2008.
  48. Geotechnical Phenomena in Energy-Related Problems, Ecole de Ponts, France, June 2008.
  49. Recent Observations Related to Bio-Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Soils, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, May 2008.
  50. Revisiting Soil Behavior, ASCE San Diego Geotechnical Group, San Diego, May 2008.
  51. Geological and Geotechnical Eng. in the New Millennium, USUCGER, Sacramento, May 2008.
  52. The Geophysical Properties of Soils, The 3rd Int. Conf. Soil Characterization, Taiwan April 2008.
  53. Inverse Pitfalls – Geotechnical Examples, HRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteH, Troy, March 2008.
  54. Characterization procedures, Georgia Crushed Stone Assoc., Annual Meeting, Atlanta, February 2008.
  55. Energy and Geotechnology, Korea Advanced Inst. of Science and Technology, Korea, February 2008.
  56. Index and Geotechnical Properties of Hydrate Bearing Sediments from the Krishna-Godavari Basin, India, February 2008.
  57. Bio-Chemo-Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Near-Surface Soils -A Particle-level Analysis-. ARO Disturbed Soil, Atlanta, January 2008.
  58. Bio-mediated processes in soils, TRB, January 2008.
  59. Energy: A Geocentered Perspective, Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, October 2007.
  60. Energy and Geotechnology, Arizona State U., Phoenix, October 2007.
  61. Energy and Geotechnology, Cambridge U., UK, July 2007.
  62. Energy and Geotechnology, Imperial College, UK, July 2007.
  63. Hydrate Bearing Sediments, Herriot-Watt U., Edinburg, UK, July 2007.
  64. Bio-Geo, NSF workshop, Boston, April 2007.
  65. Energy and Geotechnology, U. Southern California, Los AngelesApril 2007.
  66. Geotechnical Aspects of Energy, National Conference on the Advancement of Research, Savannah, April 2007.
  67. Geotechnology and Energy, Tufts U., Boston, April 2007.
  68. Geotechnology and Energy, U. Waterloo, Canada, March 2007.
  69. Soil Behavior and Geophysical Measurements, Canadian Geotechnical Society, February 2007.
  70. Exploring the Potential Role of Geotechnology in Energy, NAE, Washington, January 2007.
  71. Soils in Extreme Conditions, AFSOR - Florida, January 2007.
  72. Geotecnia, U. de Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2006.
  73. Geotecnia y Energía, Academia Nacional de Ingeniería, Argentina, November 2006.
  74. Ingenio… Ingeniería – Desafíos y Oportunidades. U. Nacional de Córdoba, November 2006.
  75. Ingenuity …. Engineering. The role of creativity in addressing today's engineering challenges. UPADI, September 2006.
  76. Challenges, Potential and Future of TDR, TDR conference, Purdue U., September 2006.
  77. Particulate Media Characterization and Process Monitoring with Elastic and Electromagnetic Waves, IS-Yamaguchi, Japan, September 2006.
  78. Engineering Soils, Tschebotariof Club, Purdue U., West Lafayette, September 2006.
  79. Granular Matter and Waves - Series of Lectures, Meeting on the Science and Technology of Complex Fluids, Instituto de Fisica, U. Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico, August 2006.
  80. New Technology for Soil Characterization in the Laboratory, IS-Hong Kong, June 2006.
  81. Micro-scale processes in soil behavior, Geo-Shanghai Int. Conf., Shanghai, China, June 2006.
  82. Geotechnology: Paradigm Shifts in the Information Age, ASCE Geo-Congress, February 2006.
  83. Challenges and Opportunities in Geotechnology, W(Y)DOC2005, ENPC-Paris, November 2005.
  84. Hydrate Bearing sediments, Institut Français du Pétrole, Paris, November 2005.
  85. Lecture Series: (1) Soils with mixed fluid phase, (2) Methane hydrates in sediments, NAFTA, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, November 2005.
  86. Unsaturated soils, UNAM, Mexico, November 2005.
  87. Granular Materials with Mixed Fluid Phase, 6th Int. Work. Porous Media, Mexico, November 2005.
  88. Creatividad, Ingenio… Ingeniería !, Jornadas de Ingeniería Civil, Morelia, Mexico, October 2005.
  89. Ingenio… Ingeniería – Desafíos y Oportunidades, Congreso Nac. Ing. Civil, Querétaro, México, August 2005.
  90. Lecture Series: (1) Fines Migration and Clogging, (2) Hydrate-bearing Sediments, École Nationale des Ponts et Chausses, Paris, France, June 2005.
  91. Effective Transport Under Zero Time-average Cyclic Flow, SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Avignon, France, June 2005.
  92. Unsaturated Soils: nm-to-km. MUSE-UPC, Barcelona, Spain, June 2005.
  93. Lecture Series: (1) Practical Soil Behavior and Characterization. (2) Fundamental aspects of soil behavior. U. Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile, May 2005.
  94. Creatividad en la Ingeniería, X International Symposium on Civil Engineering, ITESO, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, April 2005.
  95. Caracterizacion Geofisica de suelos, Conf. Mex. Mecanica Suelos, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 2005.
  96. 18th Symp. Application of Geophysics to Eng. and Environmental Problems, Atlanta, April 2005.
  97. Micromechanical aspects of soil behavior, NSF workshop, Cambridge U., UK, March 2005.
  98. Soil Characterization, U. de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, February 2005.
  99. Conferencia Nacional de Mecánica de Suelos, Guadalajara, México, November 2004.
  100. Geo2004: Advances In Geotechnical Engineering, Irbid, Jordan, July 2004.
  101. Phenomena in Soils, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, June 2004.
  102. Materiales Granulares Diseñados, Induction Lecture, Acad. Nac. Ciencias, Argentina, April 2004.
  103. Engineered Particulate Systems, U. Minnesota, Minneapolis, March 2004.
  104. Engineered Particulate Systems, MIT, Boston, February 2004.
  105. Research Directions in Geotechnical Engineering, USUGER Workshop, Atlanta, October 2003.
  106. Integrated Soil Behavior, 3rd International Conference on the Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Lyon, September 2003.
  107. Bender Element Nuisances, Int. Conference Pre-Failure Deformation, Lyon, September 2003.
  108. Micro and macroscale soil behavior in the near surface, US Army Workshop on Soil Physics, Santa Fe, August 2003.
  109. Liquefaction: Characterization and Monitoring, US-Japan Workshop, Boston, June 2003.
  110. Soil Characterization: Simple Tests … Great Insight, Virginia Polytech. Inst., Blacksburg, April 2003.
  111. Geotechnical Processes – Wave-based Monitoring, Oxford U., UK March 2003.
  112. The Relevance of Particle Shape, ISSMFE-TC29 Workshop, London, UK, March 2003.
  113. Creativity in Engineering Education, Int. Conf. Engineering Education, Texas A&M, February 2003.
  114. Fisica Medios Granulares, XXXII Meeting on Statistical Physics, Taxco, Mexico, January 2003.
  115. Soil Behavior -Microscale Phenomena-, Georgia State U., Atlanta, December 2002.
  116. Caracterización Geofísica de Suelos: Desarrollos Recientes, IV Seminario Nacional de Geotecnia, Colombia, November 2002.
  117. Aspectos Fundamentales del Comportamiento de Suelos: Saturación y Cementación, IX Congreso Nacional de Geotecnia, Colombia, November 2002.
  118. Soil Properties – History, Fundamental Interpretation and Current Trends, ASCE Georgia Section, Atlanta, September 2002.
  119. Modern Methods in Geotechnical Investigation, International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering and Hi-Technology, Yamaguchi U., Japan, July 2002.
  120. Soil Parameters for Eng. Design, Australian Geomechanics Society, Perth, Australia, June 2002.
  121. Recent Advances in Subsurface Characterization with Geophysical Methods, Colegio de Ingenieros, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 2001.
  122. Geophysical Tests in Centrifuge Modeling, International Symposium on Geotechnical Centrifuge Modelling and Networking, Hong Kong, December 2001.
  123. Fundamentals of Particulate Materials, Fourth International Workshop of Porous Media, Puerto Vallarta, November 2001.
  124. Micro-Scale Aspects of Chemical-Mechanical Coupling, International Workshop on Chemical-Mechanical Coupling, Italy, June 2001.
  125. Fines Generation, Characteristics And Potential Uses, Nat. Stone Assoc., Washington, February 2001.
  126. Particle-level Processes in Soils, U. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, November 2001.
  127. Fundamentals of Soil Behavior and Geophysical Measurements in Today's Geotechnical Engineering Practice, GeoSyntec, Atlanta, July 2001.
  128. Exploring Soil Behavior at the Microscale, Dep. Civil Engineering, RPI, Troy, NY, May 2001.
  129. Particulate Materials: Behavior and Process Monitoring with Elastic and Electromagnetic Waves, Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge, February 2001.
  130. Aspectos fundamentales del comportamiento de los suelos, VI International Symposium on Civil Engineering, ITESO, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México 2001.
  131. Soil Behavior at the Microscale: Particle Forces, Soil Behavior and Soft Ground Construction, A symposium in honor of Charles C. Ladd Ladd Symposium, MIT 2001.
  132. Particulate Materials: Behavior and Process Monitoring with Elastic and Electromagnetic Waves, Duke U., Durham, December 2000.
  133. Geophysical Process Monitoring in Geotechnical Centrifuges - Possibilities and Challenges, UC Davis, Sacramento, December 2000.
  134. Seismic-Wave-Based Testing in Geotechnical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, December 2000.
  135. Soils and Waves, Earth and Atmospheric Sc. Colloquium, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, December 2000.
  136. Seismic-Wave-Based Testing in Geotechnical Engineering, International Conference on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering, Melbourne, November 2000 - with Ken Stokoe.
  137. Soil Phenomena and Wave-based Characterization, U. Texas, Austin, October 2000.
  138. Soil behavior and its characterization with waves, U. Colorado, Boulder, April 2000.
  139. Tomography and the State of Stress, Petroleos de Venezuela, INTEVEP, Venezuela, January 2000.
  140. Advances in Geophysical Investigations for Highway Projects, Transp. Research Board, Washington, January 2000.
  141. Dimensions in Soil Behavior, MIT, Boston, November 1999.
  142. Near Surface Geophysical Methods, Argentinean Geotechnical Conference, Cordoba, October 1998.
  143. Lecture Series: "Energy and Particulate Materials - Unique Phenomena". Delivered to technical groups at AMACO, Texaco, Mobil, Halliburton, Texas, September 1998.
  144. Decision Making and Creativity, MBA Strategic Planning, Kennesaw State U., Atlanta, July 1998.
  145. Characterization of Particulate Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, March 1998.
  146. Soils and Waves. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U., Blacksburg, January 1998.
  147. Geophysical Techniques to Measure Soil Properties, ASCE Congress '98, Boston 1998.
  148. Mineral Fines, NSA Workshop, Atlanta, November 1998.
  149. Lecture Series: "Wave-Based Characterization of Particulate Materials". Delivered at: UPR, ARCO, Mobil, Chevron, Exxon, Unocal, Texaco, and Shell. Dallas and Houston, August 1997.
  150. Particulars of the Particulate. NAFTA. Calgary, Canada, May 1997.
  151. Lecture Series: (1) Research Issues in Geotechnical Engineering. (2) Waves and Discrete Media, U. Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina, August 1996.
  152. Characterization of Particulate Materials, Polytechnic U., Brooklyn, March 1996.
  153. Experimental Procedures for the Characterization of Particulate Materials with Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves, NAFTA, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, November 1995.
  154. Lecture Series: (1) Fundamentals of Soil Behavior. (2) Study of Soils and Geo-phenomena with Mechanical Waves. (3) Study of Soils and Geo-phenomena with Electromagnetic Waves. (4) Experimental Evaluation of Lagunilla's Soil with Waves. Petroleos de Venezuela, October 1995.
  155. Lecture Series: at leading Universities and Institutes. Seminars at: U. Cambridge (UK). Imperial College (UK). Ecole Polytechnique (France). Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI-Norway). SAGA Petroleum Research (Norway). England, France, Norway. Scientific visit, June 1995.
  156. Tomographic Imaging: Potentials and Limitations, Non-Destructive Evaluation of Aging Structures and Dams, SPIE Conference, Oakland, June 1995.
  157. Studying Fundamentals of Soil Behavior with Wave Propagation, U. California at Berkeley, San Francisco, June 1995.
  158. Characterization of Particulate Materials with Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves, Georgia Tech, Atlanta 1995.
  159. Mechanical and Electromagnetic Wave Monitoring Geo-Environmental Processes, NSF Conference on Geo-environmental Problems in Latin America, Puerto Rico. September 1994.
  160. Lecture Series: (1) Tokyo U.: Geotechnical Tomography. (2) Kyoto U.: Wave-Based Techniques in Geotechnical Engineering. (3) Fukuoka U.: Process Monitoring with Mechanical & Electromagnetic Waves. Scientific visit, Japan, June 1994.
  161. Low Strain Material Testing and Tomographic Imaging in Microzoning Studies, "Franco-Latin American Colloquium on Seismic Microzoning", Punto Fijo, Venezuela, November 1993.
  162. Image Enhancement in Geotomography, "Conf. on Digital Image Processing: Techniques and Applications in Civil Engineering", Hawaii. March 1993.
  163. Imaging Stress Changes within Diques Costaneros, Maracaibo, Venezuela 1993.
  164. Corrosion in Geotechnical Media: The Potential Use of Electromagnetic Waves, Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Toronto, November 1992.
  165. Geophysical Laboratory and Field Testing, US-Canada Workshop on the Future of Geotechnical Research (NSF/NSERC), Oklahoma, October 1992.
  166. Imaging the State of Stress in Particulate Media, Soc. Eng. Science, San Diego, September 1992.
  167. Waves and Geomaterials, NSF Grantees Conference, Puerto Rico, June 1992.
  168. Geophysical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1992.