57th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference Agenda

7:30 - 8:20 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:20 - 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks

Jie Han, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas

8:30 - 9:20 a.m. | The 2024-2025 Jahns Distinguished Lecture - Everyday Geospatial: New Technologies and Methods that Anyone Can Afford for 3D Field Scanning, Point Cloud Processing, Rock Mass Characterization and Slope Stability

John Kemeny, University of Arizona

9:20 - 10:10 a.m. | The 2025 Peck Lecture - Recent Very Tall Soil Nailing Projects for Slope Repair at Teton Pass in Wyoming and Natchez National Cemetery in Mississippi

John Wolosick, Keller

10:10 - 10:40 a.m. | Networking Refreshment Break / Vendor Displays

Moderator: Robert Parsons, Professor, University of Kansas

10:40 - 11:30 a.m. | The 2025-2026 DFI Traveling Lecture: Application of Innovative Geotechnical Solutions

Rick Deschamps, Nicholson Construction Company

11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Changes in Geotechnical Engineering in the Last 50 Years

Jerry A. DiMaggio, HNTB

12:20 - 1:20 p.m. | Lunch Break

Moderator: Masoud Darabi, Roy J. Leonard Chair's Council Associate Professor

1:20 - 2:05 p.m. | Using Digital Data Delivery to Get Closer to the Edge at Denali and Yellowstone National Parks

Scott Anderson, BGC Engineering

2:05 - 2:50 p.m. | Words Matter, Consistency Matters, Engineering Experience Matters: Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Retaining Wall Projects That Went Sideways

Stan Boyle, Shannon & Wilson

2:50 - 3:15 p.m. | Networking Refreshment Break / Vendor Displays

Moderator: Jie Han, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas

3:15 - 3:50 p.m. | Low Mobility Grouting on the LA 1 Port Allen Canal Bridge

Miranda Perkins, Louisiana DOTD

3:50 - 4:25 p.m. | Addressing Slope Failures Involving Problematic Soils in Kansas

Amanda Keeney, KDOT

4:25 - 5:00 p.m. | Rigid Inclusions: KDOT Project

Luke Metheny, KDOT