2021 Burmister Lecture
(April 14, 2021; via zoom)
Prof. Junichi Koseki
University of Tokyo
Experimental Studies on Liquefaction and
Re-Liquefaction Behavior of Saturated Sandy Soils
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2020 Burmister Lecture
(April 28, 2020; via zoom)
Prof. Dov Leshchinsky
University of Delaware
& Adama Engineering
Limit State Design Framework for Reinforced
Slopes and Walls
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2019 Burmister Lecture
(March 26, 2019)
Prof. Jonathan P. Stewart
University of California, Los Angeles
Regional Ergodic Site Response for Seismic
Hazard Applications
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2018 Burmister Lecture
(March 9, 2018)
Prof. Victor N. Kaliakin
University of Delaware
Modeling the Time- and
Temperature-Dependent Response of Cohesive Soils in a Generalized Bounding
Surface Framework
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2017
Burmister Lecture (April 18, 2017)
Dr. Yoshinori Iwasaki
Geo-Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
Authenticity of Cultural Heritage and
Preservation of the Main Tower of Bayon Temple (Angkor, Cambodia)
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2016
Burmister Lecture (April 12, 2016)
Prof. James K. Mitchell
Virginia Tech
Lessons From The Lives of Two Dams
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2014
Burmister Lecture (October 28, 2014)
Prof. Fred H. Kulhawy
Cornell University
Evaluation of Rock Foundation Sockets &
Some Observations on Professor Burmister
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2013
Burmister Lecture (December 10, 2013)
Prof. Craig H. Benson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Infusing Sustainability into Civil
Engineering Design: Value Proposition for Society and Engineering Practice
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2013 Burmister Lecture (April 22, 2013)
Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov
Eurasian National University and Vice President of ISSMGE for Asia
Geotechnical Experiences of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Disaster and Great East Japan Earthquake
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2011 Burmister Lecture
(November 9, 2011)
- with a tribute to the late Dr. Cliff Astill
Prof. Ricardo Dobry
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
An Investigation Into Why The Earthquake
Liquefaction Charts Work So Well
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2010 Burmister Lecture
(April 8, 2011)
Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud
President of ISSMGE & Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M
University
Bridge Scour Predictions
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2009 Burmister Lecture
(June 10, 2009)
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
Science University of Tokyo
Rate Effects on Elastic and Inelastic
Stress-Strain Behaviours of Geomaterials Observed in Experiments
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2008 Burmister Lecture
(November 11, 2008)
Prof. J. David Frost
Georgia Institute of Technology
Insights into Geomaterial Response Based on
Optical Microstructure Characterization
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2007 Burmister Lecture (October 9,
2007)
Dr. William F. Marcuson, III
The President of ASCE and U.S.
Army Engineer Waterway Experiment Station
Seismic Design and Analysis of Embankment
Dams: The State of Practice
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2006 Burmister Lecture (November
21, 2006)
Prof. Andrew J. Whittle, M.I.T.
Role of Soil Modeling in Geotechnical
Predictions
[The 2006 Burmister Lecture was sponsored by
the Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers]
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2005 Burmister Lecture (October 13, 2005)
Prof. Robert M. Koerner, Emeritus Professor of Drexel University
and Director, the Geosynthetic Institute
Analysis and Design of Veneer Cover Soils
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2004 Burmister Lecture (April 19,
2004)
Prof. Kenji Ishihara. Professor, Chuo
University and Prof. Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Geotechnical Damage in Recent Earthquakes
in Japan
and Soil Property Characterization
Associated with Landslides
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2002 Burmister Lecture (December 4,
2002)
Prof. Jean Prevost, Princeton
University
Dynamic Flow Liquefaction in Geomaterials:
Computational and Physical Modeling
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2001 Burmister Lecture (November 7,
2001)
Prof. Jorj Osterberg, Porf. Emeritus, Northwestern University
What is New in Drilled Shaft Foundation?
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Nicholas Vasiliovitch Feodoroff,
Jorj O. Osterberg,
Donald Lomb, (class of 1936) and
Hoe I. Ling
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2000 Burmister Lecture (October 31,
2000)
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo.
Impacts on Geotechnical Engineering of
Several Recent Findings From Laboratory Stress-Strain Tests on Geomaterials
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First Burmister Lecture (November 23, 1999)
Prof. Robert M. Koerner, H.L. Bowman Professor and Director, Geosynthetic
Research Institute, Drexel University
Assessment of Ten Landfill Failures using
2-D and 3-D Stability Analysis Procedures
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