California Members to Present Topics at the AEG National Meeting

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Our section is proud to support the following fellow California Members scheduled to present topics at the AEG National Meeting in Salt Lake City, September 19-21, 2012!

  • David L. Perry, AMEC Environment, “Subsurface Characterization for Design of Silver Lake Bypass Tunnel (SLBT), City of Los Angeles”
  • David Bieber, Geocon Consultants, Inc., “Geologic and Geotechnical Investigation for the Gold Run Pipeline Replacement, Placer County, California”
  • Bruce R. Hilton, Kleinfelder, “Risk-Based Dam Engineering; Isabella Dam Case History”
  • Julien Cohen-Waeber, University of California Berkeley, “GPS Instrumentation and Remote Sensing Study of Slow Moving Landslides in the Berkeley Hills, California.”
  • Julien Cohen-Waeber and Ed Medley, University of California Berkeley / Terraphase Engineering, “The Importance of Mentor/Protégé Relationships in the Careers of Two Geological Engineers”
  • Patrick L. Drumm, Earth Focus Geological Services, “Ground Rupture Identified in Fault Trench Attributed to Earthquake 31 Years Ago, Greenville Fault, Livermore, CA”
  • William McCormick, Kleinfelder, “Geology and Geohazards of Alcatraz Island”
  • Dru R. Nielson, Jacobs Associates, “Terroir and Recycled Water in the Napa Valley Wine Country of Northern California”
  • Robert Tepel, “Elevating our Profession: Stewardship, Licensure, Accreditation, and Ethics as Critical Components of a 21st Century AEG”
  • Donald Wells, AMEC, “Mitigate Surface Fault Rupture Hazard? The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain”
  • Thomas Barry, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group, “Laptop GIS Analysis in the Field During Geotechnical and Geohazard Investigations”
  • Michael George, Univ. of California Berkeley, “Application of Block Theory to Rock Scour Assessment”
  • Vincent S. Cronin, Baylor University, “Improved Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method (SLAM) to Evaluate Seismogenic Faults, North Tahoe-Truckee Area, California”
  • Douglas Hamilton, Douglas H. Hamilton, Consulting Geologist, “The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in South Central Coastal California; Incremental Recognition of Seismic Hazard, 1965-2012”
  • Douglas Hamilton, Douglas H. Hamilton, Consulting Geologist, “Devil’s Slide Tunnel from Conception to Reality: A Major Highway Tunnel in a Complex Geologic Setting”
  • Pete Jones, U.S. Forest Service, “Blue Ledge Mine Superfund Site Removal Action, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest”
  • Jeremy T. Lancaster, California Geological Survey, “The Oak Creek Post Fire Debris and Hyperconcentrated Flows of July 12, 2008 Inyo County, California: a Geologic Investigation”
  • Robert A. Larson, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, “Downhole Safety Training: The Experience of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works”
  • Robert A. Larson, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, “How Demographics and the Economy Will Change the Profession of Engineering Geology”
  • Chad Lukkarila, Kleinfelder, “Innovation in Field Exploration to Evaluate Coastal Bluff Erosion Concerns”
  • Ed Medley, Terraphase Engineering, “Boring (But True) Tales of Subsurface Mischaracterizations,” “Development of a Protocol for Investigation of Sinkhole Activity,” “Recycling Ancient Technology – The Perennial Benefits of Aerial and Ground-Based Stereo Photography in Modern Geopractice,” “WYTYSINWYG – Recognizing Certain Uncertainties in the Characterization of Bimrocks”
  • Rosalind Munro, AMEC, “Westside Subway Extension, Los Angeles, California”
  • James Sanders, Group Delta Consultants, “New Evidence for Northern Extension of the Downtown Graben Fault Zone, San Diego, California”
  • Gretchen Schmauder, Nevada Seismological Laboratory, “Reexamination of Faulting in the Tahoe Basin Using Airborne LiDAR Data and Seismic CHIRP Imagery”
  • David W. Shaw, University of Nevada, Reno, “Preliminary Modeling of Volcano Flank and Dome Stability at Lassen Peak . Lassen Volcanic National Park, California”
  • Roy J. Shlemon, R. J. Shlemon & Assoc., Inc., “Potential Mitigation for Surface-Fault Rupture: A California Perspective”
  • Kenneth Smith, Nevada Seismological Laboratory, “The Nevada Seismic Network: Monitoring and Earthquake Response Challenges in Nevada and Eastern California”
  • Stephen Testa, California State Mining and Geology Board, “An Overview of Aggregate Availability and Sustainability in California”
  • Mayo Thompson, Zonge International, “Maximizing Data Acquisition while Minimizing Environmental Impact: a Southern California Case Study”
  • Manjiang Zhang, USDA National Forest Service, “Estimate of Surface Water and Groundwater Availability in a Mountain Basin of Southern California Using the WHAT System”
  • Joseph D. Zilles, Kleinfelder, “Water Supply Assesments in Arid Environments – Innovative GIS Application/Solution Approach”
  • Trinda Bedrossian, California Geological Survey, “Compilation and Mapping of Surficial Materials for use in Identifying Alluvial Fan Deposits in Southern California”
  • Jeremy T. Lancaster, California Geological Survey, “The Oak Creek Post Fire Debris and Hyperconcentrated Flows of July 12, 2008 Inyo County, California: a Geologic Investigation”