1998 Specialty Conference on
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

August 3-6, 1998
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA

Questions/Inquiries e-mail Sarah Berry Cook @ skberry@u.washington.edu Conference Chair Steve Kramer University of Washington Civil Engineering Dept. Box 352700 Seattle WA 98195 kramer@u.washington.edu Conference Management Engineering Professional Programs University of Washington 3201 Fremont Ave N Seattle WA 98103-8866 tel: 206.543.5539 attn: Sarah Berry Cook @ skberry@u.washington.edu

Technical Schedule   Monday   Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  8:30-10 a.m.  Plenary 1 (Somerville, Idriss, Weaver)  Plenary 2 (Dobry, Ishihara, Gazetas)  Plenary 3 (Finn, Iai, Mitchell)  Plenary 4 (O'Rourke, Frankel)  10-10:30 a.m.  Break 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.  Seismic Hazard Analysis and Design Ground Motions  Landfills  Displacement- Based Design  Panel: Looking Forward: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering in the New Millenium  Site Characterization  Soil- Structure Interaction I  Soil Improvement I  Site Response  Liquefaction I  Dams and Embankments I  12-1:30 p.m.  Lunch   Conference Adjourns  1:30-3 p.m.  Earthquake Hazards in the Pacific Northwest   Foundations and Underground Structures I  Retaining Structures Break   Dynamic Soil Properties I  Soil- Structure Interaction II Soil Improvement II   Experimental Verificaton by Model Testing  Liquefaction II  Dams and Embankments II  1:30-5:30 p.m. Software Demonstrations  3-3:30 p.m. Break  3:30 ­ 5:00 p.m.   Risk-Based Methodologies in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering   Foundations and Underground Structures II Liquefaction IV   Dynamic Soil Properties II Liquefaction III Non-Seismic Vibrations  Rock Blasting Vibrations      5 p.m.   Conference Ends for the Day  5:15-8 p.m. Icebreaker Reception