Daily Schedule (Tentative)

Tuesday 1 April
12:00-14:00     TC16 Board Meeting – Taipei International Convention Center (TICC)

08:00-18:00      Conference registration – Lobby, TICC
09:00-17:00Short Courses (SC) - Room 101
                              SC1 – Cone Penetration Testing (CPT/CPTU) – by Tom Lunne, Peter Robertson & John Powell  (Room 101A)
                           SC2 – Flat Dilatometer Testing (DMT) – by Silvano Marchetti, Paola Monaco, Gianfranco Totani, and Diego Marchetti  (Room 101B)
                           SC3 – Risk Management & Site Characterization – by Martin van Staveren (Room 101C)
                           SC4 – Estimation of Soil Properties for Foundation Design  – by Fred H. Kulhawy (Room 101D)
18:00 -              J.K.Mitchell Lecture
                           Geo-environmental site characterization - by Prof. Richard G. Campanella (Canada)
                           Session Chair: Michele B. Jamiolkowski (Italy)
                           Moderator: Albert Yeung (Hong Kong)

   19:00-21:00     Ice-Breaker (Soft Drink & Finger Food)

Wednesday 2 April
08:00-17:00     Registration – Lobby, TICC
08:30-09:00     Opening Ceremony  - Room 101
                                Dr. C.D. Ou (Pres., ISC3)                      Prof. P.Sêco e Pinto (Pres., ISSMGE)                    M.R.Madhav (Vice-Pres., Asia, ISSMGE)
                               Prof. Paul Mayne (Chair, TC16)            Prof. C.Y. Wu (Pres., NCTU)                                   Dr. C.T. Chin (Pres. SEAGS)
                               Prof. H.D. Lin (Pres. TGS)                      Prof. A.B. Huang (Secretary General, ISC3)

09:30-17:00     Poster Session 1 & Exhibition – Lobby, TICC
09:20-10:10     Keynote Lecture 1  - Room 101
                                An overview on site investigation for Hsuehshan tunnel project–by Dr. Dar-Jen Tseng (Taiwan)
                        Session Chair: Za-Chieh Moh (Taiwan) 
                                Moderator: Tzou-Shin Ueng (Taiwan)

   10:10-11:00     Keynote Lecture 2  - Room 101
                                Characterization of residual soil–by  Prof. António Viana da Fonseca  (Portugal) and Prof. Roberto Coutinho (Brazil)
                        Session Chair: P.Sêco e Pinto (President, ISSMGE)
                                Moderator: Martin Fahey (Australia)

   11:00-11:30     Coffee Break
11:30-13:00     Technical Sessions - 1a & 2
                                                               

Session 1a - Interpretation/analysis of test data (analysis) Session Chair: Cheng-Hsin Chen (Taiwan) General Reporter: Ming-Fang Chang (USA) Moderator: Shung-Chi Hsu (Taiwan) FE cone penetration analysis in cohesive-frictional materials by J. Walker & H.S. Yu 　 Self boring pressuremeter in Porto residual soil – test results and numerical modelling by A. Topa Gomes, A. Viana da Fonseca & Martin Fahey 　 Homogenizing MPM tests curves by using a  hyperbolic model by J.-P. Baud & M. Gambin Influence of partial consolidation during penetration on normalized soil classification by piezocone by J. A. Schneider, M.F. Randolph, P.W. Mayne & N. Ramsey 　 Effects of stress history on cone resistance of Busan sand by S.H. Kim, S.K. Choi, H.W. Choo, W.J. Lee & D.K. Kim 　 Common analytical model for piezocone and dilatometer in clays by P.W. Mayne & S.E. Burns 　 Quick estimation of hydraulic conductivity by C. R. Song & S. Pulijala 　 Proposal for performance-based standardisation of pressuremeter testing by Joek Peuchen 　 Future constitutive models for natural granular materials in penetration analyses by M.J. Jiang, H.H. Zhu & M.S. Huang 　 Evaluation of short non-monotonous dissipation test data by E. Imre, P. Q. Trang, G. Telekes, P. Rózsa & S. Fityus 　 Reliability analysis of long-term consolidation settlement at Kobe airport site by J. G. Chae, Y. Tanaka & S. Shibuya

Session 2 - Characterization of unusual/unsaturated geomaterials Session Chair: Fernando Schneid (Brazil) General Reporter:  James Schneider (Australia) Moderator: Jian-Ye Ching (Taiwan) Field characterization of problematic earthfills by DMT. A case history. by N. Cruz, I. Caspurro, S. Guimarães, C.C. Gomes & A.V. da Fonseca 　 Geotechnical characteristics of the methane hydrate-bearing sediments  in the Lake Baikal by S. Kataoka, S. Yamashita, H. Minami, S. Nishio & M. A. Grachev 　 Site characterization of Al Raha Beach Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE by K. M. Hassan & A. F. Taha 　 Suction influence on in-situ testing results of unsaturated soils by N.M.B. Mota, R.P. Cunha & C.M.C. Costa 　 Results of in situ tests carried out in unsaturated tropical soils from the city of Brasilia, Brazil by G.J.M. Anjos, R.P. Cunha & M. Pinheiro 　 Characterisation of an unsaturated sand deposit by in situ testing by J.A. Schneider, M. Fahey & B.M. Lehane 　 At-rest lateral stress from pressuremeter tests in an unsaturated soil calibration chamber by G.A. Miller & N.K. Tan 　 Modeling vadose zone water migration based on downhole nuclear gauge data by J.D. Nelson, K.C. Chao & D.D. Overton

13:00-14:30     Lunch Break
14:30-15:20     Keynote Lecture 3  - Room 101
                                 The geophysical properties of soils–by Prof. Carlos Santamarina (USA)
                         Session Chair: Mehmet Tumay (USA)
                                 Moderator: Woo Jin Lee (Korea)
15:20-16:10     Keynote Lecture 4  - Room 101
                                 Crosshole electric tomography imaging at anisotropic environment–by Prof. Jung-Ho Kim (Korea)
                         Session Chair: Sin Fatt Chan (Malaysia)
                                 Moderator: Wayne C.W. Hsieh (Taiwan)
16:10-16:40     Coffee Break
16:40-18:10     Technical Sessions - 3 & 4
                                

Session 3 - Mechanical in-situ testing methods Session Chair: Gerald A Miller (USA) General Reporter: S.Y. Chi (Taiwan) Moderator: Wen-Jong Chang (Taiwan) Use of pore pressure measurements in a ball full-flow penetrometer by J.T. DeJong & N.J. Yafrate & M.F. Randolph 　 Development and verification of a resistivity seismic flat dilatometer testing system for efficient soft soil site characterization by D. Marchetti, S. Marchetti, P. Monaco & G. Totani 　 Effective in-situ tests for measurement of soil properties for over water or deep investigations using wire-line methods by R. Failmezger, M. Sacchetto & D. Marchetti 　 Experience with seismic dilatometer (SDMT) in various soil types by D. Marchetti, S. Marchetti, P. Monaco & G. TotanI 　 Vision cone penetrometer calibration for soil grain size by Y. Jung & R.D. Hryciw & D. Elsworth 　 The phicometer shear test as an unconventional approach for the determination of the in-situ shear strength by R. Katzenbach, C. Gutberlet & S. Wachter 　 Use of tactile pressure sensor for plate load test by Y.Y. Liu, Sunny T.C. So & A.T. Yeung 　 Experience with nees@utexas large-scale mobile shakers in earthquake engineering studies by K. H. Stokoe, II, F.-Y. Menq, S. L. Wood, & K. Park, B. L. Rosenblad & B. R. Cox

Session 4 - Geophysical testing methods Session Chair: David F.T. Nash (UK) General Reporter:  C.P. Lin (Taiwan) Moderator: Shih-Heng Tung (Taiwan) Anisotropic shear wave velocity of overconsolidated boom clay by K. Piriyakul & W. Haegeman 　 Wave velocity of Macao Marine clay from field and laboratory measurement by T.M.H. Lok, T.S. Teng, G. Hao, X.Shi, & K.K. Cheong 　 Prediction of piling conditions in genting highlands granites, malaysia with borehole seismic imaging by G.E. Powell & R.J. Whiteley 　 Ground improvement assessment of glacial till using shear wave velocity by S. Donohue & M. Long 　 Evaluation of geophysical techniques for river embankment investigation by E. Niederleithinger, A. Weller, R. Lewis & U. Stoetzner 　 Application of geophysical techniques to offshore site investigation in southern Taiwan by J.F. Chang, D.T.C. Yao, I.C. Hu & Y.C. Fang 　 A comparison between soil shear modulus values using seismic cone and resonant column test in a calcareous soil (a case study) by A. Hajimohammadi, A. Cheshomi, M. Habibi & M. Mirhosseini 　 Considerations about the geoenvironmental site characterization of a MSW disposal site by G. Mondelli, L. V. Zuquette & V. R. Elis &H. L. Giacheti 　 Comparison of ground stiffness from seismic surface wave and large scale load tests by G. Heymann, S. W. Jacobsz, T. E. B. Vorster & R. B. Storry

19:00-21:00    Taipei Night (Conference Banquet)
                          Hosted by Taipei City Government
                          Grand Ball Room Sec. I, 3F, Grand Hyatt Hotel

Thursday 3 April
08:00-14:00     Registration
08:30-13:00     Poster Session 2 & Exhibition
08:30-09:20     Keynote Lecture 5 - Room 101
                                 Design parameters from in situ tests in soft ground - recent developments–by Prof. Michael Long (Ireland)
                         Session Chair: Fred H. Kulhawy (USA)
                                 Moderator: Ninjgarav Enebish (Mongolia)
09:20-10:10     Keynote Lecture 6 - Room 101
                                 Recompacted, intact (undisturbed) and in-situ properties of unsaturated soils–by Prof. Charles W. W. Ng (Hong Kong)
                         Session Chair: Mark F. Randolph (Australia)
                                 Moderator: Ao Peng Kong (Macau)
10:10-10:40     Coffee Break
10:40-13:00     Special Sessions - 1 - 3
                                

Special Session 1 - Sampling Disturbance Session Chair: John J.M. Powell  (UK) General Reporter:  Don De Groot (USA) + Tom Lunne (Norway) Moderator: C.H. Wang (Taiwan) Theme Lecture 1: Sampling and sample quality of soft clays – by Prof. Hiroyuki Tanaka (Japan) 　 Sampling and field characterization of the silty sand in central and southern Taiwan by A.B. Huang & Y.Y. Tai, W.F. Lee & K. Ishihara 　 Sampling effects on the property degradation of soils by Y.H. Wang, K.Y. Tsui, C.H. Ma & C.M.B. Mok 　 Improvement of a large diameter sampler (KICT-type) and its application at a Korean site by Y.S. Kim, Y.C. Kim & S.W. Hong 　 Sample disturbance of organic soils by F.A.J.M. Mathijssen, N. Boylan & M. Long & F. Molenkamp 　 The use of bender elements in the assessment of disturbance of soft clay samples by J. Sukolrat, D.F.T. Nash & N. Benahmed

Special Session 2- TRB Sponsored Session on "Ground Improvement and Pavement Subgrades." Session Chair: Jay Jayaprakash (USA) General Reporter:  Anand Puppala (USA) Moderator: David T.T. Chang (Taiwan) Theme Lecture 2: Geomaterial characterization for modeling and quality control of pavements – by Prof. António Gomes Correia (Portugal) 　 Determination of pavement subgrade field moisture condition through soil suction by Y.P. Han, T.M. Petry & L. Ge 　 In-situ testing protocols for deep mixed chemically treated soil columns by A. J. Puppala & V.Bhadriraju, A. Porbaha & A. Potturi 　 Three dimensional site characterization models of Bangalore using support vector machine and ordinary kriging by Pijush Samui & T.G. Sitharam 　 Ground investigations for the Busan - Geoje immersed tunnel by J.S. Steenfelt, P.G. Jackson & C. T. Christensen, J-S. Lee & Y-B. Ha 　 Development of correlation between tcp blow count and undrained shear strength of low plasticity clay by S. Gudavalli, C. Vipulanandan, A. J.  Puppala, , N. Palla, X. Fang, M. Jao, S. Yin, & M. C. Wang 　 Evaluation of the overconsolidation ratio from piezocone tests of quaternary clay deposits in Jiangsu province of China by G.J. Cai，S.Y. Liu，L.Y. Tong & G.Y. Du 　 Geostatistical approach in assessing settlements on wide site by J. Dubost, A. Denis, A. Marache,  & M. Chanson

Special Session 3 - Post Disaster Event Site Charaterization - Joint Session with TC4 and ATC3  Session Chair: Takaji Kokusho (Japan, Chair of TC4) General Reporter:  Wei F. Lee (Taiwan) Moderator: Susumu Yasuda (Japan, Chair of ATC3) Site Characterization of Post 2004 Earthquake Disaster in Banda Aceh using CPTu by P.P. Rahardjo, Y. Halim, E. Subowo, A. Tohari 　 Flysch Landslides Geotechnical Monitoring in Beskidy, the Carpathian Mountains, Poland by Z. Bednarczyk  　 Site Investigation of a Large Landslide Triggered by the Chi-Chi Earthquake, Taiwan by M.L. Lin, C.M. Lo, C.W. Chang, J.J. Dong, A.B. Huang, C.P. Lin, K.T. Chang, J.F. Lee 　 Mini cone penetration test and liquefaction resistance of sand with fines by T.S. Ueng, C.H. Chen & S.Y. Wang TC4 Case History Presentations Landslide investigation of the Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake by Takaji Kokusho, Chou University 　 Investigation of highway facility damages caused by recent major earthquakes by Susumu Yasuda, Tokyo Denki University 　 Performance of Foundation Near Seismic Fault by Kazuo Konagai, IIS, University of Tokyo 　 Investigation of harbor facility damages of Taichung Habor during Chi Chi earthquake by C. H. Chen, National Taiwan University Plenary Discussion- Establishing a universal data platform and network for post major event site characterization by Wei F. Lee, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

13:00-14:00     Lunch Break (TC Meetings)
14:00-17:00     Conference Tour
17:30-18:00    Visit of Taipei County disaster prevention control center
18:00-21:00    Magistrate's Night (Cultural Night)
                          Hosted by Taipei County Government

Friday 4 April
08:00-12:00     Registration
08:30-17:00     Poster Session 3 & Exhibits
08:30-09:20     Keynote Lecture 7 - Room 101
                                 Statistical analysis of geotechnical testing data–by Dr. Marco Uzielli (Italy)
                         Session Chair: Paul W. Mayne (USA)
                                 Moderator: Ooi Teik Aun (Malaysia)
09:20-10:10     Keynote Lecture 8 - Room 101
                                 Foresic geotechnical site characterization–by Prof. Kenji Ishihara (Japan)
                         Session Chair: M.R.Madhav (India, Asian VP of ISSMGE)
                                 Moderator: Debasis Roy (India)
10:10-10:40     Coffee Break
10:40-13:00     Technical Sessions - 1b, 5 & 6a
                                

Session 1b - Interpretation/analysis of test data (correlations) Session Chair: Askar Zhusupbekov (Kazakhstan) General Reporter:  K.K. Phoon (Singapore) Moderator: Jason Y.S. Wu (Taiwan) Correlation of CPTu and DPH test results by A. Mahler, J. Szendefy, A. Takács 　 Correlations between undrained shear strength and penetration resistance for anisotropic sand and silt by R. Singh, D. Mitra, M. Kumar & D. Roy 　 Determination of elastic modulus from stress controlled cone penetration test by Ph. Reiffsteck, C. Bacconnet, R. Gourvès, E. Godde & H. van de Graaf 　 Effect of lateral stress on relations between penetration resistances and cyclic strength to liquefaction by K. Ishihara & K. Harada 　 Liquefaction properties of sands and cyclic pressuremeter test by J.C. Dupla & J. Canou 　 Nonlinear shear modulus characteristics from pressuremeter tests by Y. Wang & T.D. O’Rourke 　 Pile capacity prediction for in situ tests by G. Togliani 　 SDMT-based deep excavation design by M. Arroyo, A. Di Mariano, P. Monaco, M. Devincenzi & N.Pérez 　 Can we reliably determine in situ horizontal stress from the Cone Pressuremeter in clay soils? by J.J.M. Powell 　 Updating uncertainties in soil shear strength parameters with multivariate in-situ and laboratory test data by J. Ching and Y.-C. Chen & K.-K. Phoon

Session 5 - Non-intrusive Multi-dimensional Subsurface Imaging Techniques Session Chair: Satoru Shibuya (Japan) General Reporter:  Dong-Soo Kim  (Korea) Moderator: Chen-Tair Huang (Taiwan) 4-D inversion of DC resistivity monitoring data for precise assessment of ground condition changes by J.-H. Kim, M.-J. Yi, S.-G. Park & M. Farooq 　 Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) active and passive methods by C. B. Park 　 Site characterization by seismic interferometry method by T. Matsuoka, K. Onishi, K. Shiraishi & T. Aizawa 　 HWAW (harmonic wavelet analysis of wave) method for 2-dimensional subsurface stiffness imaging by D.S. Kim, J.T. Kim, H.J. Park, H.C. Park & E.S. Bang 　 High lateral resolution surface wave method by C.-P. Lin & C.-H. Lin 　 Present and future of rock physical interpretation of shallow geophysical data for geotechnical applications by T. Takahashi & S. Tanaka 　 Ground-truthing seismic refraction tomography for sinkhole detection in Florida by D. R. Hiltunen, T. P. Quigley, N. Hudyma & C. Samakur

Session 6a - Case histories in field applications (non-penetration methods) Session Chair: Erwin Oh (Australia) General Reporter: Roger A. Failmezger (USA) Moderator: Ching-Han Yu (Taiwan) Deformation properties measurements of the rock mass from boreholes data by M. Matys & J. Hudek 　 Comparison of the results of FDT and PLT in determining deformability mudulus of the rock mass in Chamshir Dam site in Iran by M. Gharouni-Nik 　 Use of standard penetration test to preview the bearing capacity behavior of continuous flight auger piles in Brazilian tropical soils by R.P. Cunha, M.M. Sales & P.H.L. Magalhães 　 Field tests and in-situ measurements investigating the stress strain behavior of weathered keuper mudstone by E.-D. Hornig 　 A case study of seismic and geotechnical characterization for a nuclear facility site by G.Padmanabhan, S.K.Samantray, C.Sundaramurthy & C.Sivathanu Pillai 　 Characterization of mudstone in a deep underground cavern – comparison of full-scale behavior and field and laboratory tests by A. Taheri & K. Tani 　 Model tests to study the influence of stress conditions on the piezocone and vane shear strength by H. Löfroth 　 Landslide characterization and zonation of Hungtsaiping area based on topography, aerial photograph and PIV technology by C.M. Lo, M.L. Lin, W.C. Lee, K.C. Lee, S.Y. Chien, J.J. Dong, K.T. Chang & A.B. Huang 　 A multidisciplinary approach towards fault line detection and characterization in The Netherlands by M.A.J. Bakker & R.S. Westerhoff 　 Ambient noise site investigation of Ahangaranskaya landfill in Tashkent City,Uzbekistan by T. Doanh, H. Hareb, S. Hans, C. Boutin, A. Ibragimov & W. Wu 　 Variability in Vs profiles and consistency between seismic profiling methods: a case study in Imperial Valley, California by Y.-C. Lin, K.H. Stokoe, II & B.L. Rosenblad

13:00-14:30     Lunch Break & Posters (TC Meetings)
14:30-15:20      Keynote Lecture 9 - Room 101
                                 Characterization of the deltaic deposit in the Nakdong River Mouth, Busan–by Prof. Sang-Kyu Kim (Korea)
                         Session Chair: Silvano Marchetti (Italy)
                                 Moderator: Wei Wu (Austria)
15:20-16:10     Keynote Lecture 10 - Room 101
                                 Engineering characterization of the soil deposits for the Second Bangkok International Airport–by Dr. Chung-Tien Chin (Taiwan)
                         Session Chair: Peter K. Robertson (Canada)
                                 Moderator: Dennes Bergado (Thailand)
16:10-16:40     Coffee Break
16:40-18:00     Technical Sessions 6b & 7
                                

Session 6b - Case histories in field applications (penetration methods) Session Chair: T.G Sitharam (India) General Reporter:  Emoke Imre (Hungary) Moderator: Daniel T.C. Yao (Taiwan) Characterization of reclaimed sand fill by seismic cone test by L. F. Cao, M. F. Chang, C. I. The, V. Choa & Y. M. Na 　 Overpressure within upper continental slope sediments from CPTU data, Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean Sea by S. Lafuerza, M. Canals, J. Frigola, N. Sultan, S. Berné,  G. Jouet & M. Galavazi 　 Case studies of CPTU exploration techniques in investigating challenging ground conditions in Malaysia by  S.S. Liew 　 Case history of SPT energy ratio for an automatic hammer in northeastern U. S. Practice by S. O. Akbas & F. H. Kulhawy 　 Automatic cone penetration testing: a class of its own by M.W. Bielefeld & E. Welling 　 Intepretation of CPTU results in terms of soil design parameters at Satnica Djakovacka, Croatia by B. Kavur, I. Vrkljan & M. Mulabdic

Session 7- Developments of new equipment & methods Session Chair: François Schlosser (France) General Reporter:  Jean Canou (France) Moderator: Shun-Min Lee (Taiwan) Case studies of high resolution acoustic televiewer for geotechnical exploration and core sample correction by M.C. Chung, S.M. Hsu, C.Y. Ku, C.H. Tan, S.Y. Chi 　 Preliminary study of rodless SPT by J.S. Tsai 　 Permeability measurements with a new direct-push technique by T. Kobayashi, H. Ochiai, N. Yasufuku, K. Omine & S. Oba 　 Towards risk-driven site characterization by M.Th. van Staveren 　 Shear wave measurements using blade-type field velocity probe in soft ground by J. S. Lee, H. K. Yoon, Q. H. Truong, C. Lee, H. Choi, & G. C. Cho 　 The CPTU as a tool for interpreting depositional environments in estuarine deposits by D. Bishop, S. Fityus, I. Goodwin & E. Imre

18:00-18:30     Closing Ceremony
                             Dr. C.D. Ou (Pres., ISC3)                      Prof. P.Sêco e Pinto (Pres., ISSMGE)          M.R.Madhav (Vice-Pres., Asia, ISSMGE)
                             Prof. Paul Mayne (Chair, TC16)          Dr. C.T. Chin (Pres. SEAGS)                         Prof. H.D. Lin (Pres. TGS)
                             Prof. A.B. Huang (Secretary General, ISC3)