THE BURMISTER LECTURE

Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Columbia University

New York City

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



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



2001 Burmister Lecture (November 7, 2001)
Prof. Jorj Osterberg, Porf. Emeritus, Northwestern University
What is New in Drilled Shaft Foundation?

Nicholas Vasiliovitch Feodoroff, Jorj O. Osterberg,
Donald Lomb, (class of 1936) and Hoe I. Ling

2002 Burmister Lecture (December 4, 2002)
Prof. Jean Prevost, Princeton University
Dynamic Flow Liquefaction in Geomaterials: Computational and Physical Modeling

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

  

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

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]

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

2008 Burmister Lecture (November 11, 2008)
Prof. J. David Frost
Georgia Institute of Technology
Insights into Geomaterial Response Based on Optical Microstructure Characterization


Questions:
E-mail: Ling@civil.columbia.edu
Tel: 212-854-1203