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Presenters and Session Chairs
Back (from left): Huabei Liu, Patrick Naughton, Songtao Yang, Ahmet Pamuk, Warat Kongkitkul, Yoshiyuki Mohri, Radoslaw Michalowski
Front: Hoe Ling, Robert Koerner, Dov Leshchinsky, Goldon Boutwell, Kianoosh Hatami, Tadatsugu Tanaka, Victor Kaliakin, Kenichi Matsushima, Akinori Hazama



Prof. Robert Koerner, Drexel University

Prof. Dov Leshchinsky, University of Delaware

Dr. Akinori Hazama, Mistubishi Chemical Functional Products, Inc. (Japan)
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Prof. Huabei Liu, Tsinghua University (China)

Prof. Kianoosh Hatami, University of Oklahoma

Mr. Gordon Boutwell, Soil Testing Engineers, Inc.

Prof. Victor Kaliakin, University of Delaware

Dr. Ahmet Pamuk, Columbia University

(Dr. to be) Songtao Yang, Columbia University

Mr. Kenichi Matsushima, National Research Institute of Agriculture Engineering (Japan)

Prof. Tadatsugu, University of Tokyo

Dr. Warat Kongkitkul, Tokyo Science University

Prof. Radoslaw Michalowski, University of Michigan

Dr. Patrick Naughton, Institute of Technology, Sligo (Ireland)


abstracts
Introduction to Prof. Robert M. Koerner (by Dov Leshchinsky)

Session 1
Xuede Qian and Robert M. Koerner
A New Method to Analyze, and Design against, Translational Failures of Geosynthetic Lined Landfills

Dov Leshchinsky and Jie Han
Design Framework for Geosynthetic Reinforced Earth Structures

Akinori Hazama, Norio Takeuchi and Morito Kusabuka
Comparing Zigzag Arrangement to Rectangular Arrangement of Geotextile-Reinforced Soil Wall

Huabei Liu and Hoe I. Ling
Constitutive Modeling of the Time-Dependent Monotonic and Cyclic behavior of Geosynthetics

Kianoosh Hatami, Richard J. Bathurst, Magdy M. El-Emam, and Tony M. Allen
Validation of Numerical Models for Static and Seismic Analysis of Reinforced Soil Walls

Parallel Keynote Lecture
Tadatsugu Tanaka
Static and Dynamic Localized Failure with Shear Band in Geomaterials

Session 2
Gordon P. Boutwell and Stephen M. Meunier
Geosynthetics to the Rescue

Victor N. Kaliakin and Richard J. Bathurst
Mathematical Modeling of Polymeric Reinforcement: Current Practice and Future Trends

Ahmet Pamuk, Hoe I. Ling and Myoung-soo Won
Effects of Geosynthetic Reinforcement on Soil-Pipe Interaction

Songtao Yang and Hoe I. Ling
Seismic Response Analysis of Full-scale Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls

Tadatsugu Tanaka, Kenichi Matsushima and Yoshiyuki Mohri
Analysis of Flexible Pipe Behavior during Sheet Pile Extraction

Session 3
Warat Kongkitkul, Fumio Tatsuoka and Daiki Hirakawa
Behavior of Geogrid-Reinforced Sand Subject to Sustained Loading in Plane Strain Compression

Radoslaw L. Michalowski and Chardphoon Viratjandr
Combined Fiber and Geogrid Reinforcement for Foundation Soil Slabs

Geoff T. Kempton, Patrick J. Naughton, and Robert Lozano
The Design and Construction of Mechanically Reinforced Earth Walls Reinforced with Polymeric Reinforcement

Han-Yong Jeon and Sung-Ho Cho (not presented)
Applicability Evaulation of Geogrids in Reinforcement System