Soil Shear Strength and Slope Stabilization Seminar
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
Learn more about the on-demand format in our FAQ or contact us at (715) 835-5900 or customerservice@halfmoonseminars.org
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Soil Investigation and Characterization
Properties of soil
• Origin of soils
• Formation of soils
• Types of soil deposits
• Field soil investigation techniques
• Laboratory soil investigation methods
• Soil classification
Evaluation of Soil Shear Strength
Soil shear failure mechanisms
Evaluation of failure envelope
Soil shear strength types
• Drained
• Undrained
• Residual
Slope Stabilization Theory
Natural and engineered slopes
Basic concepts of slope stability
Types of slope failures
Slope stability analysis methods
Impact of surface water and groundwater
Slope Stabilization Methods
Unloading
Buttressing
Drainage
Compaction
Reinforcement
Soil improvement
Surface protection
Rock slope stabilization
Slope Stability of Shorelines and Drainage Channels
Preserving streambeds
Maintaining shoreline
Case studies
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects & Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CEHs
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
6.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Geologists
Non-credit Continuing Ed.
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in most states, including Louisiana. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Louisiana. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for Florida engineers.
This seminar offers 6.5 HSW CEHs to Louisiana landscape architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval.
This course is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. The Louisiana State Board of Architectural Examiners accepts programs approved by the American Institute of Architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and LA/CES.
Halfmoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Florida professional engineers (Provider No. 0004647). This course qualifies for 6.5 Area of Practice continuing education hours.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to geologists.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity for construction contractors. It is not approved in any state with a contractor continuing education requirement.
Speakers
Malay Ghose
University of New OrleansDr. Malay Ghose Hajra is an associate professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the University of New Orleans (UNO) in Louisiana. He is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in multiple states including Louisiana.
Dr. Ghose Hajra completed his Ph.D. degree from Kansas State University in 2001 followed by a post-doctoral assignment at the Microscale Physiochemical Engineering Center at the University of Akron in Ohio. During the next ten years, he was employed as a consulting geotechnical engineer working on and managing several hundred geotechnical design and construction projects in Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. These projects dealt with complex foundation and pavement systems in unpredictable and changing subsurface soil conditions. The engineering analyses also included deep foundation recommendations for highway bridges, slope stability and seepage analyses for levees and embankments, and settlement estimates of soft compressible alluvial coastal deposits. His professional experience also includes working with multiple Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) in the analyses and design of new Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Systems (HSDRRS) and coastal restoration and protection projects in south Louisiana.
At UNO, Dr. Ghose Hajra’s academic research interests are in the areas of geotechnical and foundation engineering, coastal restoration and coastal protection, energy foundations, in-situ and laboratory characterization of coastal sediment deposits, and sustainable coastal infrastructure systems. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses on Geotechnical Engineering and Foundation Design, Coastal Geotechnics, Shear Strength and Slope Stability, and Sustainability Principles for Engineers. He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), ASCE Geo-Institute’s Engineering Geology and Site Characterization Committee, Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), and Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI).
AIA Info
AIA Provider Statement:
HalfMoon Education Inc. is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number J885. All registered AIA/CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider of learning program may be sent to AIA/CES (cesupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).
This learning program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.
AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA/CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.
Course Title: Soil Shear Strength and Slope Stabilization
Delivery Method: Live
Course Description: This 6.5 hour live lecture presentation studies the properties of soil, the evaluation of soil shear strength, slope stabilization theory and methods, and slope stabilization of shorelines and drainage channels.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to discuss the origin and formation of soils, field-testing and laboratory testing of soil, and soil classification, all of which are important when determining soil shear strength.
Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to discuss basic concepts in slope stability, differentiate types of slope failures, and explain slope stability methods.
Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to explain slope stabilization methods based on analysis of slope failures and soil analysis.
Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able describe methods for preserving streambeds and maintaining shorelines.
LUs: 6.5 LU Type: LU|HSWs.
Prerequisites: Experience with site evaluation, preparation and landscaping
Advance Preparation: None
Program Level: Intermediate
Course Expiration Date: 05/13/2022
Complaint Resolution Policy:
Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to doug@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost, or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.