Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 – 11:45 am

Lunch (On your own):         11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Afternoon Session:             12:45 – 4:00 pm

Analyzing the Stability of Slopes

Evaluating types of slopes
• Natural slopes
• Engineered slopes
Reviewing geologic conditions
Examining soils and topography
Evaluating surface and groundwater conditions
Methods of slope failure
• Rock fall and rockslides
• Slump
• Mudslides
Methods of slope analysis
Case studies
Question and answer

Slope Stabilization Methods

Unloading
Buttressing
Draining
Reinforcing
Installing retaining walls
Use of vegetation
Surface protection
Soil engineering
Rock slope stabilization

Reviewing Slope Stabilization Case Studies

Credits

Professional Engineers
     6.0 Continuing Ed. Hours

Landscape Architects
     6.0 LA CES HSW PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     6.0 ASFPM CECs

Architects
     6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers a continuing education opportunity to California professional engineers, landscape architects, architects (non-credit), and floodplain managers. Continuing education is not required for license maintenance or renewal in California.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885), the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.0 HSW PDHs, and the Association of State Floodplain Mangers for 6.0 CECs. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES and LA/CES.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects and landscape architects.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Binod Tiwari

California State University, Fullerton

California State University, Fullerton
Dr. Tiwari is a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of California State University, Fullerton. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering in 2003 and is expert in the fields of slope stability and stabilization, landslide mitigation, applied GIS, soil behavior and characterization, and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Dr. Tiwari is a member of various technical committees for ASCE and the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, and he is editor as well as reviewer for various international journals. He was post-doc at Niigata University, Japan, and at Virginia Tech for more than three years prior to joining CSUF in the fall of 2006. Dr. Tiwari is a licensed professional engineer in the state of California and has more than 20 years experience in design and implementation of projects pertinent to slope stability and stabilization.