URGENT! Note that the Abstract Deadline is April 15, 2011!

**Call for Abstracts**

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider this request for submission of abstracts to GeoCongress
2012.

*** Session Title: “Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering”

*** Conference: GeoCongress 2012: State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering

Venue: San Francisco, California (March 25-29, 2012)
Session Endorsed by: ASCE Joint Committee on Sustainable Practices

The topics relevant to this session include:
1. Qualitative and quantitative Sustainability Assessment Tools in geotechnical engineering (e.g., LCA, EIA, GeoSpear)
2. Sustainable use of Underground Space
3. Reuse of Foundations
4. Geothermal Energy Energy Piles
5. Wind Energy Foundation
6. Analysis and design for construction of Resilient Geo-infrastructure
7. Innovative Ground Improvement techniques minimizing resource
consumption and pollution
8. Use of reclyed, recyclable and alternate materials in geotechnical engineering

Abstracts (200-300 words) should be submitted online at:
http://content.geoinstitute.org/GeoCongress2012.html

Dipanjan Basu

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Connecticut
261 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2037
Storrs, CT 06269
Telephone 860 486 5023
E-mail: dbasu@engr.uconn.edu
http://www.engr.uconn.edu/cee/page.php?id=cf&pid=basu