TRB Call for Papers
81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2002
Geotechnical Applications
of TDR and Fiber Optic Sensors
Sponsored by TRB Committees A2K01, Soils and Rock Instrumentation, and A2L01,
Exploration and Classification of Earth Materials
TRB Committees A2K01 and A2L01 are co-sponsoring a session titled, "Geotechnical Applications of TDR and Fiber Optic Sensors" during the 81st Annual Meeting of the TRB in January, 2002. The topics include the use of these technologies to measure: movements in cut slopes and landslide areas, embankment and fill settlements and other deformations, moisture conditions soils (including partially saturated soils), scour of bridge foundations, structural cracking and deformation in foundation systems, and soil contaminants. Papers describing implementation case studies are particularly encouraged. The papers may be for presentation only, or for both presentation and publication. Paper submission and review shall be in accordance with TRB guidelines, which can be found at the TRB website:
http://www4.nas.edu/trb/annual.nsf/web/author_guides
Paper must be submitted to TRB by August 1, 2001.
Prospective authors may contact the following individuals with questions regarding this session:
Edward Hoppe
Virginia Transportation Research Council
Ph. (804) 293-1960
Fax (804) 293-1990
Email: hoppe@virginia.edu
Kevin O'Connor
GeoTDR
Ph. (614) 895-1400
Fax (614) 895-1171
Email: kevin@geotdr.com
Professor Anand Puppala
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The University of Texas at Arlington
Tel (817) 272-5821
Fax (817) 272-2630
Email: anand@uta.edu