INVITED LECTURES AND OUTREACH
Performance of Relief Wells, for Corps of Engineers' short courses on seepage control, 1978–89.
Methods of Slope Stability Analysis, for Corps of Engineers' short course on Computer - Aided Foundation Engineering, 1985.
Seepage Analysis Using Computers, INFOCORP conference, 1985.
Geotechnical Aspects of Retaining Wall Design, for Corps of Engineers' short courses on Structural Design Criteria and Computer-Aided Design of Retaining Walls, annually, 1986–89.
Planning, Constructing, and Operating Cellular Cofferdams, for North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, Portland, OR, 1987.
Geotechnical Engineering, for Professional Engineer Exam review course for Michigan Department of Transportation, 1987.
Short course on Soil Mechanics and Foundations for Pakistan Military College of Engineering, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 1990 (two weeks).
Reliability Analysis of Gravity Monolith Structures, for Corps of Engineers Short Course on Reliability Analysis of Navigation Structures, Rock Island, IL, December 1991; Vicksburg, MS, June and July 1992; June, August, and September 1993.
Reliability Analysis of Navigation Structures, for Lansing-Jackson Branch, American Society of Civil Engineers, January, 1992.
Slope Stability Using Microcomputers. Regional Seminar for the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), Lansing, MI, June 22-23, 1992
Probabilistic Methods in Engineering Analysis and Design, for St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, August 4-8, 1992
Numerical Techniques for Seepage Analysis, for Corps of Engineers' short course in Design, Installation and Maintenance of Relief Well Systems, Columbus, OH, September, 1993.
Aspectos Hidrogeologicos en la Investigacion de Presas (a course on seepage analysis of dams), with M.E. Harr and W. Sherman, for Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (Costa Rican Electric Institute), November 28 – December 2, 1994, San Jose, Costa Rica
Probabilistic Methods in Engineering Analysis and Design, short course for Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, March 6-10, 1995.
Probabilistic Stability Analysis in Theory and Practice, Michigan Dam Safety Workshop, sponsored by Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, May, 1996.
Probabilistic Methods in Geotechnical Engineering:Some Comments on the Art and Practice, at Use of Probability for Geotechnical Aspects of Dams and Waterways, workshop at Virginia Tech, March 20, 1997.
Segregation Evaluation of Bituminous Pavements, to Michigan Department of Transportation Resident Engineers Conference, March, 1997.
Case Histories of Geotechnical Reliability Analysis, for short course at U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, May 1998.
Slope Stability Analysis, to Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, July 1998.
Workshop on Risk Assessment for Seepage and Piping in Dams and Foundations, invited panelist, Virginia Tech for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, March 2000.
Experience with Engineering Criteria 2000, to Forum on Lower Division Engineering Education, NSF-sponsored workshop at State University of New York -- Binghamton, NY, August 24-25, 2000.
Reliability Analysis for Dams and Levees, to Grand Rapids Branch, Michigan Section, ASCE, Sep 2002.
Civil Engineering Senior Seminar, University of Missouri - Rolla, October 30, 2003
Engineering Today and Tomorrow, ... at MSU, in Michigan and Beyond, MSPE-ASCE joint annual meeting, Feb 2004.
MSU Preparataion for ABET Accreditation, for University of Michigan, College of Engneering, Dec 2004 and Jan 2005.
The Challenges of a Large Study Abroad Program: Taking MSU to Russia, ASEE Engineering Deans’ Institute, Tucson, AZ, Apr 05.
Levee Engineering at “A City at the End of the River,” MSU forum on Hurricane Katrina, October 2005.
New Orleans Levees in Hurricane Katrina, to
Media Interviews regarding Hurricane Katrina to New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, MSU State News, New Orleans Times-Picayune, NPR, Fox News Network (national television live) WJR radio (Detroit, live) WWL radio (New Orleans, two call-in shows), Impact radio (campus, live), and other outlets, Fall 2005.
Research Needs in Disaster Engineering: Hurricane Protection, ASCE Annual Department Chairpersons Meeting, presentation and panel, Mar 6, 2006
Engineers Helping Society Address Risk, ASFE Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Oct 7, 2006