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Ensoft Fall Short Course, Nov. 15-17, 2011Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 8:00 AM - Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 5:00 PM (CT)Austin, TX |
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FALL 2011 ENSOFT SHORT COURSE
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
1900 University Ave, Austin, Texas 78705
Tel. (512) 404-1900, www.meetattexas.com
Hotel Information: The AT&T Center is located on the southern edge of the UT-Austin campus, on the corner of University Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Hotel rooms are available at the AT&T Center. There are numerous hotels in all price ranges in the downtown Austin area. Free parking is provided in the AT&T parking garage as part of the course fee, so those wishing to stay at hotels other than the AT&T Center may wish to rent a car during their stay in Austin.
SPEAKERS
William M. Isenhower, Ph.D., P.E.
Program Manager for LPile, Ensoft, Inc. Dr. Isenhower is a registered professional engineering in the States of Texas and Louisiana, with over 30 years of experience in civil engineering, with an emphasis on geotechnical engineering. His experience has been in consulting, government service, university teaching, and contract research. He has been engaged in consulting projects, site investigations, foundation analysis and design, slope stability analysis and design, and retaining structure analysis and design. Dr. Isenhower has served as an Expert on Mission for the United Nations Development Program and has served as an independent technical reviewer for the US Army Corps of Engineers. He has authored over 30 technical papers and reports, and has presented invited lectures in the United States and abroad. Dr. Isenhower is a member of the Academy of Distinguished Graduates of the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering of the University of Texas at Austin.
Shin-Tower Wang, Ph.D., P.E.
President, Ensoft, Inc., Program Manager for Shaft, APile, and PYWall. Dr. Wang is a registered professional engineering in the State of Texas, with over 30 years of experience in civil engineering, with an emphasis on geotechnical and structural engineering. He has engaged in numerous consulting projects in soil structure interaction analyses, pile loading tests, deep foundation designs, and numerical analyses. Dr. Wang received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Texas at Austin. He has published over 30 technical papers and reports, and has co-authored several computer programs that are currently sold by Ensoft, Inc.
Gonzalo Vasquez, Ph.D., P.E.
Program Manager for Group, Ensoft, Inc. Dr. Vasquez is a registered engineer in the States of Texas and California, with over 20 years of experience in civil engineering. Dr. Vasquez is an expert in the use of AMPS and ABAQUS for nonlinear, three-dimensional stress analysis. Dr. Vasquez received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Texas at Austin.
Anoosh Shamsabadi, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Bridge Engineer, Caltrans. Dr. Anoosh Shamsabadi has more than 20 years of professional experience in civil and geotechnical earthquake engineering. He has provided seismic soil-foundation-structure interaction and geotechnical earthquake engineering training for various government agencies and organizations. He has performed technical oversight and reviewed all the geotechnical and earthquake engineering activities for the seismic retrofit of several major bridges and tunnel structures in California. He has been actively involved in the development of computer software using state of the art and practice for seismic analysis and design of earth retaining system for Caltrans engineers. Dr. Shamsabadi has reviewed many papers for ASCE journals and FHWA manuals and publications. Dr. Shamsabadi received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California.
All students will receive a student notebook containing reference and lecture materials. In addition, Ensoft will provide a lunch buffet for attendees each day. Vegetarian meal choices are available on request.
Free parking is provided to all attendees in the parking garage of the AT&T Center. Please note that the maximum allowable vehicle height in the garage is 7 ft, 2 inches.
Course attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop computer to the course. Attendees bringing computers to the course will be loaned software for use during the course and will be able to participate in the solution of design exercises.
Those attending the short course are also encouraged to bring design problems of interest to them and their employers. Advice on how to set up design computations for the design problem and guidance about preparation of plans and specification will be provided by the instructors.
The number of spaces available in the short course is limited, so registration will be based on a first come-first served basis.
Tuesday November 15, 2011
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Subject |
Speaker |
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8:00 |
Arrival, computer setup, software installation |
Isenhower |
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8:30 |
Course introduction |
Isenhower |
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8.45 |
Principles of Soil-Structure Interaction. |
Isenhower |
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9:30 |
Theoretical Basis of Lateral Load-Transfer Models and Experimental Validation |
Isenhower |
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10:00 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 |
p-y Curves Available in LPile and Group |
Isenhower |
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11:00 |
Structural Analysis of Piles and Drilled Shafts, Nonlinear Moment-Curvature |
Isenhower |
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12:00 |
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1:00 |
Software Training for LPile (Part 1) |
Isenhower |
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2:45 |
Coffee Break |
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3:00 |
Software Training for LPile (Part 2) |
Isenhower |
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4:00 |
General Question and Answer. Consultation on Problems of Interest |
Isenhower |
Wednesday November 16, 2011
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Time |
Subject |
Speaker |
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8:00 |
Practical Considerations for Design of Drilled Shaft Foundations |
Isenhower |
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9:30 |
Drilled Shafts and Driven Piles Under Axial Loading, |
Isenhower |
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10:00 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 |
Software Training with Shaft |
Wang |
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11:00 |
Testing of a fully instrumented pile under axial loading |
Isenhower |
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11:30 |
Analysis of Pile Groups Under Axial and Lateral Loading |
Vasquez |
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12:00 |
A buffet lunch is provided by Ensoft |
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1:00 |
Analysis of Pile Groups Under Axial and Lateral Loading (continued) |
Vasquez |
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2:00 |
Software Training for Group – Basic Input, Visualization of Results |
Vasquez |
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3:00 |
Coffee Break |
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3:15 |
Software Training for Group – Advanced Input, Interactive Group Modeling |
Vasquez |
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4:30 |
General Question and Answer. Consultation on Problems of Interest |
All |
Thursday November 17, 2011
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Time |
Subject |
Speakers |
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8:00 |
Selection of Seismic Design Parameters for Foundations and Retaining Walls, Part 1 - Geotechnical Considerations |
Shamsabadi |
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10:00 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15 |
Selection of Seismic Design Parameters for Foundations and Retaining Walls, Part 2 – Details of Various Abutment Backfill Models |
Shamsabadi |
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12:00 |
A buffet lunch is provided by Ensoft |
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1:00 |
Driven Piles Under Axial Loading |
Wang |
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1:45 |
Software Training for APile |
Wang |
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3:00 |
Coffee Break |
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3:15 |
Introduction to Design of Flexible Retaining Walls |
Wang |
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4:00 |
Software Training for PYWall |
Wang |
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5:00 |
End of Short Course |
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When & Where
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
1900 University Avenue
Austin,
TX 78705
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 8:00 AM - Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 5:00 PM (CT)
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Ensoft, Inc.
Ensoft, Inc., was established in Austin, Texas in 1985 with the aim of developing and applying computer-based solutions to complex engineering problems and has since gained a strong reputation as a leader in this area. Ensoft has applied advanced technology, much of it based on recent research, in the writing of software for the solution of complex problems that arise in geotechnical and structural engineering. Notable among Ensoft’s computer programs are those that address the analysis and design of deep foundations using piles and drilled shafts.
Over 6,000 companies, government agencies, and universities worldwide use Ensoft’s software. This success in the competitive software industry is based on the quality of Ensoft's engineers and computer programmers, all of whom work well together in the multi-disciplinary approach needed to write software for complex problems in geotechnical and structural engineering. Ensoft is committed to providing superior technical services for our users.
Every engineer in our company has advanced degrees in science or engineering allowing us to provide superior technical services for our users. Based on many years of practical experience of our staff in engineering fields, we also provide professional engineering consulting services through Lymon C. Reese and Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of Ensoft, Inc.