This page provides updated information regarding the workshop agenda.
The information shown below constitutes the preliminary agenda for the workshop. This information will be updated on a regular basis, and a final agenda will be posted at a date closer to the workshop.
Draft Agenda for 1st International Workshop on Bio-Inspired Geotechnics (updated: 5/6/19)
Sunday, May 19, 2019
2:00 pm Arrival & check-in
4:00 pm Welcome reception
5:00 pm Vision & Scope, Introductions
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Lecture Theme: Organisms as Sources of Knowledge and Solutions
Speaker: Dr. Robert Full (UC Berkeley)
8:00 pm Lecture Theme: Challenges and Opportunities in Geotechnical Engineering
Speaker: Dr. Ross Boulanger (UC Davis)
9:00 – 10:00 pm Cash Bar
Monday, May 20, 2019
7:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am Workshop overview and objectives
8:45 am Lecture Theme: Discipline Overview and Perspectives (part I)
Geotechnical Engineering. Speaker: Dr. Carlos Santamarina, (KAUST)
Biology. Speaker: Dr. Duncan Irschick (UMass Amherst)
10:00 am Coffee break
10:20 am Lecture Theme: Discipline Overview and Perspectives (part II)
Robotics. Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Gravish (UC San Diego)
Geotechnical Industry. Speaker: Dr. Chris Hunt (Geosyntec)
11:30 am Poster Sessions: Pure Sciences, Robots & Bio-inspiration, and Geotechnical Research and Practice
12:30 pm Lunch (with discussion-prompting questions)
1:30 pm Lecture Theme and Group Exercise: Bio-Inspiration Methods and Processes
Speaker: Dr. Michael Helms (Georgia Tech)
2:45 pm Coffee Break
3:00 pm Idea Brainstorming Session
4:00 pm Group Reporting
4:30 pm Break
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Evening Lecture Theme: Biological Processes and Systems
Speakers: Dr. Ted DeJong (UC Davis), Dr. Kelly Dorgan (U. South Alabama),
and Dr. Adam Summers (U. Washington)
8:30 – 10:00 pm Cash Bar
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
7:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am Lecture Theme: Bio-Locomotion
Speakers: Dr. Daniel Goldman and Dr. David Hu (Georgia Tech)
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:15 am Lecture Theme: Hard and Soft Robotic Systems
Speaker: Dr. Elliot Hawkes (UC Santa Barbara)
11:00 am Lecture Theme: Development of Bio-Inspired Robots
Speaker: Dr. Barbara Mazzolai (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Lecture Theme: Perspective from Geotechnical Practice
Speakers: Dr. Allen Marr (Geocomp), Mr. Jamie Sharp (Conetec Inc.), and
Dr. Lisheng Shao (Hayward Baker)
2:30 pm Coffee Break
2:300 pm Working Groups: Development of Workshop Objectives
5:00 pm Working Groups: Report Summary of Discussions
5:30 pm Break
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 pm Cash Bar
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 pm Synthesis of UG & Grad Educational Opportunities
10:00 am Synthesis of Funding Opportunities
Speaker: Dr. Richard Fragaszy (NSF)
10:30 am Coffee break
11:00 am Synthesis of Research Opportunities
12:30 pm Lunch & Closing Remarks
1:30 pm Check-out & Departure