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Norbert R. Morgenstern Open Lecture: From Certainty to Uncertainty in 64 Years
The UAlberta Geotechnical Centre, University of Alberta Canadian Geotechnical Society Student Chapter (UACGS) and Geotechnical Society of Edmonton were pleased to host Dr. Norbert R. Morgenstern to speak on "From Certainty to Uncertainty in 64 Years."
Speaker Bio: Dr. Norbert R. Morgenstern is a celebrated engineer who has received over 55 competitive national and international awards, medals, lectureships and prizes for distinguished teaching and research. By the age of 40, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science, for his leadership in establishing the University of Alberta Geotechnical Centre and for his innovative research programs in dam design and slope stability, including the development of the Morgenstern-Price method for stability analysis, and in the rapidly developing field of risk analysis applied to engineering works.
In 1968, he became a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Alberta, where he led and laid the framework for modern permafrost and cold regions engineering, which has influenced all aspects of geotechnical design in the Arctic. He pioneered and expanded research and development into the geotechnical aspects of mining and processing oil sands, significantly contributing to the enhanced safety, environmental integrity and economy of developing the resource in Canada. He was appointed as a University Professor of Civil Engineering from 1983 to 1999 and served as Chairman of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering from 1994 to 1997. In 1999, he was bestowed the title of Distinguished University Professor Emeritus. He has served as the principal consultant to numerous federal governments, national and international research councils and special organizations as well as large multinational companies. In particular, he sits on the scientific advisory boards of every major oil sands development company and is an influential consultant to several natural resource operations worldwide.
His noteworthy service and research in geotechnical engineering has been recognized by several professional organizations: he has also been elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Engineering Institute of Canada, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and American Society of Civil Engineers. Other significant honours include being named a Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, a Foreign Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (United Kingdom) and a Foreign Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering of India. Both honours are bestowed to select individuals for a lifetime's worth of extraordinary engineering accomplishments. Furthermore, he has been inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence and the Order of Canada-the highest honours available to Canadians-for his outstanding achievements in and life-long contributions to geotechnical engineering.
As an educator, researcher and practitioner, Dr. Morgenstern has bolstered Canada's reputation as an international leader in the fields of applied earth science research and geotechnical engineering.
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DAARWIN: Connecting & Analyzing Data to Reduce Geotechnical Uncertainty
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DAARWIN: Connecting & Analyzing Data to Reduce Geotechnical Uncertainty
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Some Applications of Cone Penetration Testing in Oil Sand Geotechnical Practice
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Hell's Gate: Rockfalls, weather and climate change
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Roberts Bank Terminal: Overwater Site Investigation Case Study
Sparkfun Units: System, Deployment and Preliminary Results
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Sparkfun Units: System, Deployment and Preliminary Results
3D decomposition of InSAR LOS velocities of Thompson River Valley's landslides
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3D decomposition of InSAR LOS velocities of Thompson River Valley's landslides

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  • @agyapongantwidavid535
    @agyapongantwidavid535 День тому

    Thanks

  • @earthgaugeblog
    @earthgaugeblog 5 днів тому

    The truth is, no one really knows if these end pit lakes are going to work because nothing like this has ever been tried before. Sure there are end pit lakes elsewhere but not on this scale with bitumen tailings and effluent. It may be decades or even longer before we know if this is a viable solution and, by that time, the industry will be long gone.

  • @pyung3863
    @pyung3863 Місяць тому

    Please show PPT separately

  • @proveryourpoint_8554
    @proveryourpoint_8554 Місяць тому

    23:15 is there actual evidence that "global warming" that happened after a giant meteorite strike was directly from CO2 ???? and not, say, THE GIANT METEOR STRIKE???

  • @scr5051
    @scr5051 2 місяці тому

    I warn the Almamater of the University of Alberta, Canada, of the mediocrity of these professionals since on April 28, 2018, these EPM work teams, including those who speak and show themselves, almost caused the greatest engineering tragedy in Colombia, the collapse of a tunnel blocked the dam, diverting the second most important river in Colombia through the powerhouse under construction, delaying the delivery of said work for more than 5 years, University of Alberta, be careful with those who make these videos, Better select what is on this university channel. Greetings from Colombia. ua-cam.com/video/nGkveYpMdGE/v-deo.html&pp=ygUVZGVzYXN0cmUgaGlkcm9pdHVhbmdv ua-cam.com/video/x818RNlE9RU/v-deo.html&pp=ygUVZGVzYXN0cmUgaGlkcm9pdHVhbmdv ua-cam.com/video/SZ6ebh8EJrM/v-deo.html&pp=ygUVZGVzYXN0cmUgaGlkcm9pdHVhbmdv ua-cam.com/video/-3GmbRNz97w/v-deo.html&pp=ygUVZGVzYXN0cmUgaGlkcm9pdHVhbmdv

  • @raisulhoda9826
    @raisulhoda9826 2 місяці тому

    Excellent talk Scott, thanks

    • @juliansandoval8022
      @juliansandoval8022 2 місяці тому

      Also, thanks to the Univ of Alberta Geotech Centre for sharing knowledge. This has no price

  • @sagarrawal8332
    @sagarrawal8332 2 місяці тому

    is there any tutorial on any of these softwares for using them?

  • @user-fw4dz9mt5b
    @user-fw4dz9mt5b 3 місяці тому

    cool man

  • @user-tl4fu4tm7s
    @user-tl4fu4tm7s 3 місяці тому

    How can I have access to the slides?

  • @suvamdas3178
    @suvamdas3178 4 місяці тому

    Excellent presentation, Sohrab Sharifi

  • @ysomany
    @ysomany 4 місяці тому

    I got this book for Xmas couple years ago. Proud Albertan

  • @randyb6312
    @randyb6312 5 місяців тому

    Promo'SM

  • @V_AAM
    @V_AAM 5 місяців тому

    #My_Takeaways -- excellent ... and well related ... super insights -- my notes -- Water Cover --- limit creation of ARD -- BAT principles not followed to date ....(prevent liquefaction.... ) .. "globally". Achieve "dry-conditions". (Greens Creek - check current conditions) (Rosemont - check stability and water presence) .. Need to measure the entire zone .. surface boundary ( evapotranspiration measurements). ECV - $80,000 - surface - fluxes ... real boundary conditions. 10% of what you would measure -- dry .. SBC - restricts evapo -- Equity Silver (WASTE ROCK) -- Tailings Easy -- Waste Rock ARD -- environmentally a no-go.... real problem. Fill the mass with Tailings --- comminging | copper cliff ... 2: i lysimeters ... 10 years to get data ... ...oosh ... | rock and filtered tailings .. | conveyors -- power and mechanical demands - consolidometer -- unsaturated loose that compacts .. Blending good .. can achieve physical and chemical stability -- but how long to operationalize ... ? and actualize .. ? ? how to get investment in New methods ... :) ME thoughts - even better monitoring of current issues, and transition states -- all have to be monitored, linked to operational and environmental compliances. ? - 1. How to get operations to move to innovations -- "Communicating, Training, Capacity (consulting) -- Extra Effort Needed."

  • @suvamdas3178
    @suvamdas3178 6 місяців тому

    Great presentation on LEWS

  • @janetcox4873
    @janetcox4873 7 місяців тому

    'Nothing was living on land when algae 'ruled the world' and lived in water'?? This guy has gone to wayyyy too much school and hasn't lived enough. That did not happen -- never would or could. Microbes on land, at the least, and some forms of plant life (and other animal life, as well). I swear, 'academics' is a cul-de-sac meant to blunt people's natural sense of the world. This guy is ridiculous, imo.

    • @73Goodfellow
      @73Goodfellow 2 місяці тому

      How did you come to the conclusion that he’s wrong?

  • @murin7185
    @murin7185 10 місяців тому

    🎉

  • @murin7185
    @murin7185 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing this informative lecture 🎉

  • @muhammadsumair8727
    @muhammadsumair8727 Рік тому

    Please email ! I need more about RITSS

  • @daleleckie1574
    @daleleckie1574 Рік тому

    Hi. The book is available in most bookstores in Alberta and can be ordered from them.

  • @anthonycyr9657
    @anthonycyr9657 Рік тому

    Can you explain the peace river arch? a place for known seismic acitvity.

  • @janicescragg2388
    @janicescragg2388 Рік тому

    I need this book. I have traveled so much of Alberta and have vso many unanswered questions. Like where did Buck Lake 'mountain' come from? It stands all by itself with almost no hills near by and can be seen for miles. Why does Buck Lake North have so much sand and why is it different colors? Why is flat Lake so flat on one side? And it goes on and on from there.

    • @UAlbertaGeotech
      @UAlbertaGeotech Рік тому

      Thank you for viewing this video! You can check out Dale's profile and get in touch with him here: www.writersunion.ca/member/dale-leckie

  • @ruztdaloccozz
    @ruztdaloccozz Рік тому

    Please share the umat subroutine used in this presentation sir..

  • @brucerandell3771
    @brucerandell3771 Рік тому

    Thank you. This is an exceptionally useful video.

  • @brightonnyasha8764
    @brightonnyasha8764 Рік тому

    great presentation

  • @shaabansaber3614
    @shaabansaber3614 Рік тому

    dear sir i want ask about What is the tests on CMC and specification

  • @Kebenaransejati4608
    @Kebenaransejati4608 Рік тому

    What happened if we use high stress concrete for cmc? Is this will impact the bearing capacity?

  • @cowboysfan6699
    @cowboysfan6699 Рік тому

    Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) is a cost cutting scam that only benefits foreign hedge funders on Wall Street. There is nothing precise or scheduled about PSR. Much of our inflation is due to the severe cost cutting in the rail industry in the last decade. The current CEO of CP Rail is a foreigner from Alabama who is working hard to monopolize the industry. His name is Keith Creel and he was Hunter Harrison's lackey. The Transportation Safety Board in the US is taking a serious look at the PSR scam. Peter DeFazio has openly criticized PSR and the late Hunter Harrison. It's too bad that Canada's government is too cowardly and corrupt to hold the rail tycoons accountable for their crimes.

  • @Dzboss31
    @Dzboss31 Рік тому

    Hello im from Algeria 🇩🇿 Im study 3years on geology

  • @kamikazebomb2242
    @kamikazebomb2242 Рік тому

    Why we cant use the deformation of SRF analyasis?

  • @nxgrs74
    @nxgrs74 Рік тому

    The Earth is cooler with the atmos/GHGs/albedo not warmer. To perform as advertised the GHGs require “extra” energy upwelling from the surface radiating as a black body. ua-cam.com/video/0Jijw7-YG-U/v-deo.html The kinetic heat transfer processes of the contiguous atmos molecules render that scenario impossible. No greenhouse effect, no GHG warming, no man/CO2 driven climate change or Gorebal warming.

  • @SalsaBala73
    @SalsaBala73 2 роки тому

    Thank you to all panelists and the organizers for a candid and wonderful conversation!

  • @kaushikaditya123
    @kaushikaditya123 2 роки тому

    Great presentation. Thanks for sharing.

  • @dungngoc3853
    @dungngoc3853 2 роки тому

    Excellent presentation!

  • @TradicionMinera
    @TradicionMinera 2 роки тому

    Should be the water management system (internal/external) design including in the scope of the study? (Slide of scope and objective of TDBA)

    • @mohammadal-mamun4281
      @mohammadal-mamun4281 2 роки тому

      Yes. It should be looked at from the context of water storage during normal operations and flood conditions.

  • @MrAbdulnab
    @MrAbdulnab 2 роки тому

    Masterfully done, Gabby! Thank you so much for the shoutout!

  • @Guest-gw3eg
    @Guest-gw3eg 2 роки тому

    19:00: "Maximum measurement about 3 cm between satellite passes." Correction if I may. That's for adjacent pixels Corey. Over an interferogram, many metres of displacement can be captured, as long as it doesn't exceed the gradient of around 3 cm from pixel to pixel.

    • @UAlbertaGeotech
      @UAlbertaGeotech 2 роки тому

      Thank you for taking the time to watch! We appreciate the time you took to comment on the contents.

  • @cesarrenteros7495
    @cesarrenteros7495 2 роки тому

    Thank you all for this amazing presentation!

  • @dougdewar7896
    @dougdewar7896 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the Talk :)

  • @norstalimited2219
    @norstalimited2219 2 роки тому

    Thanks for this presentation. Very imformative. Is there any want we can get hold of the presentation?

    • @UAlbertaGeotech
      @UAlbertaGeotech 2 роки тому

      Thank you for your interest! Unfortunately, we do not have a copy of the presentation for dissemination.

  • @mahabubsadiq1368
    @mahabubsadiq1368 3 роки тому

    I have some quarry about inclinometer data to Leanne McLaren. Can I get her email address please ?

    • @UAlbertaGeotech
      @UAlbertaGeotech 3 роки тому

      Hi Mahabub, Can you make this inquiry via email through our Centre, please? ualbertageotech.ca Thanks!

    • @mahabubsadiq1368
      @mahabubsadiq1368 3 роки тому

      @@UAlbertaGeotech I will send.

  • @youwilllaugh3136
    @youwilllaugh3136 3 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @camilaalvarenga3158
    @camilaalvarenga3158 3 роки тому

    Great presentation!

  • @rockyx6000
    @rockyx6000 3 роки тому

    very impressive

  • @TEMELTASCONSTRUCTION
    @TEMELTASCONSTRUCTION 3 роки тому

    good work

  • @duguguiying
    @duguguiying 3 роки тому

    Excellent presentation!