Webinar Gallery

Introduction to Design of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls

Presented by Richard J. Bathurst of Geo-Engineering Centre at Queens Royal Military College of Canada

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Behavior of Textured Geomembrane-Nonwoven Geotextiles Interfaces

Presented by Timothy D. Stark and Jiale Lin of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Robert Swan Jr. of Drexel University

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Panel Discussion on Allowable/Action Leakage Rates

Panelists: Annett De Havilland of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; Reese Yontz of the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation; Neil Nowak of SCS Engineers; Patrick Elliott of Raven Engineered Films; Matthew Kemnitz of Leak Location Services, Inc.

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Introduction to Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls

Presented by Professor Richard J. Bathurst, of the Geo-Engineering Centre at Queens-RMC, Royal Military College of Canada

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Geosynthetics and Stability for Heap Leaching and Tailings Dams

Timothy D. Stark and Jiale Lin of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Evandro A. Gimensgct of Civil Geotechnical Consulting, Ltd.

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Industry Best Practices for Floating Cover Systems

Presented by Brian Fraser, M.B.A. of Layfield Geosynthetics; Doug Hilts, P.E. of Hilts Consulting; Rohit Sati, M.Sc. of Layfield Canada

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Leachate Collection Systems Design & Management I

Presented by Bob Mackey, P.E., BCEE, Principal Engineer at S2L, Inc.

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Panel Discussion on Geosynthetics CQC & CQA

Panelists: Brian Queen of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; Shannon Goodrich of GO2CQA; Tonya Switalski of Titan Environmental; Ryan Kamp of Chesapeake Containment Systems

Thursday, July 22, 2021

GCLs and Fabricated Geomembranes – Design and Construction

Presented by Chris Athanassopoulos, PE of Harper College

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Designing Double Lined Containment Systems Using Flexible Geomembranes

Presented by Brian Fraser & Rohit Sati of Layfield, and Matthew Kemnitz of Leak Location Services

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Deep Water Leak Location Survey

Matthew Kemnitz of Leak Location Services, Inc.

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Static and Seismic Veneer Stability Calculations

Neven Matasovic of Geo-Logic Associates

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Design Performance of Hazardous Waste and LLRW Landfills Case Study

Presented by Rudolph Bonaparte Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., NAE, F.ASCE Chairman and Senior Principal, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Geomembrane Attachment and Penetration Design and Installation

Presented by Patrick Elliott of Raven Industries/CLI, Brendan Simbeck, and Duff Simbeck of Simbeck and Associates

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Yeager Airport RSS Failure – Forensic Limit Equilibrium and FLAC Analyses

Presented by Jim Collin, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE of the Collin Group, Ltd., and Timothy D. Stark, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Augusto Lucarelli of Itasca Consulting Group

Thursday, January 14, 2021

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
3D-Factor-of-Safety-Selection-Geo-Risk-2017
3D-Side-Resistance-GeoFrontiers-3-10-17
Collin-Yeager-Airport-Failure-G&G-2020-1-s2.0-S0266114420300686-main
Collin-Yeager-Failure-JGGE-ASCE-GT.1943-5606.0002454
Residual-FullySoftened-1997

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Panel Discussion on Subgrade prep for CQA-CQC for Geomembranes

PANELISTS: John Allen - Owens Corning, Brian Baille - TenCate Geosynthetics, Kennedy Garber - Hallaton Environmental Linings, Matt Kemnitz - Leak Location Services, Inc., Dave McLaury - Demtech Services, Inc., and MODERATOR: Timothy D. Stark - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Geosynthetics in Mining

Presented by Denys Parra of Anddes in Lima, Peru

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Geosynthetics for Construction on Soft Foundation Soils

R. Kerry Rowe of Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Friday, November 6, 2020

US EPA CCR Regulations

JR Register, P.E. of Consumers Energy, and Andrew Bittner, P.E. of Gradient

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Wrinkles In Containment Applications

Timothy D. Stark of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Yeagae Airport RSS Failure Case History

Presented by Ryan Berg, P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE of Ryan R Berg & Associates, and Jim Collin, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE of the Collin Group, Ltd.

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Panel Discussion on Constructing with Fabricated Geosynthetics

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Testing and Design of Drainage Geocomposites

Eric Blond

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Webinar and Podcast Q & A

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Post Closure Care of Landfills

Presented by Jeremy Morris, Ph.D., P.E., Principal Engineer at Geosyntec Consultants

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Understanding Leak Location Surveys for Owners and Inspectors

Matthew Kemnitz of Leak Location Services, Inc.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Environmental Containment Using Field and Factory Fabricated Geomembranes

Richelle Delia PhD of Owens Corning

Thursday, April 16, 2020

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: ‍

ASTM D7865 Is based on FGI-3-2012

ASTM D&982 is based on FGI-5-2016

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Storm Water Management Using Geosynthetics

Presented by Terry Sheridan, P.E. of GeoStorage Corp

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Floating Cover Systems for Reservoirs and Ponds

Graham Fairhead, Managing Director of Fabtech Australia

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Geotechnical Stability of Waste Fills - Lessons Learned & Continuing Challenges

Dr. Rudolph Bonaparte (Geosyntec Consultants)

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Aluminum Reactions & Problems in MSW Landfills

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Evaluation of MSW Properties for Seismic Analysis

LF Liner Interface Strengths from Torsional Ring Shear Tests

Unreinforced GCL Case History

Shear strength of municipal solid waste for stability analyses

MSW Slope Failure - Part 1

MSW Slope Failure - Part 2

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Factory Fabrication, Installation, and Testing of Geomembranes

Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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Dynamic Behaviors of CCRs

William E. Wolfe (The Ohio State University)

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Geosynthetics in Challenging Regulatory Environments

Evan Andrews, P. E. (Duke Energy)

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Local Practices Managing CCRs

Ken Daly, P.E. (Wood PLC)

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Current and Emerging CCR Regulatory Issues

Harold D. Register, Jr., P.E. - Principal Engineer Environmental Services from Consumers Energy

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Accepting Special Wastes and Stability

Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Thursday, October 24, 2019

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Temporary Landfill Covers - Design and Construction

Elliot Pugh (Wind Defender)

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Uplift of Geomembranes by Wind

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

CCR Policy & Regulations

J.R. Register, P.E. (Consumers Energy) and Andrew Bittner, P.E. (Gradient)

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

EPRI - CCR Relative Liner Review

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Geosynthetics for CCR Applications

Jason Ross, P.E. (S&ME)

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

GCL Chemical Compatibility Testing with CCR Landfill Leachate

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Guidance on the Design and Construction of Leak-Resistant Geomembrane Boots and Attachments to Structures

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Geofoam Applications for Transportation Infrastructure

Dr. Steven Bartlett (University of Utah)

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Research Results Digest 380

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Guidelines for Slope Stability

NCHRP Report Summary

NCHRP Report Full

Expanded Polystyrene...

Multi-Layer Interface Shear Testing

Dr. Robert Swan (Drexel University) and Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Case Histories of Multi-Layer Interface Tests

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GCL Shear Testing

Dr. Christopher Bareither (Colorado State University)

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Geosynthetic Interface Shear Testing

Dr. Robert Swan (Drexel University)

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Part 1 of 6: The Service Life of Geomembranes - Presented by R. Kerry Rowe

Dr. Kerry Rowe (Queens University)

Friday, August 3, 2018

Part 5 of 6: Application of Fabricated Geomembranes for Coal Combustion Residuals

Gary Zych, P.E. (American Electric Power)

Friday, August 3, 2018

Part 6 of 6 - Effect of Elevated Temperatures on Geosynthetics

Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Friday, August 3, 2018

Part 2 of 6: Testing & CQA Procedures - Presented by Glen W. Toepfer of CQA Solutions

Glen Toepfer (CQA Solutions)

Friday, August 3, 2018

Part 4 of 6: The Best Practices For Zero Leak Containment

Sam Allen (TRI Environmental)

Friday, August 3, 2018

Part 3 of 6: The Effects of Wrinkles on Geomembranes - Presented by R. Kerry Rowe

Dr. Kerry Rowe (Queens University)

Friday, August 3, 2018

GMA Webinar Stability of Geosynthethic Lined Slopes - Part 2

Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Thursday, May 31, 2018

GMA Webinar Stability of Geosynthetic Lined Slopes Part 1

Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

GMA Webinar - Fabrication, Installation, and Testing of Geomembranes

Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday, November 7, 2017