Professor James K. Mitchell Memorial Event
Date: January 24, 2025
Location: Clark Kerr Campus, Berkeley
Join us in this special event to celebrate, the life, legacy and impact of Prof James Mitchell as an Educator, Researcher, Leader and Mentor at UC Berkeley and Virginia Tech.
The event will feature presentations from Prof. Mitchell's past-students that will articulate the impact that Prof. Mitchell had in the field and professional careers. For more details check the event schedule below.
Please note that registration is limited. Deadline to register: January 10th 2025.
JK MITCHELL GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
The UC Berkeley GeoSystems program is establishing an endowment for a JK Mitchell Graduate Fellowship. The initial funding was provided by Prof. Mitchell former students and our goal is to raise $150,000 to reach the endowment requirements. To this end, the faculty in the Geosystems program committed to match dollar for dollar all new donations up to a total of $50,000.
Donations can be made by check payable to UC Regents with a cover memo that the funds are a gift to the James K. (JK) Mitchell Geotechnical Graduate Fellowship Endowment, fund number #RS0069000, and sent to:
University of California, Berkeley
Donor and Gift Services
1995 University Avenue, Ste 400
Berkeley, CA 94704-1070
When you donate, please let Kenichi Soga or one of the Geosystems Faculty know to ensure that the donation is attributed to the Mitchell fund.
EVENT SCHEDULE
9.00 - 9.30 Welcome and Introduction
Rick Mitchell, RMC Geoscience
Kenichi Soga, University of California Berkeley
9.30 - 10.15 Session 1: Fundamentals of Soil Behavior
Chris Baxter, University of Rhode Island
Catherine O’Sullivan, Imperial College London
10.15 - 10.45 Break
10.45 - 11.45 Session 2: Environmental Geotechnics
Dimitris Dermatas, National Technical University of Athens
Jeff Dunn, Geotechnical Consultant
Albert Yeung, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
11.45 - 12.30 Session 3: Site Characterization
Robert Liang, University of Dayton
Rodrigo Salgado, Purdue University
12.30 - 13.15 Lunch
13.15 -14.00 Session 4: Panel - Professor Mitchell's influence in geotechnical engineering
Jonathan Bray, University of California Berkeley
Scott Huntsman, Geotechnical Consultant
Matthew Kuhn, University of Portland
John McMillan, Geotechnical Consultant
Michael Riemer, University of California Berkeley
14.00 - 15.00 Session 5: Soil Improvement
Chew Soon Hoe, National University of Singapore
Ed Kavazanjian, Arizona State University
Jorge Zornberg, University of Texas Austin
15.00 - 15.30 Break
15.30 - 16.15 Session 6: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Russell Green, Virginia Tech
Robert Kayen, University of California Berkeley
16.15 - 17.15 Session 7: Panel - Professor Mitchell's influence beyond geotechnical engineering
Rudy Bonaparte, Geosyntec Consultants
Makram Jaber, McGuireWoods
Nick Sitar, University of California Berkeley
Holly Taylor Mitchell
Rick Mitchell
Laura Hansen, Ph.D.
James W. Mitchell
Donald Mitchell, Ph.D.
David Mitchell
17.15 - 17.30 Closure
18.00 Dinner
REGISTRATION
Please note that we can no longer accommodate requests for lunch or dinner. However, if you wish, you can register to attend the event without lunch. Please select one or more options from the categories below (Regular or Student). Proceed to payment after making your selection.
