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"Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT"
is published quarterly by the
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Bldg. 1-383, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139

Editor: Debbie Levey
(617)253-7101
levey@mit.edu

Soil Behavior and Soft Ground Construction:
A symposium in honor of Charles C. Ladd

October 5-6, 2001, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Includes a full day of technical sessions on the history, current state of practice and future directions in four areas of soft ground construction to which Prof. Ladd made significant contributions:

Soil physics and soil chemistry

Mechanical properties

In Situ measurements

Applications

Accompanying social events:

Reception and dinner honoring Prof. Ladd at the famous Top of the Hub Restaurant

Tour of geotechnical laboratory Saturday morning

Clambake Saturday afternoon at MIT's Endicott House

More details can be found at the Symposium website, under http://web.mit.edu/civenv or inquiries can be made to Dr. John T. Germaine, Geotechnical Laboratory Director, MIT, phone (617) 253-7113, fax (617) 253 6044, e-mail: jgermain@mit.edu, or ask Alice Kalemkiarian, Engineering & Environmental Mechanics Group, phone (617) 253-9734, fax: (617) 253-6044, e-mail: kalem@mit.edu.