HONORS

Exxon Foundation Engineering Award
Engineering Excellence Award of Association of Consulting Engineers
Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award of ASCE
Listed in Who's Who in Technology
Nominated for the Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award within the American Society of Civil Engineers
Outstanding Leadership Award of ASTM International

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Civil Engineers
ASTM International
American Water Works Association, Committees on Steel Pipe Standards, Fiberglass Pipe Standards, and Concrete Pressure Pipe Standards
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pacific Telecommunications Council
Cigre: International Council for Large Electrical Systems
Public Service
Water Environment Federation

PUBLIC SERVICE

1999-2000: Board Member, University of California, Berkeley Alumni Association
2004-date: Member of Cigre WG B1-08 Cable systems in Multipurpose or Shared Structures
2005-date Member of the Advisory Board of Pacific Telecommunications Council
2002-2007: Board Member, Intelligent Community Forum
2003-date: Member, IEEE-Power Engineering Society: ICC
2003-date: Chair, IEEE:ICC: Working Group on Installing and Operating Power Cables in Existing Pipelines and Rights of Way
2003-date: Member, Advisory Board, Industria, Inc., Iceland
1991-date: Member, AWWA Steel Pipe Design Standard Committee
1991-date: Member, AWWA Fiberglass Pipe Design Standard Committee
1991-date: Member, AWWA Concrete Pressure Pipe Design Standard Committee
2001-date: Chair, ASTM F-36, Technology and Underground Utilities
2001-date: Chair, ASCE Task Group on Fiber Optic Cables in Sewers
2002-date: Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Trenchless Engineering, Poland
1990-1995: Chair, Organizing Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Underground Pipeline Engineering, Seattle, Washington 1995
1981-1985: Chair, Organizing Committee of the 1st International Conference on Advances in Underground Pipeline Engineering, Madison, Wisconsin 1985
1988-1993: Member, Vice Chairman, Chairman, Executive and Advisory Committees of the Pipeline Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers
1987-1995: Chair, Vice Chair, Member of Programs Committee of the ASCE Pipeline Division
1981-1983: Member, Organizing Committee of the ASCE Conference on Pipelines in Adverse Environments, II
1985-1988: Member, Organizing Committee of the ASCE Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure
1988-1990: Member of Organizing Committee of ASCE 1990 Pipeline Conference
1985-1990: Member, Chairman of ASCE Pipeline Division Research Committee
1982-1988: Member, Vice Chair, Chair of ASCE Pipeline Division Planning Committee
1989-1996: Member, ASCE Task Force that Rewrote Pipe Rehabilitation MOP 62
1988-1995: Member of ASCE Pipeline Division Infrastructure Committee
1988-1989: Member of the Technical Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Pipeline Construction, Hamburg, West Germany, 1989
1981-1996: Member, ASTM Underground Flexible Pipes Committee
1984-1996: Member, ASTM Vitrified Clay Pipe Committee
1986-1996: Member, ASTM Cast In Place Pipe Committee
1988-1996: Member, Transportation Research Board, A2K04-Committee on Culverts and Hydraulic Structures
1980-1989: Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, John Wiley
1991-1993: Member of the Student Profile Commission of the Lake Washington School District, State of Washington Developing Learning Objectives for K-12 Students to Succeed in the 21st Century

PUBLIC LECTURES

How Safe Are Mine Waste Impoundments? Lecture at Mine Safety and Health Administration, Denver, Colorado, July 1981.
Analysis Procedures for Mudflow Predictions, presentation at the Mudflow Methodologies Meeting sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Pasadena, California, October 1981.
Flow Failures of Mine Waste Piles, presentation at the ASCE Austin, Texas Branch Meeting, October 1981.
Investigation of Flow Slides of Mine Tailings Dams, Lecture at the University of Texas at Austin, December 1981.
Nonlinear Analyses of Mine Waste Flow Slides, Lecture at Harding Lawson & Associates, Houston, Texas, December 1981.
Deflection of Flexible Culverts Due to Backfill Compaction, paper presented at the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1982.
Stress Analyses in Foundation Engineering Using Nonlinear-Finite Element Procedures, lecture at Hardy Associates (1978) Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 1982.
Initial Value Problems in Soil Mechanics, paper presented at the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, West Lafayette, Indiana, May 1982.
A Viscous Model for Flow Slides of Tailings Dams, paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Edmonton, Alberta, May 1982.
Influence of Corner Transport in Shear Layers in the Stewartson’s Split-Disk Problem, paper presented at the Ninth U.S. Congress in Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, June 1982.
Analysis of Earthquake-Induced Flow Slide Movements, paper presented at the International Conference in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Southampton, England, July 1982.
Influence of the Flexibility of Test Plate on the Results of Cable-Jacking Tests, paper presented at the 23rd U.S. Symposium in Rock Mechanics, Berkeley, California, August 1982.
Stress Reduction of Flexible Box Culverts Due to Overlays of Geofabric, paper presented at the Second International Conference on Geotextiles, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 1982.
Seismic Stability of Tailings Disposed by the Thickened Discharge System, paper presented at the ASCE Fall convention, New Orleans, October 1982.
Soil-Structure Interaction Analyses of Plastic Pipes, paper presented at the ASCE Fall Convention, New Orleans, October 1982.
Dam-Break Studies for Mine Tailings Impoundments, paper presented at the Fifth Symposium on Uranium Mill Tailings Management, Fort Collins, Colorado, November 1982.
Characteristics of Base and Subgrade Drainage in Pavements, paper presented at the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1983.
Geotechnical Considerations in Soil-Structure Interaction Analyses, lecture at the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, March 1983.
Sedimentation at Tarbela Dam, lecture at the University of Melbourne, Australia, April 1983.
Flowslides of Sediments at Tarbela, lecture at the Metropolitan Board of Works, Melbourne, Australia, April 1983.
Investigation of Flow Characteristics of Mine Tailings in a Potential Dam-Break Flood, paper presented at the Conference on Recent Developments in Rock Mechanics, Sydney, Australia, April 1983.
Influence of Excavation Sequence on the Stresses in Open Pit Mine Slopes, paper presented at the 24th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, College Station, Texas, June 1983.
Geofabric Stabilization of Soft Backfill Materials for Plastic Sewer Pipe Installations, paper presented at the ASCE conference on Pipelines in Adverse Environments, II, San Diego, California, November 1983.
Soil-Foundation Interaction Behavior of Highway Guardrail Posts, paper presented at the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C, January 1984.
Hazardous Waste Impoundment-Dike Stability Considerations, lecture to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Philadelphia, October 1983.
Hazardous Waste Impoundment-Dike Stability Considerations, lecture to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, November 1983.
Hazardous Waste Impoundment-Dike Stability Considerations, lecture to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, November 1983.
Hazardous Waste Impoundment-Dike Stability Considerations, lecture to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New York, November 1983.
Hazardous Waste Impoundment-Dike Stability Considerations, lecture to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, December 1983.
Hazardous Waste Impoundment-Dike Stability Considerations, lecture to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, December 1983.
Hazardous Waste Impoundment-Dike Stability Considerations, lecture to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., February 1984.
Finite Element Applications in Stress and Strain Analyses for Impact Loads, lecture to Allan Bradley Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 1984.
Analysis and Design of Large Diameter Plastic Sewer Pipes, paper presented at the ASCE Spring Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1984.
Significance of Pipe-Soil Stiffness Ratio in Flexible Pipe Design, paper presented at the California Water Pollution Control Association Meeting, Palo Alto, California, May 1984.
Dynamic Response of Tailings Dams to Earthquakes, paper presented at the 8th World Conference in Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, July 1984.
Evaluations on Low Stiffness Thermoplastic Underground Pipelines, lecture to cities of Amarillo and Dallas, Texas, July 1984.
Underground Flexible Pipeline Design, lectures to Black and Vetch Engineers, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, August 1984.
Evaluation of Modern Pipeline Materials, lecture to engineers from the Water and Sanitation Districts in Kansas and Missouri, Kansas City, August 1984.
Considerations in Low Stiffness Underground Pipeline Design, lecture to Dickey Company, Chicago, September 1984.
Considerations in Underground Reinforced Plastic Mortor Pipe Design, lecture to engineers from the Water and Sanitation Districts in Las Vegas, October 1984.
Importance of Relative Pipe-Soil Stiffness in Plastic Pipe Design, paper presented at the ASCE Fall Convention, San Francisco, California, October 1984.
Soil-Structure Interaction Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Box Culverts, paper presented at the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, January 1985.
Micro-Computers in Geotechnical Engineering Practice, presentation at the 5th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics, Nagoya, Japan, April 1985.
Application of Results of In•situ and Laboratory Investigations of Dynamic Soil Parameters to Analytical and Numerical Calculations of Soil-Structure Interaction Problems, lecture at Ruhr-Universitat, Bochum, West Germany, May 1985.
Design of Foundations for Vibratory Loads, Lecture at Ruhr-Universitat, Bochum, West Germany, June 1985.
An Investigation of Consequences of Potential Flow Slides of Sediments at Tarbela Dam, lecture at Ruhr-Universitat, Bochum, West Germany, June 1985.
Consequences of Seismically Induced Potential Flow Slides of Sediments at Tarbela Dam, paper presented at Session 7B of the International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, San Francisco, California, August 1985.
Considerations of Longitudinal Stresses and Strains in the Design of Underground RPM Pipe, paper presented at the International Conference on Advances in Underground Pipeline Engineering, Madison, August 1985.
Computer-Aided Installation design of Vitrified Clay Pipes, paper presented at the International Conference on Advances in Underground Pipeline Engineering, Madison, August 1985.
Effects of Embedment on the Cost and Performance of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, paper presented at the International Conference on Advances in Underground Pipeline Engineering, Madison, August 1985.
Design Standards for Underground Storage Tanks for Hazardous Materials and Wastes, lecture at the Short Course entitled Underground Storage Tank Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 1985.
U.S. EPA Regional Training Centers in Hazardous Waste Management, key note address at the Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Waste Management, Fort Collins, Colorado, February 1986.
Site Characterization and Structural Integrity of Dikes, paper presented at the National Conference and Exhibition on Hazardous Materials and Wastes, Atlanta, March 1986.
Design, Leak Detection, and Leak Prevention for Underground Storage Tanks, paper presented at the National Conference and Exhibition on Hazardous Materials and Wastes, Atlanta, March 1986.
Analysis and Design of Underground Storage Tanks, lecture at the Short Course entitled Analysis and Design of Underground Tanks on IBM PC, April 1986.
Underground Storage Tank Design, Lecture at Cornell University, Ithaca New York, May 1986.
Micro-Computers in Geotechnical Engineering Practice, lectures at the Short Course, University of Wisconsin, June 1986.
Design Standards for Underground Tanks, lecture at the Short Course, University of Wisconsin, August 1986.
Analysis, Design and Rehabilitation of Underground Pipelines Using the IBM PC, lectures at the Short Course, University of Wisconsin, August 1986.
Evaluation of Compaction and Soil Modulus for Sewer Pipe Installations, lecture to the Western region of the National Clay Pipe Institute, Los Angeles, October 1986.
Underground Storage Tank. Design Standards, lecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, October 1986.
Underground Sewer Pipe Design Practice in Europe and the U.S., paper presented at the Water Pollution Control Federation Annual Convention, Los Angeles, October 1986.
Geotechnical Analyses on Micro-Computers, paper presented at the 4th National Conference on Micro-Computers in Civil Engineering, Orlando, Florida, November 1986.
New Bedding Factors for Buried Vitrified Clay Sewer Pipes, paper presented at the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1987.
Hydrogeological Investigations at a Hazardous Waste Landfill in Wisconsin, paper presented at the Symposium on Geotechnical and Geohydrological Aspects of Waste Management, Fort Collins, Colorado, February 1987.
Seminar on Sewer System Update, lecture at Ohio State University, March 1987.
Underground Pipelines Seminar, San Diego, April 1987.
Underground Pipelines Seminar, Washington, D.C., May 1987.
Design Standards for Underground Storage Tanks, lecture at the Short Course at the University of Wisconsin, June 1987.
Underground Pipelines Seminar, New Orleans, June, 1987.
Design of Underground Rigid and Flexible Pipes, lecture to Ontario Concrete Pipe Association, Toronto, Canada, June 1987.
Recent Developments in Underground Pipeline Engineering, lecture at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, June 1987.
Underground Pipelines Seminar, Kansas City, June 1987.
Underground Pipelines Seminar, Los Angeles, July 1987.
Underground Pipelines Seminar, Atlanta, August 1987.
Underground Pipelines Seminar, Las Vegas, August 1987.
Design of Siphon Penstocks for Low Head Hydros, paper presented at the ASCE conference WATERPOWER 87, Portland, Oregon, August 1987.
Fundamental Behavior and Strain Rate Effects of Partly Saturated Sands, paper presented at the Soil Mechanics Seminar sponsored by the Air Force, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1987.
Underground Pipelines Seminar, Houston, September 1987.
Finite Element Analyses of the Response of HDPE Pipes Under Backfill and Traffic Loads Using Micro-Computers, paper presented at the 10th Plastic Fuel Gas Pipe Symposium, New Orleans, October 1987.
Deflections and Strains in HDPE Sewer Pipes Under Traffic Loads, paper presented at the International Conference on Pipeline Construction, Hamburg, Germany, November 1987.
Design Standards for Underground Storage Tanks, presented at the Seminar on Underground Storage Tank Management, University of Wisconsin, December 1987.
Trench Width Requirement for Buried Plastic Pipe Installation in Weak Native Soils, paper presented at the Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Concrete Pipe Shaping the Future, sponsored by the Ontario Concrete Pipe Association, Toronto, January 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Ohio Concrete Pipe Association, Akron, Ohio, March 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Ohio Concrete Pipe Association, Cleveland, Ohio, March 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Ohio Concrete Pipe Association, Toledo, Ohio, March 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Ohio Concrete Pipe Association, Columbus, Ohio, March 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Ohio Concrete Pipe Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1988.
Evaluation of Rigid and Flexible Pipeline Materials, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Illinois Concrete Pipe Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Spokane Concrete Pipe Products Spokane, Washington, April 1988.
An Investigation of Field Performance of Reinforced Plastic Mortar Pipes, (with W.E. Saleira and B. Abdel-Magid), paper presented at the ASCE Specialty Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure, Boston, June 1988.
Priority Integrated Pipe Evaluation, (with B. Kallas), paper presented at the ASCE Specialty Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure, Boston, June 1988.
Design of RPM and Other Composite Pipes Using Micro-Computers, (with M. Thiyagaram and B. Abdel-Magid), paper presented at the ASCE Specialty Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure, Boston, June 1988.
Underground Storage Tank Program and Its Implications, (with J.B. Hutchison), paper presented at the ASCE Specialty Conference on Pipeline Infrastructure, Boston, June 1988.
Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Michigan Concrete Pipe Association, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, November 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Michigan Concrete Pipe Association, Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Michigan Concrete Pipe Association, Detroit, Michigan, November 1988.
Evaluation of Rigid and Flexible Pipeline Materials, seminar on Underground Pipeline Design, sponsored by the Illinois Concrete Pipe Association, Springfield, Illinois, September 1988.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Research, seminar at the Institute of Foundation Engineering, LGA, Nurnberg, West Germany, July 1988.
Contaminant Transport Modeling, seminar at the Institute of Foundation Engineering, LGA, Nurnberg, West Germany, July 1988.
Underground Storage Tank Design Standards, seminar at the University of Wisconsin, August 1988.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Steven’s Point, September 1988.
Performance of Plastic Pipe, marketing school seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the American Concrete Pipe Association, Houston, Texas, January 1989.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, January 1989.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, La Crosse, Wisconsin, February 1989.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Wausau, Wisconsin, February 1989.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Madison, Wisconsin, February 1989.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Greenbay, Wisconsin, February 1989.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, February 1989.
Performance and Selection of Rigid and Flexible Pipes, seminar on underground pipeline design, sponsored by the Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Kidder, Matthews, Segener, Bellevue, Washington, August 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Coldwell Banker, Seattle, Washington, August 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Futura Company, Bellevue, Washington, September 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Wells Development Corporation, Bellevue, Washington, September 1989.
Design of Flexible and Rigid Pipelines, seminar to Mountain States Concrete Pipe Association, Denver, Colorado, September 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Commercial and Investment Brokers Association, Kent, Washington, September 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Commercial and Investment Brokers Association, Lynwood, Washington, September 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Commercial and Investment Brokers Association, Marysville, Washington, September 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Commercial and Investment Brokers Association, Tacoma, Washington, September 1989.
Performance of Rigid and Flexible Pipelines, seminar to Pacific Northwest Concrete Pipe Association, Spokane, Washington, October 1989.
Design and Construction Considerations of Rigid and Flexible Pipelines, seminar sponsored by Tubecon, Quebec City, Canada, November 1989.
Design and Construction Considerations of Rigid and Flexible Pipelines, seminar sponsored by Tubecon, Montreal, Canada, November 1989.
Environmental Site Assessment, seminar to Century 21 Northhomes, Everett, Washington, November 1989.
Evaluation of Rigid and Flexible Pipeline Materials, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 1990.
Computer Design Seminar for Pipe Selection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 1990.
Computer Design Seminar for Pipe Selection, Madison, Wisconsin, February 1990.
Computer Design Seminar for Pipe Selection, Green Bay, Wisconsin, February 1990.
Performance of Rigid and Flexible Pipelines, seminar to Pacific Northwest Concrete Pipe Association, Seattle, Washington, March 1990.
Performance of Rigid and Flexible Pipelines, seminar to Pacific Northwest Concrete Pipe Association, Portland, Oregon, March 1990.
Advances in Pipeline Materials and Design, presented at the International Conference on Pipeline Materials and Design, Las Vegas, March 1990.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Las Vegas, March 1990.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, New York, October 1990.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, San Diego, CA, September 1990.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Washington, DC, October 1990.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Seattle, October 1990.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Sacramento, CA, January 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, San Francisco, CA, January 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Los Angeles, CA, January 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Toronto, January 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, January 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, San Diego, CA, February 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Atlanta, February 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Orlando, February 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Houston, February 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, sponsored by the ASCE, Denver, March 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, St. Louis, M0, April 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar sponsored by the ASCE, Ames, Iowa, April 1991.
External Load Design of Welded Steel Pipe for Water Transmission, seminar sponsored by Steel Plate Fabricators Assoc. and American Iron and Steel Institute, Seattle, May 1991.
External Load Design of Welded Steel Pipe for Water Transmission, seminar sponsored by Steel Plate Fabricators Assoc. and American Iron and Steel Institute, San Diego, May 1991.
External Load Design of Welded Steel Pipe for Water Transmission, seminar sponsored by Steel Plate Fabricators Assoc. and American Iron and Steel Institute Anaheim, CA, May 1991.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar in San Francisco, April 1992.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar in San Diego, April 1992.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar in Seattle, April 1992.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar in Kansas City, April 1992.
Recent Advances in Buried Pipeline Materials and Design, seminar in Atlantic City, April 1992.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Boston, October 1994.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Tampa, October 1994.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Chicago, October 1994.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Dallas, October 1994.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Denver, November 1994.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Irvine, November 1994.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in San Francisco, November 1994.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Seattle, November 1994.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Dubai, UAE, January 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Seattle, March 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Portland, March 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in San Diego, March 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Houston, March 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Montreal, March 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Toronto, March 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Calgary, March 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design & Construction, seminar in Miami, March 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, New York, June 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Boston, June 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Orlando, Oct 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Boston, October 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, St. Louis, October 1995.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, San Francisco, October 1995.
Advances in Pipeline Rehabilitation Design Principles for Insituform Group, Concord, June 1996.
Advances in Pipeline Rehabilitation Design Principles for Insituform Group, San Jose, June 1996.
Advances in Pipeline Rehabilitation Design Principles for Insituform Group, Fresno, June 1996.
Advances in Pipeline Rehabilitation Design Principles for Insituform Group, Sacramento, June 1996.
Advances in Pipeline Rehabilitation Design Principles for Insituform, San Francisco, June 1996.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Portland, November 1996.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, San Diego, November 1996.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Houston, November 1996.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Boston, November 1996.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation San Francisco, November 1996.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Brisbane, February 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Sydney, February 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Melbourne, February 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Adelaide, February 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Perth, February 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Reno, March 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Vancouver, March 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Irvine, March 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Denver, March 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Ames, April 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Hartford, April 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Toronto, April 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Miami, April 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Melbourne, August 1997.
Recent Advances in Pipeline Design, Installation & Rehabilitation, Sydney, August 1997.
Pipeline Market in U.S. — 23 Billion Dollars for 1997! Would You Like Some of This Work? Keynote address, Pipeline Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia, October 1997.
Recent Developments in Pipeline Design Standards in U.S., Keynote address, Pipeline Conference, Wagga Wagga, Australia, October 1997.
Pipeline Market in U.S. — 20 Billion Dollars for 1998! Would You Like Some of This Work? Keynote address, DCCA Symposium, La Jolla, CA, April 1998.
Unified Design Methodology for Most No-Dig Pipeline Materials, Pipeline Technology Conference, Brugge, Belgium, May 2000.
Growing Pipeline Market in America — 20 Billion Dollars for 2000, Pipeline Technology Conference, Brugge, Belgium, May 2000.
Future Outlook for Trenchless Pipeline Rehabilitation Technologies, 6th International Pipeline Construction Show 2000, Hamburg, Germany, June 2000.
Future Outlook for Trenchless Pipeline Rehabilitation Technologies, ASCE Pipeline Conference, Kansas City, U.S., July 2000.
Evaluating No-Dig Companies for Potential Investment, Paper in 18th International No-Dig Conference, Perth, Australia, October 2000.
Fiber Optic Cables Inside of Sewers! Why Not? paper at UCT 2001, Houston, Texas.
Future Outlook for Trenchless Pipeline Rehabilitation Technologies, AWWA Pipeline Infrastructure Conference, Orlando, Florida, March, 2001.
CityNet Fiber in City Sewers? A Great Idea, paper at NASTT, 10th annual conference, Nashville, Tennessee, April, 2001.
A New No-Dig Industry Named Fiber Optic Cables in Sewers in Born, paper at NASTT, 10th annual conference, Nashville, Tennessee, April, 2001.
Future Outlook for Trenchless Pipeline Rehabilitation Technologies, paper at NASTT, 10th annual conference, Nashville, Tennessee, April, 2001.
Future Outlook for Trenchless Pipeline Rehabilitation Technologies, 2nd Asian Regional Civil Engineering Conference, Tokyo, Japan, April, 2001.
Future Outlook for Water Pipeline Rehabilitation Technologies, paper at AWWA Infrastructure Conference, Orlando, Florida, April 2001.
Future Outlook for Trenchless Pipeline Rehabilitation Technologies, 27th World Tunnel Congress, Milan, Italy, June 2001.
Unified Design Method for Liners for Most Pipeline Rehabilitation Methods, ASCE conference, San Diego, July 2001.
Unified Design Method for Thrust Restraints for Water Pipelines and Sewer Force Mains, ASCE conference, San Diego, July 2001.
Modulus of Soil Reaction-E' Values for Pipeline Design, ASCE conference, San Diego, July 2001.
Building a Last Mile Fiber Optic Network in Sewer Systems, ASCE conference, San Diego, July 2001.
Bridging the Last Mile With Fiber Optic Cables in Sewers, IWCS 50th anniversary conference in Orlando, Florida, November 2001.
Optical Fiber Cables in Sewers 2002: What do we know? Where are we Heading? UCT 2002, Jan. 14-17, Houston, Texas.
Optical Fiber Cables in Existing Sewers and Natural Gas Pipes, paper in No Dig conference of NASTT, Montreal, Canada, May 2002.
Optical Fiber Cables in Existing Sewers and Natural Gas Pipes, paper in No Dig conference of ASTT, Sydney, Australia, August 2002.
Finding the Rights of Way-Alternate Methods of Optical Fiber Deployment in the Last Mile, paper at Intelligent Cities 2002, Horizon House and Telecommunications Magazine Conference, Chantilly, Virginia, September 2002.
Municipal Optical Fiber Networks in Existing Sewers May Complete the Last Mile, paper at the New England Water Environment Association Seminar, Westford, MA, October 2002.
Underground Utilities for the Last Mile: How Secure Are They? paper at the Homeland Security Executive Briefing on IT Local Network Opportunities, IGI conference, Burlington, MA, October 2002.
Optical Fiber Connections Through Existing Sewers, Water Pipes, and Natural Gas Pipes, 51st IWCS/FOCUS conference, Orlando, FL, November 2002.
Optical Fiber Connections Through Existing Sewers, and Natural Gas Pipes, Infra 2002: Mapping Out Best Practices in Urban Infrastructure conference, Montreal, Canada, November 2002.
Strategic Partnering for Backhaul Networks, 2nd Annual Power Line Communication Association Conference, Washington, DC, December 3-4, 2002.
Solving the Last Mile Bottleneck and the Fiber Glut Using Creative Business Partnerships With Existing Utility Pipe Owners, Pacific Telecommunications Council Annual Conference, Honolulu, January 20-22, 2003.
Future Outlook For Pipeline Materials, Methods, and Maintenance, ASCE Pipelines Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July.
Future of America's Water is in Our Hands, ASCE Pipelines Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July.
Municipal Optical Fiber Through Existing Sewers, Storm Drains, Drinking Waterlines, and Natural Gas Pipes May Complete the Last Mile, ASCE Pipelines Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July.
Innovative Ways to Build Underground Power Cables and Communications Networks with Utility Pipe Owners, paper at Jicable, June, Versailles, France.
Building Optical Fiber in the Hard-to-Reach Last Mile Using New Developments, KMI’s 26th Annual Research Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, September.
Solving the Last Mile Bottleneck While Improving Homeland Security and Renovating Pipeline Infrastructure, AGC mid year legislative conference, Washington, DC, September.
Last Mile Fiber Through Strategic Partnerships With Utilities and Municipalities, paper at the IWCS 52nd conference, Philadelphia, November.
Solving the Last Mile Bottleneck and the Fiber Glut, seminar at IWCS 52nd Conference, Philadelphia, November.
Solving the Last Mile Bottleneck and the Fiber Glut, seminar at OSP Expo, Denver, November.
Future Outlook for Pipeline Materials, Design, and Maintenance, paper at Infra2003, Montreal, Canada, November 2003.
Creative Ways to Build Underground Power Cables and Broadband Networks, seminar at Infra2003, Montreal, November 2003.
Solving the Last Mile Bottleneck and the Fiber Glut, seminar at Digital Reykjavik, Iceland, November 2003.
Solving the Last Mile Bottleneck and the Fiber Glut, seminar at China Telecom Summit, Honolulu, Hawaii, January, 2004.
Solving the Last Mile Bottleneck and the Fiber Glut, seminar to Ministry of Communications, Cairo, Egypt, January, 2004.
Creative Ways to Build Underground Power cables and Broadband networks using strategic partnerships with utility pipe owners, American Public Power Association Engineering Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March, 2004.
State of the art of Pipeline Rehabilitation in USA, lecture at Osaka City University, Japan, April 2004.
Future Outlook for Young Geotechnical Engineers, Lecture at Kobe University, Japan, April, 2004.
Hydraulic, Structural, and Seismic Evaluation of Water Supply Conduits in Portland, ASCE Pipeline conference, San Diego, July 2004.
Creative Ways to Build Underground Power cables and Broadband networks using strategic partnerships with utility pipe owners, 3rd CECAR, Soul, Korea, August, 2004.
State of the art of pipeline rehabilitation in USA, Special Construction Forum, 3rd CECAR, Seoul, Korea, August 2004.
Strategic Sharing of Existing Underground Pipelines and Assets with Power Cables and Communication Networks, Cigre: International Council for Large Electrical Systems, 40th Bi-annual Conference, Paris, France, September, 2004.
Roundtable on Standardizing Last Mile Fiber Deployment Technologies Using Existing Utilities, Pacific Telecommunications Council’s 27th Annual Conference, Honolulu, January, 2005.
Roundtable on Standardizing Last Mile Fiber Deployment Technologies Using Existing Utilities, Underground Construction Technology, 10th Annual Conference, January, 2005.
New Construction Methods for Last Mile Fiber Using Existing Infrastructure, KMI Research Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, November 14-15, 2005.
Determining Whether a PCCP Meets AWWA C 304 Standard Using an Excel Spreadsheet, in PCCP Users’ Forum, Tucson, Arizona, May 23-25, 2006.
Use of Existing Structures to Speed up Deployment of FTTH, in the Proceedings of the Annual Conference of FTTH Council, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2-6, 2006.
Sharing Pipelines, Tunnels, Conduits, Multipurpose Structures, and Rights of Way Among Cables, Sewers, Water Pipes, Gas Mains, Hot Water Pipes, and Heating Ducts, in the Proceedings of 55th International Wire and Cable Symposium, Providence, Rhode Island, November 12-15, 2006.
Buried Asset Management Using Reliability Analyses, in UCT 2007, Houston, Texas, January 29-31, 2007.

Network Infrastructure-Can Technology Make the Difference? Lecture at Global Water Intelligence Conference, Barcelona, Spain, April 1-2, 2007.
Investigation of the Failures of the Deep Sewers and Service Laterals in California, ASCE Pipeline Conference, Boston, July 8-11, 2007.

Lessons from the Failure of Two Reclaimed Water Lines in California, ASCE Pipeline Conference, Boston, July 8-11, 2007.

Lessons from the Investigation of Problems in Airport Way Sanitary Sewer in Portland, Oregon, ASCE Pipeline Conference, Boston, July 8-11, 2007.

Lessons from the Investigation of the Failure of a Water Main Buried Next to 128,000 Volt Electrical Cable, ASCE Pipeline Conference, Boston, July 8-11, 2007.

Making Remaining Life Predictions for Better Pipeline Asset Management, ASCE Pipeline Conference, Boston, July 8-11, 2007.

Sound Baseline Geotechnical Investigation and Interpretation Offers Most Valuable Liability Management in Pipeline Projects, ASCE Pipeline Conference, Boston, July 8-11, 2007.
China Will Lead in Water and Wastewater Market Needs During 2007-17 and Technology Will Make a Difference, Lecture at the China-USA Research and Development Needs Workshop, Wuhan, China, Oct 8-10, 2007.
Making Remaining Life Predictions for Better Network Asset Management, Lecture at WEFTEC 2007, San Diego, California, Oct 14-18, 2007.