Year 8 Mid-Year Meeting
March 2 – 3, 2023
CBBG is excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, and partners to our 2023 Mid-Year Meeting! This website will house all information related to the event.
Visit frequently for updated information, schedule is subject to change. MEETING AGENDA
This meeting will be in person with select sessions will be also available in ZOOM: https://zoom.us/j/2502945270; PASSWORD: Soilrocks!
*All times are PST (local)
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 – Arriving in Davis, CA
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 6:00 PM | Optional Dinners: Students & IAB - Tres Hermanas Faculty, Guests, & SAB - Bones Kitchen |
Thursday March 2, 2023 – Mid Year Meeting Day 1
Location: Alpha Gamma Rho Room, UC Davis Alumni Center, Davis, CA
| Start Time | End Time | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM | 8:00 AM | Shuttles from hotels to Alumni Center |
| 7:45 AM | 8:30 AM | Breakfast in Alumni Center Lobby |
| 8:30 AM | 8:40 AM | Welcome Jason DeJong and Dean Corsi (UCD) |
| 8:40 AM | 9:00 AM | State of CBBG Ed Kavazanjian (ASU) |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Session 1: Keynote Presentation - DEI Initiatives in Academia and Industry |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 AM | 11:15 AM | Session 2:Keynote Presentation: Effects of Climate Change on Geotechnical Industry Projects Geosyntec, Dr. Chris Hunt |
| 11:15 AM | 12:00 PM | Student Poster Session #1 ASU & GT students stand by posters, all others visit |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch in Alumni Center Lobby |
| 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Student Poster Session #2 NMSU & UCD students stand by posters, all others visit |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Break |
| 2:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Centrifuge Modeling Session |
| Dan Wilson – Centrifuge Modeling Principles (30 min) | ||
| Jason DeJong – Conceptual Design Workshop (30 min) | ||
| Alex San Pablo – Biomediated MICP Modeling (20 min) | ||
| Matthew Burrall – Bioinspired Roots Modeling (20 min) | ||
| Jiarui Chen – Perspectives from an External User (20 min) | ||
| 4:00 PM | 4:20 PM | Transport to Center for Geotechnical Modeling |
| 4:20 PM | 6:00 PM | Centrifuge Tours |
| 6:00 PM | Shuttle back to Alumni Center | |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner at Alumni Center | |
| 7:30 PM | Shuttle back to hotels |
Friday March 3, 2023 – Mid Year Meeting Day 2
Location: Alpha Gamma Rho Room, UC Davis Alumni Center, Davis, CA
| Start Time | End Time | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM | 8:00 AM | Shuttles from hotels to Alumni Center |
| 7:45 AM | 8:30 AM | Breakfast in Alumni Center Lobby |
| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Strategic Planning Session Larry Roth & Ed Kavazanjian Everyone (students, faculty, IAB, SAB) |
| 9:00 AM | 10:30 AM | CBBG Proposal Planning Subgroups for collaborative proposals being developed Faculty, IAB, SAB |
| 9:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Student Panel “How to be well-prepared and flourish beyond graduation” Moderator: Colleen Bronner Students Panel Members (Tentative): |
| Preparing for academia – Mandeep Basson | ||
| Starting in industry – Alena Raymond | ||
| Gov’t regulatory – Nicole Castillo | ||
| Entering national labs – TBD - from Jackie Pena | ||
| Post-doctoral studies – Emmanuel Salifu | ||
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM | 12:15 PM | Technical Discussion Intensives (Groups of ~5 students divided by technical thrust groups, with Faculty, SAB, and IAB dispersed evenly) Every student presents their poster in ~4 min Designated facilitators guide technical focused Q&A |
| 12:15 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch in Alumni Center Lobby (Everyone) |
| 1:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Student Retreat - 1:00 – Bus to Sacramento - 1:30 – Museum of Science and Curiosity (tour) - 3:30 – California State Railroad Museum - 6:00 – Dinner in Old Sac on waterfront - 9:00 – Bus to hotels |
| 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | IDEA Meeting Leadership Meeting |
| 6:00 PM | Dinner for IDEA, Leadership, and other guests |
