Student Competition
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Please contact Dr. Carlos Santamarina Dr. Carlos Santamarina if you have questions. Title Information Mining and Geotechnical Site Characterization Design Premise Information technologies and the internet have made possible the instantaneous access to unprecedented volumes of information, databases, and analysis/design software. The Geo-Congress 2006 Student Competition is aimed at allowing students to exploit this potential. Exercise Teams will be provided the coordinates of a site, somewhere in the United States, and details of a proposed geotechnical engineering project. Their goal is to identify potential site conditions, to gather site-specific geotechnical information, to infer site material properties, to establish the necessary design criteria, to conduct preliminary analyses as deemed necessary and to design the site investigation program. Goals To promote the optimal use of today's access to information, databases, and both analytical and numerical processing tools. Rules Teams of 3 to 4 students. All team members must be registered graduate or undergraduate students during the Spring semester, 2006, at their respective institutions. Team members may not have earned a doctoral degree (can be a current doctoral student). There must be at least one undergraduate student in the team. Team members are not allowed to consult any individual outside the team, either directly of via any means of communication, during the competition. Sources of site-specific information, property estimation criteria, sources for correlations, databases, and analysis procedure/software and hypothesis must be clearly documented throughout the submission. (1) On-site and Remote Teams Teams may be present in Atlanta (encouraged) or at their own campus. On-site teams: high speed internet connection will be provided to all team members. Remote teams: must identify a faculty member who will proctor and certify the conduct of the contest according to the rules. Preparation and Skills Teams are encouraged to interact with faculty in preparation for this event. Relevant skills include: electronic information gathering strategies, use of computer analysis and design tools, behavior and properties of geomaterials, geotechnical engineering problem solving, synergetic team work. Contest adjudication A panel of adjudicators consisting of practicing engineers and faculty will review submissions. In addition to clarity of submitted package, each project will be judged on:
All teams must register in advance. Teams must register before midnight January 20, 2006. Event Chronology The event will take place on Sunday February 26, 2006 from 12:00 to 4:30 pm 12:00 Assignment is electronically distributed to all participants 12:20 Electronically signed individual agreement forms must be received 12:30 Site location and details of the geotechnical project are electronically distributed to all teams that submit signed agreements for all members. 04:30 Reception e-box is open to submission of solution. 04:45 Reception e-box is closed to submissions. Winners are announced on Wednesday March 1 during the Heroes Lunch (12:00 to 2:00 pm) (1) It is the team's responsibility to provide all necessary reference details for the jury to verify the accuracy, completeness, and adequacy of the information and procedures. |
