1st IPA Research Grant Award
- Current Status: "PRESS-IN ENGINEERING 2009" (IPA Research Papers Volume 1) has been published.
- Updated: 1 Dec 2009
Research Presentation

- Date:
- 11 December 2008
- Event Name:
- 2nd IPA International Workshop
- Place:
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Venue:
- Hilton New Orleans Riverside
- Organizer:
- IPA Committees and Secretariat
- Speaker:
- The 1st IPA Research Grant
Award Winners 9 Groups

Workshop Program
On the first day of 2nd IPA International Workshop, the one year research results were officially presented by the speakers representing every awarded research group. They introduced unique and significant conclusions and exchanged views with participants. The presentation and discussion ran for about four hours as the main event of the day. Their preprints were contained in the Workshop Program and their final papers are going to be published in this spring as the IPA Press-in Research Papers Vol.1. Publication schedule will be announced as soon as it is finalized.

Moderator: Dr Goh


Active discussions among participants
Presentation
Title
Fish and Mammal Friendly Alternatives to Driven and Jetted Piles
Prof. Robert Holtz / University of Washington
His research term had been extended for one year, thus he explained his research proposal only. He will make a result presentation on another occasion.


Title
Rate Effects for Fine Grained Soils
Prof. Adrian Hyde / University of Sheffield



Title
Press-in Behaviour of Pipe Pile With Self-Expanding Tip in Layered Ground
Prof. Osamu Kusakabe / Tokyo Institute of Technology
(Speaker: Ms Lu Yu - Graduation Student)



Title
Centrifuge Examination of Pile Jetting in Sand
Prof. Barry Lehane / University of Western Australia
(Speaker: Assoc. Prof. James Schneider)



Title
Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction With Press-in Piles and System Performance Assessment
Prof. Koichi Maekawa / The University of Tokyo
(Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Taro Uchimura)



Title
Reducing Driving Forces for Pressed in Piles
Dr Andrew McNamara / City University



Title
Environmental Impact Assessment Comparing Press-in and Conventional Piling Methods
Prof. Kenichi Soga / University of Cambridge
(Speaker: Mr Chris Chau - Graduation Student)



Title
Numerical Modelling of the Installation of Pressed-In Piles
Prof. Frits van Tol / Delft University of Technology
(Speaker: Dr Jelke Daikstra)



Title
Improving Termination Criteria for Press-in Pile Construction
Assoc. Prof. Limin Zhang / The Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology




