In particular, he will focus on (1) "Slope Stability - Then and Now" (J. Michael Duncan) -it summarizes key advances since prior conferences in 1966 and 1992; "Advances in Shear Strength Measurement, Assessment, and Use for Slope Stability Analysis" (Thomas L. Brandon), (3) "Instrumentation and Monitoring of Slope Stability" (W. Allen Marr), (4) "Issues of Reliability in Stability of Slopes" (John T. Christian), (5) "Seismic Slope Stability" W.D. Liam Finn), and brief comment on two or three of the other keynote presentations."

Professor Mitchell will give a brief lecture (about 30 minutes) about slope stability issues, the rest is to be presented by Professor Yuan’s group. Leave time for discussions.

报告人简介：
James K. Mitchell is currently a Virginia Tech distinguished professor emeritus, previously served as a professor of civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a research engineer in the Institute of Transportation Studies and the Earthquake Engineering Center. He has conducted research in such areas as soil behavior related to geotechnical problems, mitigation of ground failure risk during earthquakes and environmental geotechnics. Mitchell has also authored more than 350 publications, including the graduate level text and geotechnical reference, "Fundamentals of Soil Behavior."  Dr. Mitchell has served as chairman of the Geotechnical Board of the National Research Council and vice president of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. He served as secretary, vice chairman and chairman of the U.S. National Committee for the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, and as chair of the Civil Engineering Section of the National Academy of Engineering. Currently, he serves as chair of the Committee on Organizing to Manage Construction and Infrastructure in the 21st Century Bureau of Reclamation. The recipient of the Norman Medal, Walter L. Huber Research Prize and the Terzaghi Lecture Award, Mitchell has also been honored with the Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He also received ASCE's 2006 Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award for lifetime achievement in education. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and master's and doctorate degrees in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.