Come join the ASCE Reston Branch for our May 2024 Meeting on Tuesday, May 14th starting at 11:45 AM. You may attend this meeting in-person or virtually.
ASCE membership is not required, but an ASCE account (free) is required for registration.
Our speaker will be Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, Ph.D, P.E., BC.GE (Geotechnical Project Manager and Laboratory Manager at A.G.E.S., Inc.) and he will deliver his presentation on
Geotechnical Aspects of Pittsburgh SEA-CAP: the 2022 AASHTO and ASHE Project of the year
Presentation Topic:
The I-579 Cap Urban Connector Project (the Cap Project) consists of a new “cap” structure spanning over a portion of I-579 (Crosstown Boulevard) in downtown Pittsburgh. The "floating park" surface provides a new 3-acre public open space with accessible pedestrian pathways and bicycle routes. It includes improvements to adjoining intersections, provides for recreation and educational areas, performance areas, rain gardens for storm water management, design elements developed by artists from the neighborhood and other public amenities. The geotechnical aspects center on the design of foundations, construction and testing of nearly 50 drilled shafts and over 200 micropiles.
About the Speaker:
Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero, Ph.D, P.E., BC.GE is a Geotechnical Project Manager / Laboratory Manager for American Geotechnical & Environmental Services, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as well as an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh. Sebastian received his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia where he was born and raised and then he received his Master's Degree and Ph.D in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Sebastian has 23 years of experience in Geotechnical Engineering, specializing in the design of shallow and deep foundations, earth retaining structures, and landslide stabilization. He has authored more than 200 technical papers and presentations published in scientific journals, geotechnical magazines, and conference proceedings worldwide. Notably, Sebastian co-authored and served as an implementation instructor of the State of Delaware LRFD Bridge Design Manual. Sebastian is the Former Chair of the Pittsburgh ASCE Geo-Institute and Former Director of the ASCE Pittsburgh Section. He is also a member of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Anchored Earth Retention Committee, and Conference Chair for DFI-45 2020 and DFI-47 2022 in National Harbor, Maryland. Sebastian has also received the following distinguished awards from ASCE including the 2022 DFI President's Award, 2021 Pittsburgh Section Lifetime Achievement, 2020 Pittsburgh Section Civil Engineer of the Year, 2016 Geo-Institute Distinguished Reviewer, 2006 Geo-Institute Best Paper on Numerical Modelling, and is a Board Certified Geotechnical Engineer by the Academy of Geoprofessionals.
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