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Richard S. Olsen, Ph.D., PE



Geotechnical Engineer with over 40 years of experience on Difficult geotechnical projects (aka difficult in situ conditions), Field failure assessments, Advanced seepage Concepts, CPT technology, and Short course Teaching.



Specializing in
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--Advanced Geotechnical Site Characterization

--CPT data evaluation,

--CPT based prediction of liquefaction triggering using the curve lookup software technique,

--Seepage evaluation of complex situations,

--Field based landslide assessment of triggering (and sequence prediction) for small to mega landslides

--Teaching seminars to organizations

-- Geotechnical data visualization for projects - from high detailed XY plots to Google Earth integration



Experience:

At present, Geotechnical Consultant


7 years at US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Headquarters - Washington DC

Lead Geotechnical Engineer and Senior Policy Advisor


30 years at USACE Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL)

Senior Geotechnical Research Engineer


4 years in California working for HLA and FUGRO - staff engineer



Education

PhD - UC Berkeley - 1994

MS - UC Berkeley - 1977

BSCE - Oregon State University - 1976




Services



ADVANCED GEOTECHNICAL SITE CHARACTERIZATION



Project geotechnical Data Evaluation


Review of pre-investigation proposals, 17% completed site investigations (and data evaluation) efforts.


Review of any size geotechnical site characterization project.


Teaches 1 to 3 day short course on geotechnical site characterization



CPT Data Evaluation



Advanced CPT data Evaluation


Stress normalization (for CPT, liquefaction triggering, and Strength) using all techniques including the Stress Focus theory.


Generation of project based high detailed and high graph cross sections


Evaluation of CPT and lab data to generation detailed Depth plots



Seepage Issue Evaluation



Data Evaluation


Assessment of complex failures. ​


Review any of project size


Generation, assessment, and review of seepage RP charts for water control structures




Landslides Assessments



Field based teaching


Teaching 1 to 3 day seminars


Field based assessment of mega landslides


Review of landslide assessment reports​



Data Visualization for Engineering Projects



Data Visualization for Complex Geotechnical Projects


Making effective engineering PowerPoint presentations,


Generating high valued engineering XY plots,


Teaching data plotting and presentation methods



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