King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Civil Engineering Department
Seminar Announcement
You are cordially invited to attend CE Seminar		أنت مدعو لحضور محاضرات الهندسة المدنية
Tuesday, May 09th 2006
Building 4 Room 125
Presentation  # 01 10:00AM - 10:15 Am
Presenter	Maen A Abu-Olba
Topic	Traffic Calming Techniques )
Abstract	Physical changes to the roadway, however, are generally more self-enforcing than education and traditional enforcement efforts. Traffic calming techniques respond to issues like the blatant disregard for posted speed limits on residential streets; increased traffic due to drivers diverting off congested arterial streets through neighborhoods; safety concerns associated with both the speed and cut-through traffic issues; environmental impacts and noise associated with increased traffic speed and volume.
Presentation  # 02 10:15AM - 10:30 Am
Presenter	Alamutu Lateef
Topic	Cone Penetrometer Technology(CPT)
Abstract	For a structure to be properly design there must be reasonable and accurate information on the extent and physical properties of the underlying soil strata. There is need to study these strata in terms of strength, compressibility, permeability etc. of soils so as to ascertain that the ultimate capacity of the underlying soil is greater than the loading to be imposed by the foundations .