The IAEG have announced a call for nominations of the Richard Wolters Prize. This prize is awarded biannually to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Richard Wolters for his significant achievements in the advancement of engineering geology and the development of IAEG. The Prize recognises meritorious scientific achievement by a younger member of the engineering geology profession. Nominations close June 15th, 2024.
Nominations for the following ISRM awards are due by 23 April 2024: the John Hudson Rock Engineering Award 2024, the ISRM Science Achievement Award 2024, and the ISRM Young Rock Engineer Award 2024
The latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online. This week we have the announcement of a very interesting e-YEG webinar and the call for nominations for two of our AEG awards. A big event happened yesterday with the Taiwan earthquake (mag 7.2). We also notice some other events: Santorini (Greece), French Alps and Gibraltar.
The Spring 2024 issue of the ISRM Newsletter is available online.
The Hans Cloos medal, awarded biannually, is the senior award presented by IAEG, given to an engineering geologist of outstanding merit in commemoration of the "founder of geomechanics". The recipient should therefore be a person of international repute who has made a major contribution to engineering geology.
We have no major announcements this week for the Association, but there is lots of news from around the world geologically! We mention a landslide in Hollywood, California, USA where the movie stars live! We have a news item from Iceland about how they are fighting the lava flows with barriers and news from an African volcano.
This is a major issue of the IAEG Connector - it is the 300th issue since we started this electronic newsletter six years ago! We announce the 15th Asian Regional Conference which will be held in Bangladesh in 2025 and also the call for nominations for our major yearly awards for IAEG.
The 45th ISRM online lecture will be delivered by Dr. Jonny Rutqvist, from USA. The lecture title is: “Coupled Processes Modeling in Energy Geosciences”. It will be broadcast on March 21st at 10 A.M.
The Sydney and Newcastle Chapters of the Australian Geomechanics Society are offering the prestigious AGS NSW Research Award for research in Geotechnical Engineering or Engineering Geology. Eligible candidates are asked to submit abstracts.
This week we have a revision to the Japanese National Group special report on their recent earthquake on the Noto Peninsula. The Japanese National group had a couple of changes to their wonderful report . The deadline for abstracts for EUROENGEO2024 has been extended. We also have photos of some students in China who recently won awards! There is so much happening in IAEG!
