The 44th ISRM online lecture will be delivered by Dr. Manchao He, from China. The lecture title is: “Possible strategy for landslide prediction”. It will be broadcast on December 14th at 10 A.M. GMT, from the Online Lecture’s page.
Dr. Manchao He began his academic journey at Changchun College of Geology, China, where he obtained his BSc and MSc degrees in Engineering Geology in 1981 and 1985 respectively. He furthered his education by obtaining a PhD in Engineering Mechanics from China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, in 1989, followed by a two-year post-doctoral study at the same institution. Then he was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Mons, Belgium, in 2012.
Since 1993, Dr. Manchao He has been a Professor of Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) at China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing. Later serving as the Director of the State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering-Beijing since 2008. He is currently an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Argentine National Academy of Engineering (ANI). He mainly engaged in the research of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, including the prediction of landslides, mining technologies, rockburst mechanism and control, etc. He successfully self-developed a new monitoring system which measures the Newton Force Variation along the slip surface of landslide. It has been applied successfully in many practical projects, which makes a significant contribution to landslide disasters prediction and control. His expertise is highly sought after, leading him to consult on over 200 projects since 1991. He has authored more than 300 technical papers, and has been awarded 4 National Awards, 2 Chinese Outstanding Patented Invention and an International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) Technological Innovation Award.
Between 2015 and 2019, Dr. Manchao He served as ISRM Vice President at Large and the Chairman of ISRM Education Fund Committee. And now he is a Fellow of ISRM. In addition, Dr. Manchao He served as the President of Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering (CSRME) since 2016 and as the Vice President of International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction (ICGdR) since 2022.
The lecture will remain online. As usual, the attendees can ask questions to the lecturer by e-mail during the subsequent five days. All online lectures are available on this page.