ISSMGE News & Information Circular — April 2023
The latest issue of the ISSMGE News & Information Circular is available online. The circular features the following:
Society News
250th IAEG Connector
The latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online. The issue features, among other topics:
Call for abstracts — EAGE Conference on Future of Energy
From 12-13 September 2023, the EAGE Conference on Future of Energy aims to gather the brightest minds of the industry to bring forward their best ideas, innovation, new methods and best practices to the table as part of the global effort towards energy transition and pave the way for a more sustainable future. The conference will address the how geoscience expertise is needed to drive the energy transition. We are actively calling for geoscience and geoscience-related professionals, practitioners, researchers, academicians and students from the oil and gas and energy-related industry to be part of this pertinent conversation by submitting your work to the conference. More conference details are available here. As a collective effort in navigating the Energy Transition world, we are calling for…
Great Appreciation and acknowledgement to Dr. Giorgio Lollino and Dr.Paolo Allasia that retired from the post of the Web Editor of IAEG
Dear Members of the Executive Committee, dear past Presidents of IAEG, dear past members of Ex.Com, dear IAEG members, dear friends, I would like to share with you all that Giorgio Lollino, our Web Editor in chief for many years, has resigned from the post. Giorgio took over the responsibility of our web platform in 2011. Giorgio has been collaborated and worked for many years with Dr. Paolo Allasia in this post and both have contributed the most in IAEG. Professor Giorgio Lollino has been an active member of IAEG for many years and has served as Vice President for Europe in the past. Giorgio and Paolo boosted our website and evolute it several times through the years. They have collaborated with…
Call for Abstracts – 1st SLRMES Conference on Rock Mechanics for Infrastructure and Geo-Resources Development
AGS Members are advised of the upcoming st SLRMES Conference on Rock Mechanics for Infrastructure and Geo-Resources Development. At present 3 keynote speakers and 13 Session Lead Lecturers are lined up to deliver several high-quality State-of-the-Art lectures. Keynote Lectures, Session Lead Lectures and regular lectures of the conference will be held on December 4th and 5th, 2023. To find details of the conference, please visit the conference website. Please note that the quality of the conference is high, the registration fee for the conference is low and the accommodation around the expected conference venue is very economical or cheap. Members are invited to consider submitting an abstract to attend the conference and make a presentation at the conference. More details are…
ISRM Awards – Deadline Extended
The deadline for submission of nominations for the ISRM Technological Innovation Award 2023 has been extended to 10 May 2023. The deadline for submission of nominations for the ISRM Young Rock Engineer Award 2023 has been extended to 10 May 2023.
IAEG Electronic Newsletter – 2023, Issue No.1
The latest issue of the IAEG Electronic Newsletter for 2023, Issue No.1, is available to download via Dropbox.
SPARC-QUT Showcase Event
Members are invited to attend the SPARC-QUT research Showcase event, which will be held on the 21st of April, 2023, at QUT Gardens Point Campus from 8.30 am to 5 pm in OJW room (Level 12, S-Block). This is a free event, and please refer to the flyer for more details and registration. SPARC Hub is funded by the ARC (Australian Research Council) and 20 industry partners to undertake some 42 industry-based research projects over five years period (2019–2025). The engine room is run by 39 PhD scholars and many research engineers. While being a think-tank, we undertake cutting-edge innovative research across five research themes related to pavements. The SPARC hub is led by Monash University with the participation of eight Australian universities, including QUT. As SPARC…
Building around existing tunnels — One day seminar
Join the Australasian Tunnelling Society (ATS) and Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) for a one-day seminar on the impacts that building construction has on tunnels. There is an increasing demand for the assessment of the potential impact of new building construction, including new tunnels, on existing tunnels and other underground infrastructure. There are limited resources both on the approvals side and for developers to carry out these assessments and particularly in a timely manner. The purpose of this seminar is for presentations, papers and a panel discussion to provide useful information for the broad range of participants involved. Particularly referring standards and guidelines including applicability of structural and geotechnical assessment criteria. The tunnels involved could be road, rail, sewer, or water…
Short course: “New Technologies for Geotechnical Infrastructure Sensing and Monitoring”
On May 8-9 2023, UC Berkeley Faculty and colleagues are offering a 2-day short course on “New Technologies for Geotechnical Infrastructure Sensing and Monitoring.” The course was offered the last two years and was very well received with a total of 334 participants from 34 US States and 42 countries. You can review the participants’ feedback about the course here. The May course will update previous versions of the course and provide a review of some of the latest technologies that are about to, or are already impacting the way we design, maintain, or operate geo-infrastructure and the way we manage risk. Technologies to be discussed are sensor-equipped Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (or drones), 3D model creation using optical (Structure-from-Motion) and LiDAR, infrared…