ISSMGE News & Information Circular, October 2020
The October 2020 issue of the ISSMGE News & Information circular is available online.
The October 2020 issue of the ISSMGE News & Information circular is available online.
Prof. Heitfeld celebrates 96th birthday and Prof. Valdiya leaves incredible legacy — the latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online.
YEG has new chair and new active agenda! — the latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online.
Euroengeo 2020 now offers two types of submissions — the latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online.
AGS members are invited to attend a HKGES webinar Rock strengthening upon heating – FACT or MYTH? by Dr Louis Wong, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. The webinar will be held on 9th October 2020 (Fri), GMT+8 (HKT) 6:30pm. Further details are available in the flyer. Abstract Most underground projects, such as geothermal energy extraction, nuclear waste repository and underground excavation for deep mining and caverns, are implemented at the depths ranging only from hundreds to thousands of meters where the temperature is far from reaching the high level for the sole operation of the thermal weakening factors. On the contrary, some experimental studies have reported that rock can be strengthened upon heating, rather than weakened…
Incredible career of Prof. Peter Fookes, UK, comes to an end — the latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online.
The organising committee of AGERP is pleased to invite you to the 7th instalment of the Lecture series, which will be on ‘ Biogeotechnics ‘. This is scheduled on 3rd October 2020 (AEST). Free mandatory registration for this lecture closes at 00:00, 2nd October 2020 (AEST). This Lecture will be delivered by Professor Jason T. DeJong (University of California, Davis, USA) and Dr. Dimitrios Terzis (Managing Director, MeduSoil). At the request of the lecturers, this session will not be recorded. We encourage you to attend the session live if you are interested. Further information and registration (free but mandatory). More information, please refer to the attached flyer.
The latest issue of the ISSMGE News & Information Circular is available online.
Richard Wolters nominations due Sept. 30, 2020 — the latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online.
Don’t miss your chance to hear Prof. Kerry Rowe talk about his latest unpublished research findings in a live webinar on Designing Composite Liners on Slopes Part 1: GCL. Register online