The Australian Geomechanics Society Sydney Chapter is holding its 28th annual Symposium on Friday 1 November 2024: ‘Advances in Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering’. The symposium forms part of the continuing program of events organised by the AGS Sydney Chapter. It aims to encourage ideas and discussions about one of the key aspects of design, construction and research which are becoming more prevalent in industry and academia. Overview The symposium will showcase state-of-the-art practices, new research findings and case histories that demonstrate advances in geomechanics and geotechnical engineering. The organising committee welcomes submissions of papers covering various aspects of geomechanics and geotechnical engineering from practitioners and researchers. The symposium presents an opportunity for professional engineers, researchers, specialist contractors, regulators, educators and…
News items from around the world include updates on the volcanoes in Iceland and Indonesia, landslides in Denmark and China, and nitrate pollution in Costa Rica.
The Australian Geomechanics Society (Sydney Chapter) has established the Harry Poulos Award in recognition of the extraordinary impact of Professor Harry Poulos’s contributions to pile foundation analysis and design and his work in understanding soil structure interaction. His research has enabled a more reliable approach to be adopted for pile design, replacing procedures that previously relied purely on experience and empiricism. He has been a prolific contributor to and supporter of the activities of the international and Australian geotechnical community. Basis of the award The award will be presented annually to a person selected by the Sydney Chapter Committee as having made a significant contribution to either practice and/ or research in foundation engineering or soil structure interaction that has…
Our home office for IAEG, which is in China, has produced one of the best newsletters ever. It is Newsletter 4 and the link is at the beginning of the newsletter. Congratulations to our staff! We have put the table of contents here and the link to the newsletter so you can view the different parts! Two important news items from the newsletter are the membership totals and the removal of four commissions due to inactivity.
Topics include: President’s Inaugural Message
ISRM Past President Eda Quadros - in memoriam
Election and inauguration of the new Board 2023-2027
44th ISRM Online Lecture by Prof. Manchao He
New ISRM Fellows inducted during the ISRM Congress 2023
2023 ISRM Council, Board and Commission meetings took place in Salzburg
ISRM International Symposium 2024 and ARMS13 - Abstract submission deadline extended to 15 January 2024
ISRM Award winners were announced
Eurock2024, Alicante, Spain, 15-19 July 2024
FedIGS-Board meeting took place in Salzburg
Extracted thoughts from my corner in the JSRM Newsletter - by Ömer Aydan
4th Short-Term Prediction of Rock Failure Competition
ISRM Sponsored Conferences
We have lots of geodisasters happening around the world! Major landslides on the Isle of Wight (United Kingdom), Tanzania, and Seattle, Washington are highlighted. There is a great article about Jakarta, Indonesia sinking very fast. The great news, though, comes from India where the 41 workers in the tunnel with the collapsed entrance have been recovered!
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.
