ISSMGE Virtual University
Vi segnaliamo l’iniziativa “ISSMGE Virtual University – An Open Access Educational Platform” (http://virtualuniversity.issmge.org/).
The Virtual University is an initiative launched by President Charles Ng. The current OpenEdX platform was developed by the Innovation and Development Committee chaired by Dimitrios Zekkos, with oversight from the Board and was publically made available in March 2020. The objective of the Virtual University is to provide open source, high quality technical content that can be used by engineers of practice, as well as undergraduate and graduate students all around the world.
The Virtual University includes, free courses, webinars, as well as short educational videos, and is integrated with the open-access Online Library of ISSMGE. The content of the Virtual University will continue to be updated through various initiatives of ISSMGE, and with the support of its Technical Committees, conference organizers and Member Societies.
L’ultimo seminario in ordine di tempo, disponibile sulla piattaforma, è stato tenuto dal prof. Nilo Cesar Consoli dell’Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasile) sul tema “Experiences in Sustainable Geotechnics” (http://virtualuniversity.issmge.org/courses/course-v1:ISSMGE+TC307-01+2021/about)
GEER webinar on Port of Beirut Explosion – April 28, 2021
Vi segnaliamo un webinar organizzato da GEER (Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association Turning Disaster into Knowledge – Sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation) sulle conseguenze dell’esplosione di Agosto 2020 al Porto di Beirut. Il webinar è gratuito e si terrà il 28 aprile, in orario serale per l’Italia.
Durante il webinar si mostreranno le conseguenze strutturali e geotecniche dell’esplosione e si farà vedere come poter utilizzare dati satellitari e tecnologie innovative in scenari post-disastro.
Ulteriori informazioni nella locandina: GEER Port of Beirut Webinar
GEER website: http://www.geerassociation.org/
Geoenvironmental Engineering Webinars organized by University of Illinois Chicago
International Webinar Series (May-June 2021) on Geoenvironmental Engineering: Polluted Land, Waste Management & Sustainability/Resiliency organized by University of Illinois Chicago.
Weekly webinars on topics related to Geoenvironmental Engineering covering wide range of issues associated with land contamination, waste management, and sustainability and resiliency. All interested are welcome to attend. Highly recommended for MS/MTech/PhD students, post-docs, and young faculty in geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, and related fields.
The next webinar will be held by Professor Craig Benson on Thursday April 29, 2021, 10 am – 11 am (Chicago time). The title of his webinar is “Bentonite-Polymer Composite Geosynthetic Clay Liners for Containment of Highly Aggressive Leachates“.
To get the zoom link to join the webinar, please register (free) at:
https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMofu2upjsqG9FagImGsA3g9fcSggi0qIvJ
You can find the recordings of the past webinars at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW1F1Yf2WwkNBHzqnmDO7JA/videos
Please see the attached brochure for the May-June schedule of webinars: Geoenvironmental Engineering Webinar Series-Brochure
AGERP’21 – Lecture on “AI and Big Data in Geotechnics” – 3rd May 2021 (update)
The AGERP – Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering: from Research to Practice – Organising Committee invites you to a lecture series which aims to disseminate the coupled learnings from academia and industry on some of the key topics in geotechnical engineering. It is a pro bono initiative, and the lectures are free to attend.
More information at: https://www.age-rp.com/
The organising committee of Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering: From Research to Practice (AGERP) Lecture Series is pleased to invite you to the 2nd lecture of the 2nd edition of AGERP Lecture Series (AGERP’21). The second lecture will be on ‘AI and Big Data in Geotechnics‘. This Lecture will be jointly delivered by Dr. Robert C. Bachus (Geosyntec Consultants, Georgia, USA), Professor Sarat Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India) and Dr. Nick Machairas (Groundwork A.I. – Next-gen Geotechnics, USA).
Lecture 2 is scheduled to be hosted on 3rd May 2021 (Australian Eastern Standard Time-AEST) with registration for this lecture closing at 00:00, 2nd May 2021 (AEST).
You may find further info. and register (free but mandatory) here: https://www.age-rp.com/
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PAST LECTURES
16th April 2021 —> The first lecture was on ‘Mechanically Stabilised Earth (MSE) Walls’. This lecture was delivered by Prof. Emeritus Richard J. Bathurst (GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Canada) and Ms. Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby (Tensar International Corporation, UK).
X IAGIG, Pisa, 3-4 Settembre 2021
A causa dell’emergenza sanitaria, l’anno scorso è stato necessario rinviare la X edizione dell’Incontro Annuale dei Giovani Ingegneri Geotecnici (IAGIG). Il comitato organizzatore è fiducioso di poter riorganizzare IAGIG a Pisa venerdì 3 e sabato 4 Settembre 2021.
Tutti i giovani ingegneri sono invitati a partecipare inviando anche un proprio contributo tecnico da redigere secondo il template scaricabile qui e inviare a iagig@associazionegeotecnica.
IAGIG è un’iniziativa intesa a promuovere la discussione di argomenti di ingegneria geotecnica e favorire uno scambio di esperienze e conoscenze tra giovani ingegneri, interessati alle problematiche geotecniche, attivi sia in ambito professionale (liberi professionisti, dipendenti di enti pubblici o di imprese, collaboratori presso studi professionali, giovani imprenditori del settore, etc.) sia nel contesto accademico.
I temi centrali dell’incontro riguardano principalmente gli aspetti, tradizionali ed innovativi, della progettazione, esecuzione e controllo di opere di ingegneria geotecnica, come: monitoraggio e controllo di opere geotecniche; Geotecnica sismica; Geotecnica ambientale; case histories e lessons learnt; indagini in sito e di laboratorio; interventi di miglioramento e rinforzo; stabilità dei pendii; ingegneria dei geosintetici; modellazione numerica e fisica dei terreni e delle rocce
Ulteriori informazioni alla pagina: https://www.iagig.unisa.it
AGERP’21 – Lecture on “Mechanically Stabilised Earth” – 16th April 2021
The organising committee of Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering: From Research to Practice (AGERP) Lecture Series is pleased to invite you to the 1st lecture of the 2nd edition of AGERP Lecture Series (AGERP’21). The first lecture will be on ‘Mechanically Stabilised Earth (MSE) Walls’. This lecture will be jointly delivered by Prof. Emeritus Richard J. Bathurst (GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Canada) and Ms. Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby (Tensar International Corporation, UK).
Lecture 1 is scheduled to be hosted on 16th April 2021 (Australian Eastern Standard Time-AEST) with registration for this lecture closing at 00:00, 15th April 2021 (AEST).
You may find further info. and register (free but mandatory) here: https://www.age-rp.com/
For further information, please refer to the attached flyer.
Corso telematico AGI: Modello Geotecnico degli Ammassi Rocciosi – 5 febbraio 2021
Il corso telematico AGI dedicato al tema “Modello Geotecnico degli Ammassi Rocciosi” si propone di fornire all’ingegnere professionista gli indirizzi di base per la formulazione, alla luce della Normativa Tecnica corrente, di un modello geotecnico dell’ammasso roccioso di fondazione di opere. A questo scopo, il corso descrive le più rilevanti caratteristiche meccaniche delle rocce, dalla scala del provino di laboratorio a quella del sito, ai fini della caratterizzazione geotecnica dell’ammasso roccioso alla quale associare il modello geotecnico. Segue l’illustrazione dei modelli geotecnici più opportuni per alcuni casi reali, rappresentativi dei più tipici casi applicativi delle opere geotecniche in roccia, quali i pendii e fronti di scavo, e le gallerie. Il corso si avvale della docenza di diversi professori universitari, provenienti da Scuole universitarie con accreditata tradizione nella Meccanica e Ingegneria delle Rocce. Il corso si sviluppa in una giornata con una durata di 8 ore.
“Comportamento statico e sismico di dighe in terra zonate” – webinar, 22 gennaio 2021
Vi segnaliamo il webinar “Comportamento statico e sismico di dighe in terra zonate” organizzato dal Comitato Italiano Grandi Dighe, che si terrà il prossimo 22 gennaio.
Allegati: Locandina – Scheda di iscrizione
Serie di seminari in modalità telematica organizzati dall’Università dell’Aquila (aggiornamento)
I colleghi dell’Università dell’Aquila hanno organizzato una serie di seminari in modalità telematica nell’ambito del corso di “Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering“, collocati tra le attività formative del Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria Civile, Edile-Architettura e Ambientale.
I prossimi due eventi saranno:
- mercoledì 16 dicembre p.v. alle ore 9:20 seminario “Seismic Microzonation: a brief history and critical issues from recent experiences in Italy” tenuto dal prof. Alessandro Pagliaroli, docente presso l’Università di Chieti-Pescara «G. D’Annunzio». In allegato la locandina del seminario (link), a cui è possibile partecipare mediante la compilazione del seguente modulo: https://forms.gle/rpGeCrbuACyf4zS79
- lunedì 21 dicembre p.v. alle ore 16:00 seminario “Rocking Foundations for Bridges and the Failure of Hanshin Expressway in Kobe” tenuto dal prof. George Gazetas, professore emerito presso la National Technical University of Athens. In allegato la locandina del seminario (link), a cui è possibile partecipare mediante la compilazione del seguente modulo: https://forms.gle/d5b1BLXF8hL8rHoW6
Granular Matter Webinar Series (24 November 2020)
The 4th Granular Matter Series Webinar will take place next Tuesday, 24 November. The speaker is Ken Kamrin, the topic and abstract are:
To the Continuum and Beyond!
The ability to predict granular flows efficiently has been a major challenge for years. An accurate and robust continuum model would be ideal, as it could lead to fast simulation of industrial and geo-scale problems. However, there are a number of granular flow behaviors that complicate the development of a continuum treatment including coupled history effects, nontrivial phase change, pressure-sensitive yielding, nonlocal effects, and shear banding phenomena. Rather than attempt to combine all these effects together, this talk will begin by identifying a class of problems that tend to be well-predicted using a very simple continuum treatment. These are problems based on intrusion, where the intrusive dynamics of solid objects (e.g. locomotion, impact) is the primary interest. We then discuss two ways to extend this basic continuum framework with nonstandard “add-ons”, in order to handle various complications. First, we will discuss the state of affairs in nonlocal modeling approaches, and focus on some new results pertinent to the physics of nonlocality. Secondly, as an alternative to adding more complexity to the continuum model, we will discuss a hybridized DEM/continuum method that allows us to adaptively choose subdomains in a problem to be treated with continuum modeling vs discrete element modeling. This allows us to keep a simple and fast-to-solve continuum model almost everywhere, while providing a more precise DEM treatment in zones that fall outside the scope of the continuum model.
For more information, this is the landing page: https://www.springer.com/journal/10035/updates/18300828
And this is the link to the meeting room: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/565338397
