AGERP’21 Lecture series (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 sixth lecture will be on ‘Design of Foundations‘. Both the talks of this Lecture will be delivered by Emeritus Professor Harry Poulos (University of Sydney, Australia).
Lecture 6 is scheduled to be hosted in two separate sessions on 23rd September 2021 and 24th September 2021 (Australian Eastern Standard Time-AEST) with registration closing at 00:00, 22nd September 2021 (AEST).
You may find further info. and register (free but mandatory) here: https://www.age-rp.com/
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Past lectures
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) on 15th April 2021.
2nd lecture: ‘AI and Big Data in Geotechnics‘, 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) on 3rd May 2021.
3rd lecture: ‘Geotechnics of Tailings Dams ‘, jointly delivered by Prof. Scott Michael Olson (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA) and Mr. Michael Jefferies (Consulting Engineer, UK) on 28th May 2021
4th lecture: ‘In-situ Testing in Geotechnical Engineering’, jointly delivered by Professor Emeritus Peter K. Robertson (Gregg Drilling LLC, USA) and Eng. Diego Marchetti (Marchetti DMT, Italy) on 11th June 2021
5th lecture: ‘Soil Erosion’, jointly delivered by Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud (Texas A&M University, USA) and Mr. Amir Shahkolahi (Global Synthetics Pty Ltd., Australia) on 23rd July 2021
Geoenvironmental Engineering Webinars organized by University of Illinois Chicago
International Webinar Series 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 Prof. Gemmina Di Emidio on August 13, 2021, 9 am (Chicago time). The title of his webinar is “Use of Polymerized Clays and Waste Materials for Various Geoenvironmental Application“.
On August 20, 2021, 9 a.m. (Chicago Time), Prof. Peter Cleall will deliver the webinar “Rubbish In Rubbish Out Landfill Content, Leachate Development and Future Repositories“.
On August 27, 2021, 9 a.m. (Chicago Time), Prof. Amit Srivastava will deliver the webinar “Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Solutions for Managing Natural Resources“.
To attend any or all of the above webinars, register (free) at: https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsc-uuqDoqG9Qi7iI-6p2sV9c8zi0XfaqH
Recordings of the past webinars can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeoenvironmentalEngineeringWebinars/videos
IARG2021 online – Programma preliminare
Il programma preliminare di IARG2021 è stato pubblicato all’interno della notizia in evidenza sul sito www.gnig.it .
IARG2021 online – Proroga iscrizione
La scadenza per la registrazione dei relatori a IARG2021_online è prorogata a venerdì 23 luglio. Sulla base delle iscrizioni ricevute entro tale data sarà stilato il programma delle sessioni tematiche. Vi ricordiamo che ogni relatore potrà presentare un solo contributo.
Modulo di registrazione (link)
Seminario telematico – Dr. S. Guglielmi – 22 luglio 2021 (Politecnico di Bari)
Il prossimo giovedì 22 luglio, dalle 15:30 alle 16:30, la Dr. Simona Guglielmi, assegnista di ricerca presso l’Università di Napoli “Federico II”, terrà un seminario telematico dal titolo: “Microstructural changes underlying the compression behaviour of clays of different sensitivity“.
L’evento è organizzato dal gruppo di ricerca di Geotecnica del DICATECh, Politecnico di Bari, e si terrà sulla piattaforma Microsoft Teams.
Non è necessario registrarsi, per partecipare è sufficiente cliccare sul link riportato in basso nella locandina: Guglielmi_2021_webinar
IARG2021 online – Promemoria iscrizione
Vi ricordiamo che la scadenza per registrarsi a IARG2021_online è venerdì 16 luglio, ossia tra qualche giorno.
Allegato: messaggio di promemoria inviato da gnig@gnig.it (pdf)
Seminario telematico – Dr. F. Sollecito – 9 luglio 2021 (Politecnico di Bari)
Il prossimo venerdì 9 luglio, dalle 15:30 alle 16:30, la Dr. Francesca Sollecito, assegnista di ricerca presso il Politecnico di Bari, terrà un seminario telematico dal titolo: “A multiscale approach for the characterization of bio-chemo-mechanical processes in contaminated marine sediments“.
L’evento è organizzato dal gruppo di ricerca di Geotecnica del DICATECh, Politecnico di Bari, e si terrà sulla piattaforma Microsoft Teams.
Non è necessario registrarsi, per partecipare è sufficiente cliccare sul link riportato in basso nella locandina: Webinar_Sollecito_2021
International Webinar on Rock Mechanics (1 July 2021)
The sixth session of the International Webinar on Rock Mechanics will be held on Thursday, July 1 at 5:00 pm (Paris time) by videoconference (see attached invitation).
This series of webinars is a collaboration of the young members groups CFMR_jeunes (France), AGI (Italy), SEMR (Spain), CTES-YM CHILE, Ingeokring (Netherlands) and SPEG (Peru).
The upcoming session is organized by the CFMR_jeunes group and will contain two presentations:
– Feedback from some injections carried out in a mixed soft rock and soil formation – Aï-Na BLAISE (Tractebel).
– Experimental and numerical investigations on rock salt macroscopic behavior in the context of underground storage – Mejda AZABOU (Storengy).
Participation is free and should be confirmed via the following form: https://lnkd.in/dwVQXne
Webinar on “Ground Improvement for Earthquake Engineering” (25 June 2021) – Prof. Kyle Rollins
On 25 June 2021, Prof. Kyle Rollins (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah) will present his work on “Ground Improvement for Earthquake Engineering” during a webinar. Those interested will find the link in this flyer.
25 June 2021 – 10.00-12.00 CET “Ground Improvement for Earthquake Engineering”.
GEOLAB project – webinar di presentazione delle infrastrutture di ricerca – 23 giugno 2021
Thanks to the GEOLAB project, it is possible to offer – free of charge – a total of 11 research facilities in the fields of geotechnical and environmental engineering. You can find information about these 11 research infrastructures in the attached PDF file.
As you and/or your research team may be interested on using some of these research infrastructures, we let you know that on June 23rd, from 10 to 12 AM (CEST), a webinar to present them and the call for proposal mechanisms will be celebrated.
The GEOLAB project will last for three years and there will be call for proposals every year.
Attachment: D08.01 Description Geolab RI_v1.0_FINAL
Webinar registration: link
