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  • In conjunction with ISL/NASL 2012, the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) will hold its Executive and Council Meetings. The Council meeting should be attended by representatives of each National Group of the IAEG and will be held on Sunday, June 3, 2012, beginning at 9:00 am and ending at 5:00 pm at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in theDC Coleman Room. IAEG members interested in attending Sunday’s Council meeting are invited to participate in the discussion with the IAEG national representatives.

    The 2012 Richard Wolters Prize will be contested during ISL/NASL 2012. The Richard Wolters Prize of the IAEG has been awarded biannually since 1986 to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Richard Wolters, his significant achievements in the advancement of engineering geology and his important role in the development of the IAEG. The Richard Wolters Prize specifically recognizes meritorious scientific achievement by a younger member of the engineering geology profession. The competition (6 nominees from around the world) will take place on Monday, June 4, 2012 (from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon in the Ivor Petrak Room) and you are encouraged to support these young engineering geologists by attending the competition. The prize will be awarded at the Thursday, June 7 Award Luncheon in the Cascade Ballroom.

    Finally, IAEG’s prestigious Hans Cloos Medal will be awarded to our eminent Russian colleague Victor I. Osipov who will give a lecture on “Physico-chemical theory of effective stresses in soils” at Thursday’s Award luncheon. All registered IAEG delegates to the symposium are encouraged to attend Thursday’s luncheon to support, encourage and congratulate the competition participants and awardees.

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  • Final call for abstract of the 34th International Geological Congress to be held in Brisbane,
    Australia during August 2012. – www.34igc.org

    Abstract submissions will close on 17 February 2012.

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  • NOMINEE LIST ANNOUNCEMENT

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  • Natural Resources Canada and BGC Engineering, in Vancouver, Canada, have collaborated to create a database of debris flow impacts from events around the world. You find the link to the data base on "Related links" and a paper on "News/News from researchers". 

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  • Latest Articles of the IAEG Bulletin are now available here .

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TO POTENTIAL BOARD MEMBERS – GLOBAL HERITAGE STONE PROJECT

Written by Administrator Friday, 20 April 2012 08:07
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You can download here an invitation for you to become a member of the inaugural Board ofManagement for the Global Heritage Stone project now also labelled the “HeritageStone Task Group” (HSTG).

Last Updated on Friday, 20 April 2012 08:15
 

President Delgado in China

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 17 January 2012 10:03
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Presidente in Cina

You can find details of the recent visit of President Delgado in China here:

Report 1, Report2. Report3, Report4, Report5

And further photos here:

Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3, Photo 4, Photo 5

Last Updated on Friday, 09 March 2012 11:21
 

CIM 2012

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 08 February 2012 10:08
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CIM 2012

 CIM Conference and Exhibition 2012: Minerals For All Seasons, May 6-9, 2012

Please visit the conference website at www.cim.org/edmonton2012 for more information



Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 February 2012 10:13
   

IAEG for Concordia monitoring

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 24 January 2012 15:03
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Engineering geology competences at the service of Civil Protection

Several Research Institutions such as the National Research Council - IRPI, the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Florence, the European Commission-Joint Research Centre of Ispra (VA) and others are currently working to provide their expertise for the monitoring of the Costa Concordia ship.

For this purpose techniques and methodologies have been employed currently utilized in the field of Engineering Geology, such as TOTAL ROBOTIZED STATIONS, TERRESTRIAL and SATELLITE SAR, TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER, GPS, GEOPHONES on the ground and ACCELEROMETERS inside the ship.

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 14:50
 

The 12th congress and 50th anniversary of ISRM

Written by Administrator Thursday, 03 November 2011 14:22
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The 12th congress and 50th anniversary of ISRM

By Shengwen Qi

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The 12th ISRM International Congress on Rock Mechanics with theme of Harmonizing Rock Engineering and the Environment has held in China National Conventional Center (CNCC) during Oct. 17-21, 2011 in Beijing, China. Over 1000 delegates from all over the world attended the congress. The congress was organized by ISRM China National Group and Singapore Nnational Group. ISRM annual council meeting and 50th anniversary celebration ceremony were held during the conference. IAEG Secretary General Prof. Wu Faquan attended the activities mentioned above.

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Prof. Wu gave a congratulation speech on behalf of IAEG and the president Carlos Delgado in the 50th anniversary celebration ceremony of ISRM.

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In order to promote and strengthen friendship and cooperation between IAEG and ISRM, professor Wu Faquan, as the representative of IAEG and the president Carlos Delgado, hosted a banquet lunch for the new Board Members of ISRM. Professor Wang Sijing, the past president of IAEG, professor John Hudson, the past president of ISRM, and the chairperson of IAEG C33, professor Resat Ulusay attended the banquet and gave warm welcome speech.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 14:55
   

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