ISSMGE NZ Liaison – Rolando Orense TC-103: Numerical Methods (NZGS Rep: CY Chin, I. Antonopoulos) The Technical Committee TC-103 (Numerical Methods in Geomechanics) committee met online in February and September 2022. The continuing education of ISSMGE members through the availability of publications and lectures was…
ISSMGE Heritage Time Capsule (HTC) Update At the ISSMGE board meeting, on 6 March 2023, Hurghada, Egypt, the following policy was approved: HTC Contributions by 28 Member Societies and 14 Technical Committees are hosted on https://www.issmge.org/the-society/time-capsule/part-a. We will provide updates here on HTC contributions from…
ABSTRACT Standard penetration test (SPT), cone penetration test (CPT) and vane shear test (VST) are the most common in-situ tests around the world due to their high capabilities in soil characterisation and estimation of shear strength parameters of soil. Screw Driving Sounding (SDS) is…
2021 JW Ridley Geomechanics Paper Award (every 3 years) The call for nominations ended in 20 December 2020, and we received 6 papers for consideration. These were sent to the panel consisting of Mick Pender, Kevin McManus and CY Chin. Based on careful assessment, the…
Abstract On 12 October 2019, super-typhoon Hagibis (locally referred to as Typhoon No. 19) made landfall in Japan and caused extensive damage to a wide area, especially in the Kantō Region. Considered as the strongest typhoon to hit the country in 60 years, the typhoon…
The New Zealand Geotechnical Society Student Awards are presented to recognise and encourage student participation in the fields of geotechnical engineering and engineering geology, and to introduce our best student talent to potential employers. For these awards, students of a recognised tertiary institution in New…
NZGS Scholarships (biennial) 2019 scholarship awardees: Doug Mason (PhD student, University of Canterbury) – $10,000 Heba Elsaidy (PhD student, University of Auckland) – $5000 Important dates for this biennial award are: Sept 2020 Call for applications End Oct 2020 Closing date for applications End Nov…
NZGS Scholarships (annual) Important dates are: Sept 2018 Call for applications End Oct 2018 Closing date for applications End Nov 2018 Closing date for full submission Feb 2019 Successful applicants announced (if any) See advertisement in this issue for details NZGS Student Awards Poster Competition…
Choice 1: Dora Avanidou & Gavin Alexander Dora Avanidou Dora is a Senior Hydrogeologist at Beca Ltd. She is a professional engineer with a wide experience in water resources management, and environmental risk assessments. Dora holds a Master degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from…
Abstract Currently, there is an increasing interest in providing more sustainable solutions for mitigating liquefaction and interdisciplinary work has started to introduce the use of nano-materials for this purpose. These materials have some advantages when compared with traditional techniques. For instance, they could be injected…
