The New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) provided scholarships to young geotechnical professionals for them to participate in the 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (7ICEGE) which took place in Rome, Italy last 17-20 June 2019. As part of the conditions of the scholarship, the…
Rock Mechanics for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development The 14th ISRM Congress, jointly hosted by Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, was held in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguacu close to the common border between the three South American countries. Prior to the congress a…
On the 8th and 9th of March, the ISSMGE Board meeting was held in Singapore. The ISSMGE YMPG took the opportunity to have their first in-person meeting since the YMPG was established back in back in 2009, a refreshing change to the ad-hoc skype meetings….
1. Introduction The 13th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics was organised by the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) and held in Perth, Western Australia, at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre between 1 and 3 April 2019. The current ANZ series of conferences on geomechanics…
Left: Winners 1 – Best presentations: Tiana Epati & Áine McCarthy Right: Winners 2 – Spot prize (Scala lifter from Underground Investigations) – Tobias Francis The inaugural Auckland & Northland Young Geotechnical Professionals’ Symposium was held on 27 September 2018 at the Grand Mercure Hotel….
Left: Members of 12YGPC senior industry mentoring panel: Prof. Stephen Fityus, Ross Roberts and Darren Paul (front row from right to left). Right: From left to right: Sam Glue (NZGS’ Young Geotechnical Professionals Fellowship Award), Nicola Manche (AGS’ Don Douglas Youth Fellowship Award) and Alexander…
Above: YEG members at the Young at Heart event Young Engineering Geologists Committee Update Earlier this year the IAEG officially created the Young Engineering Geologists (YEG) committee, whose objective is ”to ensure the future of the IAEG through the promotion of the interests of young…
Terzaghi Oration Peter Day, University of Stellenbosch and consultant (Jones, Wagener, Pty Ltd), South Africa Challenges and shortcomings in geotechnical engineering practice in the context of a developing country Peter Day, a South African consulting engineer and academic, presented the Terzaghi Oration, an excellent paper…
Above: An Immediate Past Chair contemplating dinner, Gangnam Style Lastly, as has been common at these events, the NZGS was poorly represented. We were able to give a significant proportion of our allocated pages to the AGS. With the next ICSMGE being held next door…