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A Special Message From Scott Burns, President, IAEG
Welcome to our 9th IAEG Connector! In this issue, we are putting the spotlight on another IAEG officer and the fifth announced keynote speaker.
I would like to introduce Jean-Alain Fleurisson who is our treasurer for IAEG. He has been treasurer of our organization since 2014 and has done a superb job with some very innovative monetary methods! Today, he is Professor at MINES ParisTech (Ecole des Mines de Paris) and a researcher at the Geosciences and Geoengineering Research Department of MINES ParisTech. After getting his Ph.D. there, he joined the Center for Engineering Geology created by our famous IAEG president, Professor Marcel Arnould. For 30 years, he has been involved in teaching and research in engineering geology and geomechanics with a focus on slope stability and also open-pit mines and natural hazards. He has worked all over the world in places like Africa and China. He is also a candidate to be our treasurer again for another four-year term with IAEG!
I would also like to introduce Professor J. David Rogers, one of the eight Keynote Speakers at our congress in San Francisco. He is the Karl F. Hasselmann Chair of Geological Engineering in the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology at Rolla, Missouri, USA. He is not only one of the finest engineering geologists in the United States, he is also one of the main historians of our profession! He will be speaking about the roots of our profession which are in California where our meeting is being held! He is a superb teacher, researcher, consultant and speaker! After getting his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1982, he became a consultant for 13 years, being the principal in his own company called Rogers-Pacific Corporation. After a teaching stint at his alma mater of Berkeley and doing some more consulting, in 2001 he became a member of the faculty at Missouri University of Science and Technology and has been there since. He is very active in AEG and also the Engineering Geology Division of the Geological Society of America where he was chair. He also was the winner of the Richard Jahns Distinguished Lecturer Award in Engineering Geology.
An update on the upcoming congress in San Francisco: We now have registrants from over 44 countries around the world! Over 585 people have registered for the meeting so far. We have used up 64 percent of the room block at the Hyatt Regency so far. We encourage people to sign up for rooms soon. Over 400 talks and 234 poster sessions are going to be presented. Still, 100 authors of talks and posters have not registered for the meeting. Their abstracts and papers will be removed from the program and book if they do not register by Aug. 1 when the meeting program goes to press.
Prof. Scott Burns, President, IAEG
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Treasurer:
Jean-Alain Fleurisson, MINES ParisTech - Centre de Géosciences
Jean-Alain Fleurisson is Professor at MINES ParisTech (École des Mines de Paris) and Senior Researcher at the Geosciences and Geoengineering Research Department of MINES ParisTech.
Graduated as engineering geologist, he completed a Ph.D. in Engineering Geology on a subject relating to the interaction explosive energy-rock masses and slope stability in the phosphate mine of Ben Guerir (OCP-Morocco). Then, he then joined the Centre for Engineering Geology created by Professor Marcel Arnould at MINES ParisTech, now integrated in the Geosciences and Geoengineering Research Department, where he has been involved for almost 30 years in teaching and research works in the field of Engineering Geology and Geomechanics, with a focus on scientific and technical applications to slope stability in civil engineering and open pit mining engineering works and natural hazards. READ MORE
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J. David Rogers' Keynote Address to IAEG/AEG Congress San Francisco September 2018
Origins of Engineering Geology in California
California is a cornucopia of geologic conditions and natural hazards hastened by its unique position astride the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American plates. Its major enterprise is agriculture, made possible through manipulation of precious water resources: requiring not only dams and aqueducts, but unprecedented volume of earth moving to create irrigable agricultural tracts and hillside housing developments, as well as the most sophisticated transportation network in the USA.
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IAEG
 Owen Lister White passed away peacefully June 23 at the age of 92.
Owen was born in Melbourne, Australia, and graduated with an Associate Diploma of Secondary Metallurgy from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1950. After graduation, he worked in the strength of materials laboratory at the University of Melbourne and studied there part time towards a Bachelor of Science in geology, mining and metallurgy, graduating in 1958. That year, Owen immigrated to Canada to pursue a Master of in Geology and Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto, and that is where John Gartner first met him, while completing his Bachelor of Science.
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The Richard Wolters Prize 2018 competition will be presented at the occasion of the 13th IAEG Congress (Sept. 15-23, San Francisco, USA). We have already received four qualified candidates nominated by national/regional groups China, Chinese Taipei, New Zealand and Russia. The four candidates who have confirmed that will attend the 2018 RWP competition are listed below.
Wen Zhang (China) - nominated by the Chinese NG
Wei-An Chao (Chinese Taipei) - nominated by the Chinese Taipei Regional Group
Sarah Bastion (New Zealand) - nominated by the VP for Australasia
Kazeev Andrey (Russia) - nominated by the Russia NG
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AEG — 61st AEG Annual Meeting/13th IAEG Congress
Join us for your choice of 15 presentations that explore and explain the history and operation of licensure for geologists in the USA. Learn how licensure is influencing undergraduate programs and early career decisions. Be prepared for your future in regulatory compliance practice. California Geological Survey Program Managers will provide authoritative descriptions of the Survey's three major public safety programs. Take a look at Utah's new comprehensive non-mandatory practice guidelines; some of them might work in your state. We close with three papers on political geology. Come and learn about lobbyists and how (and why) to shake hands with a legislator. The final talk reports on cooperation among the three west coast licensure boards to increase practitioner mobility.
CONVENER & MODERATOR: Robert E. Tepel
LOCATION: Waterfront AB, Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, San Francisco
DATE: Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018
31 states and Puerto Rico license geologists.
Over 75 percent of the U.S. population lives in a state that licenses geologists.
The three west coast states offer supplemental statutory certification for engineering geology practice. How does that affect you?
Undergraduate geology program accreditation is now available through ABET's Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission. What are the implications for licensure applicants and their boards?
The ASBOG® (National Association of State Boards of Geology) two-part examination is used by all licensing jurisdictions. How is it constructed and is the knowledge base publicly available?
Learn how (and why) to shake hands with a legislator and what lobbyists can do for you.
Click here for more information!
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AEG — 61st AEG Annual Meeting/13th IAEG Congress
Save the date and register today for the must-attend International Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA) Symposium featuring internationally renowned NOA research and industry-focused geologists, regulators and policy makers from Italy, France, Australia, Argentina, Germany, South Korea and the United States.
LOCATION: Waterfront AB, Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, San Francisco
DATE: Sept. 18-20, 2018
This is a rare opportunity to hear how industrialized countries from around the world are dealing with NOA issues, without having to spend the time and expense to travel abroad. From the Alps, to the Australian outback, to the Andes to the California Coastal Ranges and Sierra Foothills, the issue of NOA, how it occurs, how it is identified, how it is regulated and controlled will be explored on a global scale.
Who should attend: Geologists, asbestos consultants, environmental consultants, certified industrial hygienists, geotechnical engineers, risk assessors, testing laboratories, government regulators, epidemiologists, toxicologists
Click here for more information, hotel reservations, and to register!
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Abstract submission is now open for the 7th International Conference on Debris Flow Hazards Mitigation. Convened by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, the conference will be held in Golden, Colorado, June 10-13, 2019. With the beautiful Rocky Mountains covering half the state, Colorado shares the problem of debris-flow hazards with other mountainous areas of the world. Against this backdrop, scientists, engineers and policy makers from around the world will be able to share new research and ideas in the field of debris flows. Field trips will take place both before and after those dates.
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GeoMEast 2018 will provide a showcase for recent developments and advancements in design, construction and safety inspections of transportation infrastructures and offer a forum to discuss and debate future directions for the 21st century. Conference topics cover a broad array of contemporary issues for professionals involved in geosynthetics, geotechnical, geo-environmental, geomechanics, geosciences, geophysics, tunnel, water structures, bridge, pavement, railway and emerging techniques for safety inspections. You will have the opportunity to meet colleagues from all over the world for technical, scientific and commercial discussions.
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YouTube
Known recently as the 10:19 am catastrophic incident, the land mass in Dongwu County in Inner Mongolia moved like a solid crust of river frightening those livestock and inhabitants living there fearing for their dear lives. This was the first time such a phenomenal movement of the Earth happened in the county.
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Emerald Isle has not been so green as of late; Ireland is currently undergoing a historic drought, with some areas of the normally damp island experiencing the least amount of rain in some 160 years. It's a sobering look into the future, since climate change is expected to hit Ireland particularly hard.
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Fox News
After NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment and Geochemistry Ranging (MESSENGER) mission ended in 2015, the crust of the solar system's innermost planet was thought to be roughly 22 miles (35 kilometers) thick. However, one scientist now disagrees.
Michael Sori, from the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, believes that Mercury's crust is just 16 miles (26 km) thick and denser than aluminum. His new estimate supports the theory that the crust formed largely through volcanic activity.
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GlacierHub via EarthSky
West Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier is the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica, making it the single biggest contributor to global sea-level rise. The main driver of this rapid loss of ice is the thinning of the Pine Island Glacier from below by warming ocean waters due to climate change.
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The Washington Post
Like an ax slowly chopping at the trunk of a massive tree, waves driven by sea-level rise will hack away the base of cliffs on the Southern California coast at an accelerated pace, a recent study says, increasing land erosion that could topple some bluffs and thousands of homes sitting atop them.
California officials from Santa Barbara to San Diego will face an awful choice as the sea rises, the U.S. Geological Survey study says: save public beaches enjoyed by millions, or close them off with boulders and concrete walls to armor the shore and stop the waves in a bid to save homes.
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Los Angeles Times
Drivers along Highway 1 — coming and going to Big Sur — typically ignored Mud Creek. Most maps overlooked this most prosaically named feature along the California coast.
There were no landmarks here, nothing to call attention to anything but the road, which hugged a cliff high above the surf below. To do otherwise would invite tragedy.
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