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A Special Message From Scott Burns, President, IAEG
Welcome to our 15th IAEG Connector — connecting engineering geologists around the world! Our Congress in San Francisco is only 10 days away! We are all excited. Lots of last minute things happening on the organization side, but I think that it will go very smoothly!
In this newsletter are lots of things listed below about the congress — the debut on the new Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology, announcements of the Richard Wolter's competition on Monday and the people running for offices of IAEG. The vote will be taken at the Council meeting on Sunday, Sept. 16. I have also listed some new conferences of sister organizations in Hong Kong and Nepal. As always, we have an update on engineering geology news from around the world. I hope to see all of you in San Francisco in 10 days!
Prof. Scott Burns, President, IAEG
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IAEG
President
a) Rafig Azzam, Germany
b) Co-president team of Ann Williams (New Zealand) and Mark Eggers (Australia)
Secretary General
a) Faquan Wu, China
Treasurer
a) Jean-Alain Fleurisson, France
Vice President of Africa
a) Tamunoene Kingdom Simeon Abam, Nigeria
Vice President, Asia
a) Tang Huiming, China
b) Bo-An Jang, Korea
c) Ranjan Kumar Dahal, Nepal
Vice President, Australasia
a) Doug Johnson, New Zealand
Vice President, North America
a) D. Jean Hutchinson, Canada
Vice President, South America
a) Norberto Jorge Bejerman, Argentina
Vice President for Europe (we vote for two)
a) Eugene A. Vosnesensky, Russia
b) Kiril Anguelov, Bulgaria
c) Vassilis Marinos, Greece
AEG
Sept. 5 is the last day to register online.
Join us for the 61st AEG Annual Meeting/13th IAEG Congress in San Francisco Sept. 15-23! AEG is partnering with the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) to host the first ever Congress in the United States in IAEG's 54-year history. We have an outstanding technical program planned with speakers from around the world that are experts in their field.
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The Richard Walters Prize 2018 competition will be presented at the occasion of the 13th
IAEG Congress (Sept. 15-23 in San Francisco). 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 New Zealand NG
Kazeev Andrey (Russia) — nominated by the Russia N6
Selection of the winner of the Richard Walters Prize and runner-up will be made by the jury
appointed by the IAEG Executive Committee.
The competition will be in the Marina Room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel from 3:45-5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, at the conference!
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Sponsorship opportunities are still available and begin at just $150 USD. Visit aegannualmeeting.org and click Sponsors/Exhibitors for more information. You are not required to attend the meeting to be a sponsor! We have technical sessions, guest tours, field courses and more available to sponsor. Please register as a sponsor by Aug. 15 to be included in the program with abstracts.
Traveling to San Francisco? Book your hotel room by Aug. 28. Our special room rate of $269/night will end at 23:59 Aug. 28. The regular rate for this hotel is over $600 USD.
Click here for more information!
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Here are some ideas you might consider in making your presentation or moderating a session. Go to the following site for a series of slides summarizing these presentations and moderating.
The slides are available here.
IAEG
This volume addresses the multidisciplinary topic of engineering geology
and the environment, one of the fastest growing, most relevant and applied
fields of research and study within the geosciences. It covers the
fundamentals of geology and engineering where the two fields overlap and,
in addition, highlights specialized topics that address principles, concepts and
paradigms of the discipline including operational terms, materials, tools,
techniques and methods as well as processes, procedures and implications.
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AEG - Coastal Hazards Forum
The Coastal Hazards Technical Working Group of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) is hosting a Coastal Hazards Professional Forum at Dauphin Island Sea Lab and is currently accepting abstracts for presentations at this three-day forum event. One-full day and two additional half-day sessions will be devoted to technical and regulatory policy issues with a half-day field trip around the barrier beach island included and an optional half-day tour of the marine laboratory facilities. Keynote speakers, student poster sessions, exhibitor displays and a banquet will be available to attendees of this First AEG Coastal Hazards Forum held at Dauphin Island Sea Lab campus in Alabama from Jan. 7-10, 2019.
Potential session topics are anticipated to include:
Session 1: Sea Level Rise & Impact on Addressing Coastal Emergencies
Session 2: Wetland Loss - Does It Increase Coastal Hazards?
Session 3: Sediment Transport Modeling & Long-Range Planning
Session 4: Coastal Subsidence & Salt Water Intrusion Issues
Session 5: Coastal Engineering & Storm Damage Reduction
Session 6: Urban Development & Coastal Hazards
Session 7: Developing Sustainable & Resilient Projects
Session 8: What are the Impacts of Regulatory Policies?
Session 9: Reducing Emergency Response Time
Session 10: Intergovernmental Policies
Session 11: Improving Communication & Public Outreach
The forum will offer the opportunity to discuss current shoreline protection methods, coastal hazard policies, and project planning with increased attention to sea level change resiliency and long term public use regulations in the geologic environment.
Abstracts should be submitted here by Thursday, Nov. 1, and limited to 500 words for publication in the program with abstracts. To login, use "aeg" as the username and "coastal2018" for the password. Abstract submissions will be reviewed and selected for presentation at the forum by the Coastal Hazards Technical Working Group. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be provided via email by Saturday, Dec. 1.
Nepal Geological Society
Nov. 19-21
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nepal Geological Society is one of the most dynamic professional organizations in
Nepal and is well-known for its continuing academic and professional activities in national as
well as international level since its establishment. One of the main focuses of this society is to
provide platforms to the national as well as international geoscientists for sharing their
research findings and establishing international networks for the advancement of research and
development in the field of geosciences and engineering. It has more than 800 members out of
which nearly one-third are international scientists.
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The Joint Technical Committee of the FedIGS has organized in Hong Kong the 2nd JTC1 workshop on "Triggering and Propagation of Rapid Flow-like Landslides."
The workshop, which is co-organized by the Hong Kong Geotechnical Society, the Geotechnical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, will take place at HKUST Dec. 3-5.
As you know, the JTC1 workshops are intended to deal with advanced scientific topics of interest for the geo-engineering community. A goal of these workshops is also to leave room and enhance the activity of young researchers.
The event will include four keynote lectures delivered by outstanding scientists, the Hutchinson Lecture, a Hungr Oration, eight special lectures presented by young researchers and a bechmarking exercise for landslide runout analysis.
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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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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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Bloomberg
Being home to Europe's biggest rock collection has finally come in handy for Sweden amid the global race for the scarce metals that power electric cars.
For more than a century, the Nordic nation has accumulated thousands of ore samples — so many that if they were laid end to end, they'd stretch from Minneapolis to Mexico and beyond.
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CNN
Stretching to the horizon, the gray-white Earth rises in peaks like a well-whipped meringue petrified into mud and rock.
A keen wind whips these otherworldly hills, while the land underfoot is cracked and scaly.
This could be Mars. But it's Azerbaijan, the mud volcano capital of the world.
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Smithsonian
Hurricane Katrina's dramatic fallout was, at its core, a human-induced disaster. Stronger storms have hit the U.S. Gulf Coast before and after Katrina's Aug. 29, 2005, landfall in Louisiana, but this was the tempest that broke through levees to reveal cracks in disaster response plans.
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Osaka University via Phys.org
Understanding the origin and time evolution of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is an issue of scientific interest and practical importance because they are potentially hazardous to the Earth. However, when and how these NEAs were formed and what they experienced during their lifetime remain enigmas.
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University of Tennessee at Knoxville via ScienceDaily
A new study could help explain the driving force behind the largest mass extinction in the history of earth, known as the End-Permian Extinction.
The event, also known as the Great Dying, occurred around 250 million years ago when a massive volcanic eruption in what is today the Russian province of Siberia sent nearly 90 percent of all life right into extinction. Geologists call this eruption the Siberian Flood Basalts, and it ran for almost a million years.
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University of Zurich via ScienceDaily
Researchers can now show how Jupiter was formed. Data collected from meteorites had indicated that the growth of the giant planet had been delayed for two million years. Now the researchers have found an explanation: Collisions with kilometer-sized blocks generated high energy, which meant that in this phase hardly any accretion of gas could take place and the planet could only grow slowly.
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