Via Report - Geotechnical Engineering

Alba Yerro Colom received the 2022 Early Career Research Award from the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER). Adrian Rodriguez-Marek delivered a keynote lecture at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Technical Meeting on Geotechnical Aspects in Site Evaluation and Design of Nuclear Installations. Russell Green delivered an invited theme lecture on Lessons Learned from Recent Earthquakes, with Emphasis on Geotechnical Engineering at the Virginia Engineers Conference. Joe Vantassel co-taught a short course entitled “In-Situ Seismic Investigation Methods for Site Classification” which was held at several locations across New Zealand. Rei Hosseini organized a workshop on Numerical Modeling of Unsaturated Soils in Hamburg, Germany. Sherif Abdelaziz led a field trip in the Arctic for a project funded by the Defense Resiliency Platform (DRP). Joe Vantassel and Alex Brand also participated in this field trip and collected in-situ data on permafrost and concrete infrastructure in Alaska. The preliminary findings from the field testing will be presented at the International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering in 2024. Bernardo Castellanos completed a laboratory testing program for the Dow Harris Reservoir and was named the Chair of the ASTM D18.03 subcommittee on Texture, Plasticity and Density Characteristics of Soils, as well as being named a member of the executive committee of ASTM D18 Committee on Soil and Rock as member at large.