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Geoengineer.org
2006 Annual Review and 2007 Goals
Special Issue
of the Geoengineer Newsletter
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February 2007
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The past year has been an exciting
year for Geoengineer.org. The website experienced an unprecedented growth
in content, activities, and visitors. As a result two employees were
hired. With their assistance, and the continued support of the visitors
and our corporate sponsors, Geoengineer.org has set new goals for 2007.
In this special issue of the
newsletter, our progress during 2006 and our plans for 2007 are
presented.
Geoengineer.org is a Center for Integrating
Information in Geoengineering. Geoengineer.org is commited
in supporting geo-professionals by classifying and promoting existing as
well as developing new resources in Geoengineering.
We would like also to thank our Corporate Sponsors, our Support
Organizations and our donors for their financial support that allows us
to continue our efforts.
We look forward to another exciting year!
On behalf of the Geoengineer.org team,
Dimitrios Zekkos,
Managing Director
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New staff join the
Geoengineer.org Team!
The
unprecedented growth of Geoengineer.org the last year, the increased
operation needs, and the support of the visitors of the website, made
necessary the continuous commitment of motivated individuals who with
their skills and commitment, will support the further growth of the
website.
We are pleased to announce that Mima Malakou and Manos Kapritsos
have joined our team. Mima has a BA in Business
Information Management and will be administering the services and content
of the website. Manos has an MSc in Computer
Science and is already developing advanced web applications.
With their help, we hope to build on the existing website and further
improve its content and resources.
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Web traffic breaks all records
The number
of visitors and page views has grown significantly the last year. Here
are some statistics:
>From April 1st to December 31st, 2006 (9 months):
- the site was
visited by 266,540 visitors;
- there were 892,566 page views;
- and 3,538,240 hits;
- During April 2006
17,176 individuals visited the website while during December 2006,
the number of visitors increased to 41,473.
Additional detailed 2006 statistics
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 The bimrocks website
was developed!
This site
was developed in collaboration with Dr. Medley and is an accessible
source of information on bimrocks
(block-in-matrix materials) for geological and geotechnical
practitioners.
Visit the bimrocks
website
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Increased content and resources
The
content of the online databases available by Geoengineer.org has
increased significantly with the continuous addition of new resources. Additional
databases were created such as the PhD thesis database.
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Special thanks to our 2006 Donors and Contributors
The heart
of the website is the active participation of each visitor in the growth
of the website and the development of its content. A large number of
visitors contributed resources to the website during the past year. In
2006, the following individuals made a financial donation to
Geoengineer.org and we would like to thank them:
1.
Craig Shields
2.
Edmund Medley
3.
George Athanasopoulos
4.
Vin Murphy
We hope that more visitors will decide in 2007 to either make a donation
or contribute material.
Read more about ways to participate!
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New peaks for the Geoengineer newsletter
The year
2006 was an important year for the Geoengineer
Newsletter. Its subscribed members exceeded 4,000 individuals whereas the
layout of the newsletter was significantly improved. In 2007 we expect
the subscribed members of the Geoengineer
newsletter to reach 5,000 individuals.
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newsletter
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Announced the Geoengineer.org Press Center
In July
2006, the Geoengineer.org
Press Center was established.
The Press Center
searches more than 20,000 press agencies publishing magazines, journals,
websites and other publications and provides direct links to articles
related to Geoengineering. Articles are updated every 12 hrs providing
the visitors with the latest information as soon as it is released to the
public. Also it promotes the press releases of GEO-Organizations and
Companies affiliated with Geoengineer.org.
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Geoengineer.org Advertising Opportunities
your funding helps us grow our resources
Geoengineer.org
offers a number of opportunities for promotion. Companies may decide to
participate in the Corporate Sponsorship or the Support Organization
program. Funding from our sponsors is used to develop and expand our
resources. Click the link
below for more information.
More information
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Geoengineering Events
4th
International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, 25-28
June 2007, Thessaloniki,
Greece.
Visit our events
page
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 Circulation of the first issue of the
International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories
Last year this newly established
refereed journal announced its first issue. Within the first 24 hours of
the circulation of the first issue, the papers of the journal were
downloaded more than 1000 times. Currently the second issue of the
journal is under preparation.
The Case Histories journal is also now indexed by the Georef database.
Visit the International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories
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PLANS FOR 2007
The Geoengineer.org intends to continue being the premier
international information provider in Geoengineering. For 2007, Geoengineer.org intends:
- To improve the
existing databases by increasing the resources provided
- To develop new
databases of geoengineering information
- To increase the
frequency of circulation of the Geoengineer.org newsletter to once
every month
- To establish
educational programs such as online courses
- To establish
fellowship programs for students in Civil Engineering
- To grow our
Corporate Sponsorship program and increase funding of our activities
- In addition, we
intend todevelop the Civil Engineer
website which will be providing resources in all fields of civil
engineering
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