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Shamsher Prakash Foundation: 2015 Awards for Exellence
Shamsher Prakash Foundation is pleased to award Mr. Brady R. Cox, Ph.D., P.E. for exellence in Research and Mr. James R. Gingery, PhD, PE, GE and Mr. Rauan E. Lukpanov for exellence in Practice. Re...
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GeoWorld reached 5,500 registered members!
- Apr, 14, 2016
- Other News Other Geotechnical Data Management Data Management Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce that GeoWorld, the online professional networking site for geotechs, has now over 5,500 active members listed from the worldwide community. Join this unique g...
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GEER responds to the 2015 Kfarnabrakh rockslide
GEER responds to the 2015 Kfarnabrakh rockslide, based on the message by Professor Chadi El Mohtar. Dear Geotech Colleagues, During the early hours of November 30th, 2015, the mountain town of Kfa...
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The March Issue of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter is out !
Geoengineer.org is excited to announce the March Issue#132 of its monthly Newsletter! This issue bring you with lots of more content! New additions have been made in our Events & Featured Book...
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GEER 2015 Midwest Flooding report
Read GEER 2015 Midwest Flooding report! Dear Colleagues, Unusual winter storms in the Midwest have sent large volumes of water into rivers and drainage areas causing historic flooding in Illinois...
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Researchers use Drones to Map Landslides in Nepal.
The landslides were caused by the Gorkha 2015 earthquake. More than 20,000 landslides took place in Nepal during the Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake on April 25th 2015 . A youtube video describes the land...
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Pile Dynamics revolutionizes Shaft Inspection with the SQUID
An important part of bored pile / drilled shaft construction is the cleaning and inspection of the bottom of the hole for cleanliness prior to the placement of reinforcement and concrete. Once drilli...
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Living with Shrink-Swell Soils: A what-to-do pamphlet for home-owners, prepared by ASCE Geo-Institute
The Shallow Foundation Technical Committee of the ASCE Geo-Institute released in February one page pamphlet for homeowners whose house is constructed on expansive soils. The pamphlet was written f...
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The February Issue of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter is out !
Geoengineer.org is excited to announce the February Issue#131 of its monthly Newsletter! This issue bring you with lots of more content! New additions have been made in our Events & Featured B...
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Taiwanese Developer Arrested Who Built Apartments Destroyed in Earthquake
- Feb, 15, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The developer of a Taiwanese apartment complex that collapsed during 6.4 magnitude earthquake Tainan, Taiwan has been arrested on suspicion of criminal misconduct resulting in fatalities. Th...
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