Southern Ontario Section (Toronto Group)

CGS-SOS continues to organize and fund the annual Graduate Student Competition and invites students to attend our monthly dinner presentations at no charge. Nine events have been organized in 2011-2012.

Please go to www.cgs-sos-toronto.com for detailed CGS Southern Ontario Section information.

Executive Committee
The 2011-2012 Executive Committee of the CGS-SOS Toronto Group meets monthly to discuss group matters and to organize technical events and consists of the following members:

Regional Director (2012): Paul Dittrich Golder Associates
Chair: Stan Gonsalves EXP Inc.
Past Chair: Jinyuan Liu Ryerson University
Secretary: Nadine Miller AMEC Environment & Infrastructure
Treasurer: Marcia Mora Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO)
Awards: Chris Elvidge Terraprobe
Communication: Mark Farrant Thurber Engineering
Membership: Peter McDonald Deep Foundations Contractors
Student Liaison: Murray Grabinsky University of Toronto
Event Co-ordinator: Dmitry Olshansky Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Event Co-ordinator: Gwangha Roh Coffey Geotechnics

Please contact the Saskatoon Geotechnical Group at Toronto@cgs.ca if you have any comments or suggestions.

Upcoming Southern Ontario Events

Year:

Date Region Location Event Contact
Jun 11-13, 2012Southern OntarioFaculty of Engineering, Spencer Engineering Building, London, ONGRC61112 - Workshop on Design of Machine Foundations
The short course and workshop should be of interest to geotechnical engineers and civil engineers who wish to have a better understanding of the current state-of-the-art with respect to the analysis and design of flexible, rigid and pile foundations subjected to all types of dynamic loads. All key concepts and terminology will be explained and emphasis will be placed on the practical application of the information provided. This course will include computer work on DYNA6.		See Website or Contact helnaggar@eng.uwo.ca
Jun 18-20, 2012Southern OntarioFaculty of Engineering, Spencer Engineering Building, London, ONGRC61812 - Seismic Analysis and Design of Structures
For the student to become able to: Understand the fundamentals of structure dynamics; perform seismic analysis of buildings; apply the seismic provisions of the building code of Canada; understand the concept of capacity design; design seismic resistant steel buildings; design seismic resistant reinforced concrete buildings. The interface of structural and geotechnical design and the provisions of National Building Code NBCC (2010) will be discussed. 		See Website or Contact damatty@uwo.ca
Sep 16-21, 2012Southern OntarioNiagara Falls, CANADA39th IAH Congress - Confronting Global Change
Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Canadian National Chapter of the IAH at the 39th IAH Congress in Niagara Falls, Canada. 		See Website or Contact info@iah2012.org

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