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geo-institute news
“Water, Soils and Sustainability in the
Intermountain West.”
This symposium will provide you
the opportunity to meet and exchange
technical information relating to en-
gineering geology and geotechnical
engineering. Though the emphasis is
on water, soils, and sustainability in
the Intermountain West, contributions
from all areas of engineering geology
and geotechnical engineering are wel-
come. A proceedings volume will be
published on CD. Oral or poster presen-
tations can be made. Plenary presenta-
tions and breakout sessions, a field trip
and an exhibit hall are planned.
Anticipated timeline:
• October 23, 2010 Preliminary an-
nouncement and call for papers
• January 10, 2011 Abstracts due
• January 24, 2011Authors notified of
abstract acceptance
• February 16, 2011 Final papers or
abstracts due
The 12th Multidisciplinary
Conference on Sinkholes and
the Engineering and
Environmental Impacts of Karst
January 10-14, 2011
St. Louis, MO
2011.htm
This is the 12th in a series of
highly successful interdisciplinary
conferences which were first organized
by the Florida Sinkhole Research
Institute in 1984 as a means for
geologists and geographers who study
how and where karst develops and
how sinkholes form, to interact with
engineers, planners, and others, who
must apply this information to build
and maintain society’s infrastructure
and protect the environment. The
goal of this conference is to share
knowledge and experience among
disciplines by emphasizing scientific
and technological aspects of karst
that have practical applications,
together with case histories of those
applications.
Industry News
IACMAG 2011
13th Int’l Conference of the
Int’l Assoc. for Computer
Methods and Advances in
Geomechanics
May 9-11, 2011
Melbourne, Australia
IACMAG 2011 will address recent
developments and advances in
computermethods, constitutivemodels,
and applications to different areas of
geomechanics, emerging technologies,
and future needs, documented case
studies,
constitutive
modeling,
laboratory and field tests, and validation
procedures. The special theme for the
Conference is “Geomechanics in the
Emerging Social, Environmental &
Technological Age.” The conference
will stress problems raised by the
society due to rapid industrialization
and globalization, in addition to the
objectives covered by the previous
conferences. The Conference venue is
the new Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre (MCEC) that has
set a new world benchmark for events
with the world’s first 6-star, Green Star
rating and its advanced applications in
presentation technology.
News from ASTM International
The abrasiveness of rock plays a
crucial role in the performance of
any mechanical excavation machines
because overall costs are affected by
the rate of cutting tool replacement
and/or repair and machine downtime.
The need for a standard that assists
the civil and mining industries in
quantifying rock abrasiveness properly
and uniformly has been answered by
a new ASTM International standard.
The new standard, ASTM D7625, Test
Method for Laboratory Determination
of Abrasiveness of Rock Using the
CERCHAR Method, was developed
by Subcommittee D18.12 on Rock
Mechanics, under the jurisdiction of
ASTM International Committee D18
on Soil and Rock. To purchase ASTM
standards, visit
and
search by the standard designation
number, or call: 610.832.9585;
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Editor
Linda R. Bayer, Manager
Geo-Institute of ASCE
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, VA 20190-6162
Tel: 703-295-6162
Fax: 703-295-6351
email:lbayer@asce.org
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