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Geotechnical News • December 2012
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
porous media”
Department of Civil
Engineering, Queen’s University:
Advisor, Dr. Kevin Munford
Undergraduate Student Report
(Group)
1st Prize
: Hubert Péloquin, Leila
Pike, Adham Kalila, and Mamoun
Essakalli,
“Europa Creek Hydroelec-
tric Project: High Pressure Penstock
Pipeline”
Department Civil Engineer-
ing and Applied Mechanics, McGill
University: Advisor, Dr. Mohamed
Meguid
2nd Prize
: Jessy Counter, Dylan
Conners, Brendan McAuley, Carl
Mohammadi,
“Foundation Design
for Canadian Embassy Structures
(Using the Mechanics of Saturated
and Unsaturated Soils)”
Department
of Civil Engineering, University of
Ottawa: Advisor, Dr. Sai Vanapalli
Canadian Foundation for Geotech-
nique National Graduate Scholar-
ship
: Michael Callaghan, University
of Calgary
A.G. Stermac Awards
Andrew Drevininkas (Chief Geo-
technical Engineer, Toronto Transit
Commission)
Charles Kwok (Senior Geotechnical
Engineer, Senior Principal, Stantec)
Dwayne D. Tannant (Professor, Uni-
versity of British Columbia, Okanagan
Campus)
Stéphanie Perret (Lecturer, College
(CEGEP de Sherbrooke)
CGS R.M. Hardy Keynote Address
:
R. M. (Rob) Kenyon, KGS Group,
Manager
CGS Keynote Address
: Not sched-
uled for the 2012 CGS Winnipeg
Conference
Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium
:
W. Andy Take, Associate Professor,
Queen’s University
Cross Canada Lecture Tours
: Lee
Barbour (Spring 2012), Mike Jefferies
(Fall 2012)
Awards from Engineering
Institute of Canada (EIC)
Sir John Kennedy Medal
: R. Kerry
Rowe, Professor, Queen’s University
Julian C. Smith Medal
: M.A.J.
(Fred) Matich, Consultant, Private
Practice
John B. Stirling Medal
: C. Derek
Martin, Professor, University of
Alberta
Fellowship of the Institute (FEIC)
:
Doug Stead, Professor, Simon Fraser
University
Fellowship of the Institute (FEIC)
:
Hesham El Naggar, Professor, Univer-
sity of Western Ontario
CGS Certificates of
Appreciation
The following were awarded Certifi-
cates of Appreciation for their individ-
ual valued contributions to the CGS
during 2012.
2012 retiring Canadian Geotechni-
cal Society directors and chairs
Bryan Watts: President
John Sobkowicz: Vice-President
Technical
Peter Gaffran: Vice-President Finance
Jean-Marie Konrad: Vice-President
Communications
Davide Elmo: Chair, Engineering
Geology Division
Uthaya M. Uthayakumar: Section
Director, Vancouver Geotechnical
Society
Deyab Gamal El-Dean: Section Direc-
tor, Vancouver Island Geotechnical
Group
Doug Dewar: Section Director, Prince
George Geotechnical Group
Baolin Wang: Section Director,
Ottawa Geotechnical Group
Daniel R. Babcock: Section Director,
London Group
Arash Zakeri: Section Director, New-
foundland Chapter
James Blatz: Chair, Geotechnical
Research Board
Phil Bruch: Editor, CGS News, in
Geotechnical News
Peijun Guo: Chair, Computing Com-
mittee
Corey R. Froese: Chair, Landslides
Committee
2012 retiring associate editors –
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Hai-Sui Yu
Doug Stead
Kent Novakowski
2012 Annual Canadian
Geotechnical Society Conference –
Winnipeg Organizing Committee
Gil Robinson: Chair
Kendall Thiessen: Co-Chair
Kent Bannister: Technical Program
Chair
Anne-Marie Hamilton: Treasurer
Neil Privat: Technical Tours
Alexandria Beveridge: Short Courses
Alena James: Social Activities and
Partners Program
Wing Keat Wong: Volunteer Co-
ordinator
Organizing Committee – 11th
International Landslides
Symposium and 2nd North
American Landslides Symposium
Corey Froese: Chair
Erik Eberhardt: Chair, Technical
Committee
Réjean Couture: Field Trip
Coordinator
Serge Leroueil: Technical Committee
A. Keith Turner: Technical Committee
Roger Skirrow: Secretary/Member-at-
Large
Michael Porter: Secretary/Member-at-
Large
Oldrich Hungr: Technical Committee
Peter Bobrowsky: Chair, International
Advisory Committee
Vernon Schaefer: Technical
Committee