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de projets de recherche appliquée.
Angela rendra compte des progrès de
ces diverses initiatives en 2014.
En guise de conclusion, je souligne
que la SCG a connu une année 2013
fort bien remplie et que la prochaine
promet de l’être tout autant. Meil-
leurs vœux à tous nos membres pour
l’année 2014.
Del la part de Richard Bathurst -
président
2014 President-Elect -
Douglas F. VanDine,
CGS President for 2015-2016
In accordance with the By-Laws of
the Society, a Nominating Commit-
tee was formed to propose a suitable
candidate for the President-Elect. The
nominating committee consisted of
Bryan Watts
(Chair),
Dennis Becker
(Past-President),
Heinrich Heinz
and
Michel Aubertin
(general members
of CGS).
The Nominating Committee proposed
the name of
Mr. Douglas F. VanDine,
P.Eng., PGeo
., to the members of the
CGS as a candidate for the position
of President-Elect in 2014, and the
President in 2015 and 2016. Mr. Van-
Dine agreed to let his name stand as a
candidate to serve in this position.
The CGS membership was given the
opportunity to propose other candi-
dates for President-Elect, but no other
nominations were received by the
required deadline of June 15, 2013.
At the Annual CGS Board Meet-
ing held on September 29, 2013 in
Montreal, the Board of Directors
unanimously acclaimed Douglas F.
VanDine as President-Elect in 2014
and President, 2015-2016.
From the Society
Canadian Geotechnical S
Awards and Honours for
R.F. Legget Award
- Serge Le
R.M. Quigley Award
- Gang
Si Yuan Peng, Charles W.W. N
Yu Diao. “Excavation Effects o
Behaviour and Capacity”,
Can
Geotechnical Journal
(Vol.49,
1347-1356.
Honourable Mentions
R. Kerry Rowe, Melissa Chapp
Richard Brachman and Andy T
“Field Study of Wrinkles in a
membrane at a Composite Line
Site”,
Canadian Geotechnical
(Vol.49 No.10): 1196-1211.
R. Kerry Rowe “Short- and Lo
Leakage Through Composite L
The 7th Arthur Casagrande Le
Canadian Geotechnical Journ
49, No. 2): 141-169.
G. Geoffrey Meyerhof Award
Jean Lafleur. Professor, École
technique de Montréal.
Thomas Roy Award
D. Jean Hutchinson. Professor,
University.
Roger J. E. Brown Award
Not scheduled for 2013.
John A. Franklin Award
Erik Eberhardt. Professor, Uni
of British Columbia.
Geoenvironmental Award
Not scheduled for 2013.
Geosynthetics Award
Not scheduled for 2013.
Robert N. Farvolden Award
Richard E. Jackson. Principal,
firma Engineering Ltd.
(Joint award
with IAH-CNC).
Graduate Student Paper Award
1
st
Prize
: Ryley Beddoe. “Physical
Modeling of Rainfall Induced Land-
slides”. Department of Civil Engineer-
ing, Queen’s University; Advisor, Dr.
Andy Take.