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Geotechnical News • December 2013
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
of Steel Fiber Reinforced Helical
Pulldown Micropiles”; Civil and Envi-
ronmental Engineering, University of
Western Ontario; Advisor, Dr. Hesham
El Naggar.
Undergraduate Student Report
(Individual)
1
st
Prize:
Steven Harms. “Large Scale
Field Testing and Evaluation of Tem-
porary Flood Protection Products”;
Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Manitoba; Advisor, Dr.
James Blatz.
2nd Prize: Dale Brunton. “Charac-
terizing the Instability Line of Silica
Sand as a Potential Landslide Trigger-
ing Mechanism”; Department of Civil
Engineering, Queen’s University;
Advisor, Dr. Andy Take and Dr. Greg
Siemens.
Undergraduate Student Report
(Group)
1
st
Prize:
Gary Cui, Jessica Galavan,
Duncan Leung and Matthew Lloyd.
“Holmestrand Underground Rail Cav-
ern”; Geological Sciences and Geolog-
ical Engineering, Queen’s University;
Advisor, Dr. Mark Diederichs.
2
nd
Prize:
Jenna Bowling, Ryun
Humenjuk, Crystal Lei, Adam Woods
and Xiao Qin Yang
“Foundation and
West approach Embankment Design”;
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sci-
ences, University of British Columbia;
Advisor, Susan W. Hollingshead.
Canadian Foundation for
Geotechnique National Graduate
Scholarship
Bryan A. S. Tatone, University of
Toronto.
A.G. Stermac Awards
Paul Chiasson - Université de
Moncton.
Michel Massiéra - Université de
Moncton.
Denis LeBoeuf - Université Laval.
Muhsin-Elie Rahhal - Université
Laval.
Jean-Marie Konrad - Université Laval.
CGS R.M. Hardy Keynote Address
Michel Aubertin, Ecole Polytechnique.
Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium
Paul Simms, Carleton University.
Cross Canada Lecture Tours
Bob Cameron (Spring 2013), Ed
Kavazanjian (Fall 2013).
Awards from the Engineering
Institute of Canada (EIC)
Julian C. Smith Medal
Peter K. Kaiser.
John B. Stirling Medal
Ian D. Moore.