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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
served as a guest lecturer for the Civil
Graduate Program at UBC for several
years.
Dr. Denis LeBoeuf - Fellowship
of the Engineering Institute of
Canada (FEIC)
Dr. Denis LeBoeuf
was awarded a
Fellowship of the Engineering Insti-
tute of Canada (FEIC)
in recognition
of excellence in engineering practice
and exceptional contributions to the
well being of the profession and to the
good of the society.
Dr. Denis LeBoeuf is Professor of
Civil Engineering and Graduate
Program Director at the Depart-
ment of Civil Engineering and Water
Resources, Université Laval.
Professor LeBoeuf is a well rec-
ognized technical specialist and is
involved in research projects deal-
ing with soil dynamics, foundation
engineering, earth dams engineering,
dynamic soil-structure interaction and
geotechnical earthquake engineering.
His current research on earthquake
resistance is funded by NSERC
(National Science and Engineering
Research Council) and FQRNT (Fond
Québécois de Recherche en Nature et
Technologie), Hydro-Québec and the
Ministère des transports du Québec.
He also has a very active consulting
engineering practice and has worked
as a geotechnical specialist on many
projects for Hydro-Québec, Ministère
des transports du Québec, SNC-Lava-
lin, Iron Ore Co. of Canada, Tech-
man Engineering (Calgary, Alberta),
RSW Inc.( Montréal) and the “Société
d’ingénierie Cartier” (Montréal).
Professor LeBoeuf has also contrib-
uted generously of his time to techni-
cal societies such as the Canadian
Geotechnical Society and others.
Dr. Robert J. Fannin - Fellowship
of the Engineering Institute of
Canada (FEIC)
Dr. Robert J. Fannin
was awarded a
Fellowship of the Engineering Insti-
tute of Canada (FEIC)
in recognition
of excellence in engineering practice
and exceptional contributions to the
well being of the profession and to the
good of the society.
Dr. Fannin has compiled a body of
experimental findings and related field
observations that have contributed
significantly to the state-of-the-art in
geotechnical engineering as it relates
to landslide risk management, design-
ing with geosynthetics and seepage-
induced erosion in earth dams. His
contributions to developments in each
of these areas of engineering practice
have received international recogni-
tion, garnered a number of awards for
outstanding scholarship, and led to
several distinguished visiting fellow-
ships.
Dr. Fannin brings all of these experi-
ences to his university teaching, and
also to short courses for practising
professionals, in a commitment to
engineering education and life-long
learning that has won him several
awards for teaching excellence.
In parallel with his teaching and
research contributions, Jonathan Fan-
nin has contributed significantly to
the advance of the profession through
volunteer commitments in conference
organization, professional associa-
tions and as an Associate Editor of the
Canadian Geotechnical Journal.
Provided by Victor Sowa - Secretary
General
Heritage Committee
History of Local Chapters of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society
The Heritage Committee believes that
the history of the local chapters of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society to be
valuable part of the Society and its
members. The CGS Heritage Com-
mittee would like to assemble if at
all possible, a collection of historical
summaries of all the chapters. As an
example, the CGS Heritage Com-
mittee is pleased to provide a second
history of one of our prominent local
chapters. This month, the focus is
on the history of the
Geotechnical
Society of Edmonton
. Hopefully
these stories will encourage other local
chapters of the CGS to gather their
archives and write their own history.
If you have any questions or have
other historical information that you
wish to share or know of any opportu-
nities to acquire material that is at risk
of being lost, please contact the Chair
of the CGS Heritage Committee,
Dr.
Mustapha Zergoun
, at
A Brief History of the
Geotechnical Society of
Edmonton
The Geotechnical Society of Edmon-
ton (GSE) was registered as an inde-
pendent Society on February 5, 1969
and is affiliated with the
Signa-
tories on the incorporation documents
of the Society were
Murray Harris,
P.Eng., Stan Thomson, P.Eng, B.
Alexander, P.Eng., Ron Innes, T.E.
Berg, P.Geol
and
E.C. Luck, P.Eng
.
The GSE is one of the oldest geotech-
nical groups in Canada and has an
average membership of approximately
190.
The GSE was initially formed to bring
professionals and non-professionals
together so they could share their geo-
technical experiences and ideas with
one another. Membership to the GSE
is extended to those individuals in pri-
vate consulting, government, industry,
students or anyone else who has an
interest in geotechnical and geoen-
vironmental issues. Approximately
once every four weeks from Septem-
ber to May, feature speakers address
the membership body to discuss new
developments and challenging projects
in geotechnical and geoenvironmen-
tal engineering on both the local and
global scales. The annual roster of
meetings also typically includes two
distinguished Cross-Canada Lectures
supported by the Canadian Founda-
tion for Géotechnique, a charitable
organization independent of the CGS