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Geotechnical News • December 2014
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
From the Society
Canadian Geotechnical Society
Awards and Honours for 2014
R.F. Legget Award
Peter Byrne – Professor Emeritus,
University of British Columbia.
R.M. Quigley Award
Z.J. Westgate, D.J. White and M.F.
Randolph
“Modelling the Embedment
Process During Offshore Pipe-laying
on Fine-grained Soils”.
Honourable Mentions
Liang Cheng, Ralf Cord-Ruwisch and
Mohamed A. Shahin.
“Cementation of
Sand Soil by Microbially Induced Cal-
cite Precipitation at Various Degrees
of Saturation”
.
Divya S.K. Mana, Susan Gourvenec
and Mark F. Randolph
“Experimental
Investigation of Reverse End Bearing
of Offshore Shallow Foundations”.
M.S. Hosney and R. Kerry Rowe,
“Changes in Geosynthetic Clay Liner
(GCL) Properties After Two Years in a
Cover Over Arsenic-rich Tailings”
.
G. Geoffrey Meyerhof Award
Alan Macnab, Macnab Consultants.
Thomas Roy Award
Franklin D. Patton, retired.
Roger J. E. Brown Award
Isabelle de Grandpré, Université de
Montréal, Daniel Fortier, Associate
Professor, Université de Montréal and
Eva Stephani, University of Alaska.
John A. Franklin Award
Not scheduled for 2014.
Geoenvironmental Award
Michel Aubertin, Professor, Depart-
ment of Civil, Geological and Mining
Engineering, École Polytechnique de
Montréal.
Geosynthetics Award
No award issued in 2014.
Robert N. Farvolden Award
James F. Barker, Professor Emeritus,
University of Waterloo.
Graduate Student Paper Award
1
st
Prize
:
Osama Salem Abuhajar.
“Static and
Seismic Soil Culvert Interaction”
.
Department of Civil and Environmen-
tal Engineering, Western University;
Advisor, Dr. Hesham El Naggar.
2
nd
Prize
:
Daniel Jones.
“Evaluation of Geosyn-
thetics for Hydrocarbon Containment
in Antarctica”;
Civil Engineering,
Queen’s University; Advisor, Dr.
Kerry Rowe.
Undergraduate Student Report
(Individual)
1
st
Prize
:
Matthew Dugie.
“A Practical Review
of Empirical Methods for Estimating
Rockfill Shear Strength”
; Civil and
Resource Engineering, Dalhousie Uni-
versity; Advisor, Dr. Craig Lake.
2
nd
Prize
:
Ryan Lavich.
“Evaluating the Per-
formance of Thermosyphons Along a
Railway Line in Permafrost Regions of
Northern Manitoba”
; Civil Engineer-
ing, University of Manitoba; Advisor,
Dr. Marolo Alfaro.
Undergraduate Student Report
(Group)
1
st
Prize
:
Matthew Gray, Carlin Horkoff, Robert
Kaplen and Jamie Loughlin.
“Unob-
tainium and Eludium Mining Limited,
Pre-feasibility Level Slope Design”
;
Geological Engineering, University of
British Columbia; Advisor, Susan W.
Hollingshead.
2
nd
Prize
:
Kevin Azocar, Derek Ernst, Hugh
Gillen and Tim Packulak.
“Design
of an Underground Light Rail Tran-
sit Station and Tunnel Network in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: A Detailed
Design of Rideau Station Segment of
the Confederation Line”
; Geological
Sciences and Geological Engineering,
Canadian Foundation for
Geotechnique Michael Bozozuk
National Graduate Scholarship –
Kristen Tappenden, University of
Alberta.
A.G. Stermac Awards
Mario Ruel, System Senior Manager,
CN Rail.
Sylvain Roy, Vice-président expertise
géotechnique chez, LVM.
Adrian Locat, Professeure adjointe,
Université Laval.
Matthew A. Perras, Graduate Ph.D.
Student, Queen’s University.
Victor A. Sowa, Secretary General,
Canadian Geotechnical Society
CGS R.M. Hardy Keynote Address
Lee Barbour, Professor, University of
Saskatchewan.
Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium
Scott McDougall, Geotechnical Engi-
neer, BGC Engineering Inc..
Cross Canada Lecture Tours
– Jim
Graham (Spring 2014), Ryan Phillips
(Fall 2014).
CGS Certificates of Appreciation
The following individuals were
awarded Certificates of Appreciation
for their valued contributions to the
CGS.
2014 Retiring Canadian
Geotechnical Society Directors and
Chairs
Richard J. Bathurst - President
Angela Küpper, - Vice-President
Technical
Dharma Wijewickreme - Vice-Presi-
dent Financial
Catherine N. Mulligan - Vice-Presi-
dent Communications
Myint Win Bo - Chair, Geoenviron-
mental Division
Jim Hazzard - Chair, Rock Mechanics
Division
Eric Mohlmann - Chair, Prince George
Queen’s University; Advisor, Dr. Mark
Diederichs.