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Geotechnical News • December 2016
WASTE GEOTECHNICS
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
From the Society
Canadian Geotechnical Society
– Awards and Honours for 2016
R.F. Legget Award – Richard J.
Bathurst
R.M. Quigley Award - Winner Tied
- Thomas Mimouni, Lyesse Laloui
,
“Behaviour of a Group of Energy
Piles”
/
R. Kerry Rowe, A.M.R.
Ewais,
“Ageing of Exposed Geomem-
branes at Locations with Different
Climatological Conditions”
Honourable Mention –
R.W.I.
Brachman, A. Rentz, R.K.
Rowe, and W.A. Take
,
“Classification and Quantification
of Downslope Erosion from a
Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL)
When Covered Only by a Black
Geomembrane”
G. Geoffrey Meyerhof Award –
Wayne Clifton
, Clifton Associates
Ltd.
Thomas Roy Award – Matthias
Jakob
, BGC Engineering
Roger J. E. Brown Award
–
Guy
Doré
, Université Laval
John A. Franklin Award
– No award
issued in 2016
Geoenvironmental Award – Bruno
Bussière
, Université du Québec en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Geosynthetics Award - M. Hesham
El Naggar
, University of Western
Ontario
Robert N. Farvolden Award (Joint
award with IAH-CNC) – René Lefe-
bvre
, Institut national de la recherche
scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Envi-
ronnement (INRS-ETE)
Robert Schuster Medal – Jean
Hutchinson
, Queen’s University
Graduate Student Paper Award
1
st
Prize: Muhammad Irfan
,
“Investigation of Frequency
Effects in Bender-Element
Testing”
, Civil Engineering,
University of Waterloo, Drs. G.
Cascante & D. Basu
2
nd
Prize: Megan van Veen
,
“Building a Rockfall Database
Using Remote Sensing”
Geological Sciences and
Geological Engineering, Queen’s
University, Dr. Jean Hutchinson.
Undergraduate Student Report
(Individual)
1
st
Prize: Samuel Kaluzny
,
“Tensile and Pullout Properties
of Geotextiles with and Without
Wicking Function”
, Civil and
Environmental Engineering,
University of Manitoba, Dr.
Marolo Alfaro
Undergraduate Student Report
(Group)
1
st
Prize: Roxanne Hasior,
Michael Kraitman, Jacob
Nicklen & Jacob Nikl
,
“Long
Lake Tunnel and Surface Cut
Pre-Feasibility Design and
Comparison (UBC)”
, Geological
Engineering, University of British
Columbia (Vancouver), Susan W
Hollingshead
2
nd
Prize: Brandon Anderson,
Jesse Olafson, Patrick
Palmer, Colleen Small
,
“Slope
Stability Assessment: Highway
23 Twinning Development
(Saskatchewan)”
, Civil and
Geological Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan, Dr.
Douglas Milne
Canadian Foundation for Geotech-
nique Michael Bozozuk National
Graduate Scholarship – Tom Lard-
ner
, Western University.
A.G. Stermac Awards
Jean Côté
, Professeur, Université
Laval
Michel Timmons
, (deceased)
CGS R.M. Hardy Keynote Address
– Harvey McLeod
, Klohn Crippen
Berger
Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium
– Jasmin Raymond
, Institut national
de la recherche scientifique, Centre
Eau Terre Environnement (INRS-
ETE)
Cross Canada Lecture Tours - Dr.
Antonio Gens
(Spring 2016),
Ross
Boulanger
(Fall 2016)
Awards from the Engineering
Institute of Canada (EIC)
Fellowship of the Institute
(FEIC) – Gordon Fenton
Fellowship of the Institute
(FEIC) – David Woeller
Canadian Pacific Railway
Engineering Medal - Jean-
Pierre Tournier
Awards from the Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering
Thomas C. Keefer Medal,
Honorable Mention - Chris A.
Murray, W. Andy Take and Neil
A. Hoult
Provided by Lisa McJunkin,
Director, Communications and
Member Services/ Directrice,
Communications et services aux
membres
Canadian Geotechnical
Achievements Project
As part of GeoOttawa 2007, CGS
Past President (1987-1988)
Mike
Bozozuk
listed what he thought were
the “Seven Outstanding Canadian
Geotechnical Achievements
”
.
They were:
1. The artificial islands in Beaufort
Sea, NWT
2. The Gardiner Dam, SK
3. The Red River Floodway, MB
4. The CN Tower, ON
5. The St. Lawrence Seaway, QC and
ON
6. The Peribonka Dam, QC
7. The Confederation Bridge, PEI and
NB
2017 is the 150
th
anniversary of
Canada and the 70
th
anniversary of
the CGS. So for next year’s CGS
Annual Conference in Ottawa, the
CGS would like to compile an even
larger list of
Canadian Geotechni-
cal Achievements.
We are asking all
CGS Sections, Technical Divisions,
