Geotechnical News • December 2017
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
Water Protection & Sustainability –
BC Ministry of Environment
Robert Schuster Medal (Joint
award with AEG)
–
Abdul Shakoor
,
Kent State University
Graduate Student Paper Award
1st Prize - Zhong Han
,
“Modeling Stiffness and Shear
Strength of Unsaturated Soils”
,
Civil Engineering, University of
Ottawa, Dr. Sai K. Vanapalli
2nd Prize - Haley Schafer
,
“Freezing Characteristics
of Fluid Fine Tailings and
their Relation to Unsaturated
Soil Properties”
, Civil and
Environmental Engineering,
University of Alberta, Dr.
Nicholas Beier
Undergraduate Student Report
(Individual
)
1st Prize - Dylan Stafford
,
“
Shear Strength of Soils under
Frozen and Thawed Conditions
Using Large Direct Shear
Box
”, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of
Manitoba, Dr. Marolo Alfaro
2nd Prize - Guillermo
Alexander Riveros
, “
Static
Liquefaction Triggering Analysis
of the Fundao Dam Contrasting
the Behaviour of Iron and
Gold Mine Tailings
”, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, The
University of Western Ontario,
Dr. Abouzar Sadrekarimi
Undergraduate Student Report
(Group)
1st Prize - Erik Cernik
,
Lea
Johnston
,
Takako Miyoshi
,
Eric
Zhou
,
“Feasibility Geotechnical
Evaluation: Slope Design Criteria
for the Phase III Bafour Open
Pit Project”
, Earth, Ocean &
Atmospheric Sciences, University
of British Columbia (Vancouver),
Susan W. Hollingshead
2nd Prize - Cormac Foster
,
Kristyn Fanstone
,
Chenyang
Zhao
,
Tanishq Verma
,
“Evaluation of the Proposed
Geothermal-Cold System Design
for Prevention of Permafrost
Thawing Beneath Structures in
Northern Climates”
, Biosystems
Engineering, University of
Manitoba, Dr. Kris Dick
Canadian Foundation for Geo-
technique Michael Bozozuk
National Graduate Scholarship
Jordan Aaron
, University of
British Columbia
A.G. Stermac Awards
Andrea Lougheed
- BGC
Engineering Inc.
Mustapha Zergoun
- Thurber
Engineering Ltd.
Alex Baumgard
- BGC
Engineering Inc.
CGS R.M. Hardy Keynote Address
– Richard Bathurst
, GeoEngineering
Centre at Queen’s - RMC
Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium
– Michael Hendry
, University of
Alberta
Cross Canada Lecture Tours
Dr. Vaughan Griffiths
(Spring
2017)
Dr. Jean-Marie Konrad
(Fall
2017)
Awards from the Engineering
Institute of Canada (EIC)
Julian C. Smith Medal - Michel
Aubertin
, Polytechnique
Montreal
K.Y. Lo Medal - Bryan Watts
,
Klohn Crippen Berger
Canadian Pacific Railway
Medal - D. Jean Hutchinson
,
Queen’s University
Fellowship of the Institute
(FEIC) - Bruno Bussière
,
Université du Québec en Abitibi-
Témiscamingue
Fellowship of the Institute
(FEIC) - Richard Chalaturnyk
,
University Alberta
Fellowship of the Institute
(FEIC) - Paul Dittrich
, Golder
Associates
Fellowship of the Institute
(FEIC) - Jocelyn Grozic
,
University of Calgary
Fellowship of the Institute
(FEIC) - Catherine Mulligan
,
Concordia University
Fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada - Richard Bathurst
, GeoEn-
gineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC
Provided by Lisa McJunkin, Direc-
tor, Communications and Member
Services/
Directrice, Communications et ser-
vices aux membres
70th Canadian
Geotechnical Conference and
the
12th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC
Groundwater Conference
Ottawa, Ontario
The
GeoOttawa 2017
Conference
was another successful event for
CGS/IAH-CNC. The 70th Canadian
Geotechnical Conference and 12 Joint
CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Con-
ference, GeoOttawa 2017, closed on
October 4 after hosting over 900 del-
egates, sponsors, exhibitors and guests
to four days of plenary and technical
sessions, workshops, short courses,
business meetings, social events and
the 10th Annual Awards Gala. The
Conference Chair
Mamadou Fall
and
the Local Organizing Committee did
an excellent job making this a first-rate
technical and social meeting.
Milestones achieved this year include
the oral presentation of just under 400
plenary and technical session papers
and the involvement of a record 75
firms as exhibitors in the trade show.
Our thanks go out to all sponsors,
exhibitors and delegates who sup-
ported GeoOttawa 2017!
2017 CGS Corporate Sponsors
The CGS would like to thank all of its
2017 Corporate Sponsors.
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