ISSMGE Bulletin – Volume 6 Issue 3 June 2012


Inside This Issue

1 – Note from Secretariat
4 – President’s Reports
7 – Call for Papers
8 – News from TC 212
9 – News from TC 203
10 – Technical Article
20 – ISSMGE Foundation
22 – News from Member Society

Editorial Board

Jean-Louis Briaud
Ikuo Towhata
Neil Taylor
Pedro Sêco e Pinto
Pongsakorn Punrattanasin
Deepankar Choudhury
Imen Said
Erdin Ibraim
Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn
Susumu Nakajima
Fernando Schnaid

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A Note from the Secretariat of ISSMGE

Professor Neil Taylor

Professor Neil TaylorI have now been Secretary General for thirteen years, and it has been a great pleasure to support the Society and to work with a wide range of organisations, associations and individuals who are all enthusiastic about the international community of geotechnical engineers represented by ISSMGE. For the most part, the people involved are contributing to the ISSMGE on a voluntary basis and it is great to see such keenness and dedication focused on the enhancement of our profession. The Secretariat of ISSMGE is the administrative hub of the society and our aim has always been to satisfy the needs and requirements of its Members and to keep the society in good financial shape. We operate from a small office in London, and communicate with our members almost entirely by e-mail and internet. The ISSMGE budget is mainly administrative and supports me in my role as Secretary General and the Administrative Officer (currently Paloma Peers).

In some respects, the ISSMGE is a slightly odd association. From the outset, the intention was to create a means by which representatives of National Committees could meet, exchange opinions and ideas and generally advance the knowledge, understanding and application of soil mechanics. This was stated clearly in reports from the 1948 International Conference in Rotterdam and the position has not changed significantly since. What were once called National Committees and are now commonly known as Geotechnical Societies of this or that country or group of countries and we refer to them as our Member Societies. These Member Societies are all important to the success and development of ISSMGE and represent its life blood.

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