TC Activity
TC 33: Geotechnics of Soil Erosion
Committee members at Amsterdam TC-33 meeting
Chairman and Host Society: Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud (USA) and
Secretary: Dr. Michael Heibaum (Germany)
Terms of reference
a. The erosion-advanced organizations (academia, government, private firms) in selected countries share their knowledge on Geotechnics of Soil Erosion including practice and applied engineering research with other countries interested in the topic.
b. Exchanges take place on the international research progress.
c. Global guidelines are developed.
d. A web site is developed.
Activities
TC33 has been in existence since 1997 when it was created by President Ishihara as the Scour of Foundations Committee. In 2001, it was renewed by President Van Impe as the Geotechnics of Soil Erosion Committee. In 2005, it was renewed by President Seco E. Pinto as the Geotechnics of Soil Erosion. The activities of our committee have included the following:
• 2000 International Symposium on Scour of Foundations was organized by Professor Jean-Louis Briaud on behalf of TC33 in Melbourne, Australia on November 19, 2000.
• 2001 Istanbul Workshop on Scour of Foundations at ICSMGE. This took place at the ICSMGE in Istanbul. Dr. Michael Heibaum from Germany chaired that event.
• 2002 First International Conference on Scour of Foundations at Texas A&M University, USA. Professor Jean-Louis Briaud chaired the conference.
• Meeting of TC33 at Texas A&M University Minutes of this November 2002 meeting can be found on the web site.
• Meeting of TC33 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Pan American Conference June 23, 2003 from 7:30 to 10:00 pm.
• 2004 Second International Conference on Scour and Erosion in Singapore. Professor Yee-Meng Chiew of Singapore chaired the conference.
• Meeting of TC33 in Singapore Minutes of this November 2004 meeting can be found on the web site.
• 2006 Third International Conference on Scour and Erosion in Amsterdam. Dr. Gijs Hoffmans of Netherlands chaired the conference.
• Meeting of TC33 in Amsterdam Minutes of this November 2006 meeting can be found on the web site. At this meeting the 2008 ICSE-4 was awarded to Japan (Tokyo) and the 2010 ICSE-5 was awarded to USA (San Francisco). This contributes to all terms of reference.
• 2008 Fourth International Conference on Scour and Erosion will take place in Tokyo, Japan on November 5-7, 2008.
Professor Hideo Sekiguchi is the chair of ICSE-4. See this web site for details (http://icse-4.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/index- e.html). You can reach Professor Sekiguchi at sekiguch@ujigawa.mbox.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp. The ISSMGE TC33 will meet in the afternoon of November 4th just before the conference.
• 2010 Fifth International Conference on Scour and Erosion will take place in November 2010 in San Francisco, USA. Mrs.Cathy Avila and Ms. Beatrice Hunt are the Co-Chair of ICSE-5.
• The web site at http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/briaud/Scour-tc33.
• Short courses: TC33 in partnership with other committees has organized a number of short courses in
1. USA. November 2002 at Texas A&M University, Bridge Scour.
2. Canada, April 2003 in Toronto, Bridge Scour
3. Tunisia (in French), February 2004 in Hammamet, Bridge Scour
4. Portugal, June 2004 in Braga, Bridge Scour
5. USA, January 2005 in Austin, Surface Erosion
6. USA, February 2006 in Atlanta, Bridge Scour
7. USA, February 2007 in Denver, Levee and Dam Erosion
8. Spain (partially in Spanish), April 2007, Bridge Scour
Future work
Our series of ICSE conferences (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) every two years represents a very good incentive for us to meet regularly. They attract the best experts in the field. Typically 25 countries are represented and some 100 presentations are made. The ICSE conference proceedings also document the latest in the scour and erosion world. They provide information for many countries which may not be fortunate enough to be able to attend the conferences. The ICSE conferences are the highlights of our committee activities and we plan to continue to organize these conferences.
Reported by Professor Jean-Louis BRIAUD, Chair of ISSMGE TC33
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