Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society Newsletter

Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society (SLGS) Newsletter

2013 November: No 5

Contents 1 » A Message from the Editor 1-2 » Landslide and Debris floor: Monitoring, Early warning and Mitigation. JSPS (Japan Society for the Proportion of Science): Core-to-Core Program, Asia-Africa Science Platform 3 » 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (18th ICSMGE) 4 » SLGS Annual Conference—2015 4-5 » Some Glimpses of SLGS annual conference 2013 and the AGM 6 » Forthcoming Conferences 6 » Forthcoming Events of SLGS

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A Message from the Editor

Dear Readers,

The annual general meeting and the annual conference of SLGS was held on 30th September At the ICTAD Auditorium. The theme of the annual conference 2013 was “Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development” and three presentations on Geotechnical Engineering applications in infrastructure development were presented. The abstracts of the presentations are given in page no 4 and 5 of the Newsletter.

In addition, in page 1 and 2, Prof. T. A. Peiris share his experience after attending a workshop on landslide and debris flow monitoring in China.

Dr. Asiri Karunawardhana presents an article on ISSMGE International Conference, which he attended in Paris.

Dr(Eng). L. I. N. de Silva – Editor Newsletter
Email: nalinds@uom.lk

SLGS Executive Committee for the year 2013-2014

The same Executive Committee that served SLGS in 2012 – 2013 was appointed for the year 2013-2014.

Prof. S A S Kulathilaka (President)	Prof. H S Thilakasiri (Vice President)	Eng. K S Senanayake (Past President)	Prof. B L Tennekoon (Past President)
Eng. K L S Sahabandu (Hony. Secretary)	Dr. J S M Fowze (Assistant Secretary)	Eng. W A A B Bandara (Treasurer)	Eng. R M Rathnasiri (Assistant Treasurer)
Dr. U P Nawagamuwa (Editor – Journal)	Dr. L I N De Silva (Editor – Newsletter)	Prof. T A Peiris (Committee Member)	Dr. A Karunawardhana (Committee Member)
Dr. N H Priyankara (Committee Member)	Dr. L C Kurukulasuriya (Committee Member)	Eng. S H U de Silva (Committee Member)

Prof. Lal Tennekoon is one of the Senior Geotechnical Academic together with late Prof. Thurairajah and Dr. G.P. Karunaratna contributed to the early development of Geotechnics in Sri Lanka. Other notable academics are Profs. Nimal Seneviratna and Kulathilake also made commendable contributions.

Eng K.S. Senanayake and several others at NBRO also contributed a lot. The other notable Geotechnical personalities are in the picture.

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