Dear  colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the 10^th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X) will take place on July 6 – 8, 2022 at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. The conference will be hosted by the Experimental Rock Deformation group, the Structural Geology and Electron Microscopy group and the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, at the Faculty of Geosciences. 

The SaltMech X website can be found at: http://www.saltmech.com/ .

Launched in 1981, the SaltMech Conferences series serves to exchange research findings and practical experiences regarding the mechanical behavior of rock salt in the context of safe use in mining, energy storage and waste disposal. Therefore, topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Abstract submission is now open, with the submission deadline on Friday the 6^th of August 2021. Check to website for more information on future important dates and procedures, the venue, accommodation and travel. We aim to have SaltMech X as a fully on-site conference, though we will keep an eye on potential travel restrictions and may make adjustments accordingly.

We hope you will consider attending and contributing to SaltMech X!

Kind regards,
 
The Local Organising Committee of SaltMech X
Dr. Suzanne Hangx, Dr. André Niemeijer, Dr. Matteo Gazzani, Prof. Chris Spiers, Prof. Hans de Bresser and Prof. Martyn Drur

2 webinars will be held in June through University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy) by Prof. Kyle Rollins (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah) on liquefaction and ground improvement.

11 June 2021 – 10.00-12.00 CET “Liquefaction and Lateral Spread”

25 June 2021 – 10.00-12.00 CET “Ground Improvement for Earthquake
Engineering”

See the flyer for more information.

The organising committee of Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering: From Research to Practice (AGERP) Lecture Series is pleased to invite you to the 4th lecture of the 2nd edition of AGERP Lecture Series (AGERP’21). The fourth lecture will be on ‘In-situ Testing in Geotechnical Engineering’. This Lecture will be jointly delivered by Professor Emeritus Peter K. Robertson (Gregg Drilling LLC, USA) and Eng. Diego Marchetti (Marchetti DMT, Italy).

Lecture 4 is scheduled to be hosted on 11th June 2021 (Australian Eastern Standard Time-AEST) with registration for this lecture closing at 00:00, 10th June 2021 (AEST).

You may find further info. and register (free but mandatory) here: https://www.age-rp.com/

Dr. Partha Mishra and Professor Sarat Das, Convenor, AGERP Lecture Series

A series of webinars and a short PhD course will be delivered online by Manolis Veveakis (Duke University) as he will be visiting in June the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Milan.

You can join the webinar on MS Teams. Please find attached the relevant flyer and program.

The organising committee of Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering: From Research to Practice (AGERP) Lecture Series is pleased to invite you to the 3rd lecture of the 2nd edition of AGERP Lecture Series (AGERP’21). The third lecture will be on ‘Geotechnics of Tailings Dams ‘. This Lecture will be jointly delivered by  Prof. Scott Michael Olson (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA) and Mr. Michael Jefferies (Consulting Engineer, UK)

Lecture 3 is scheduled to be hosted on 28th May 2021 (Australian Eastern Standard Time-AEST) with registration for this lecture closing at 00:00, 27th May 2021 (AEST).

You may find further info. and register (free but mandatory) here: https://www.age-rp.com/

Dr. Partha Mishra and Professor Sarat Das, Convenor, AGERP Lecture Series

The organising committee of Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering: From Research to Practice (AGERP) Lecture Series is pleased to invite you to the 2nd lecture of the 2nd edition of AGERP Lecture Series (AGERP’21). The second lecture will be on ‘AI and Big Data in Geotechnics‘. This Lecture will be jointly delivered by Dr. Robert C. Bachus (Geosyntec Consultants, Georgia, USA), Professor Sarat Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India) and Dr. Nick Machairas (Groundwork A.I. – Next-gen Geotechnics, USA).

Lecture 2 is scheduled to be hosted on 3rd May 2021 (Australian Eastern Standard Time-AEST) with registration for this lecture closing at 00:00, 2nd May 2021 (AEST).

You may find further info. and register (free but mandatory) here: https://www.age-rp.com/

Dr. Partha Mishra and Professor Sarat Das, Convenor, AGERP Lecture Series

The organising committee of Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering: From Research to Practice (AGERP) Lecture Series is pleased to invite you to the 1st lecture of the 2nd edition of AGERP Lecture Series (AGERP’21). The first lecture will be on ‘Mechanically Stabilised Earth (MSE) Walls’. This Lecture will be jointly delivered by Professor Emeritus Richard J. Bathurst (GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Canada) and Ms. Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby (Tensar International Corporation, UK).

Lecture 1 is scheduled to be hosted on 16th April 2021 (Australian Eastern Standard Time-AEST) with registration for this lecture closing at 00:00, 15th April 2021 (AEST).

You may find further info. and register (free but mandatory) here: https://www.age-rp.com/

For further information, please refer to the attached flyer.

Dr. Partha Mishra and Professor Sarat Das, Convenor, AGERP Lecture Series

Dear colleagues,

I hope you are keeping well!

The 14^th Euroconference on Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics will be in Scotland from the 30th of August to the 3rd of September 2021. Given COVID19 (travel restrictions and lockdown measures), the conference will take place virtually.

The session themes are:

1. Subsurface deformation processes: from fracturing to friction and beyond
2. Thermo-chemo-hydro-mechanical coupling
3. Non-destructive testing in rock mechanics and rock physics
4. Visualising and quantifying rock deformation and multi-phase flow interactions
5. From lab to field: scaling relationships
6. Energy storage: CO2, H, cold/heat
7. Energy Extraction: shallow/deep geothermal, oil/gas
8. UKGEOS: case studies and on-going research
9. Open session on Rock Mechanics and Rock Physics

The abstract submission is now open. To submit your abstract, please follow the instructions that can be found in our website: https://www.euroconference2021.org/

During the following days, our website will be populated with all other useful information related to the 14^th Euroconference on Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics.

See you all (virtually) on the 30^th of August for a fascinating week of science!

Best wishes,

Elma (On behalf of the organising committee)