Special Session: “Understanding, modelling, and design of offshore wind turbine foundation”

A Special Session, entitled ‘”Understanding, modelling, and design of offshore wind turbine foundation”, will be organised by Britta Bienen, Domenico Lombardi and Amin Barari in the 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure (ICONHIC2019) , Chania, Greece, 23-26 June 2019.

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12 HSTAM2019 International Congress on Mechanics in memory of Ioannis Vardoulakis

The organizers of the 12 HSTAM2019 International Congress on Mechanics Profs. Euripides Papamichos, George Manolis and Vlasis Koumousis would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the Congress which is planned for 22-25 September in Thessaloniki, Greece

The conference is dedicated to the memory of late Professor Ioannis Vardoulakis on the occasion of 10th years from his death in recognition of his contributions and achievements in Mechanics. A special session in honor of Professor Vardoulakis is organized by Professors Panos Papanastasiou (University of Cyprus) and Ioannis Stefanou (Ecole des Ponts, Paris Tech, France).

Abstract submission is open until 30 December 2018.

Please visit the website of the congress  www.12hstam2019.gr for more information and a list of the specialized Mini-Symposia that you can submit your abstract including the Special Session for Prof. Ioannis Vardoulakis.

Mini symposium: micromechanics of rock deformation and its impact on rock-fluid system interactions

A mini symposium, entitled ‘Micromechanics of rock deformation and its impact on rock-fluid system interactions’, is organised by Elli-Maria Charalampidou, Sergei Stanchits and Francesco Cecinato during the 12th HSTAM 2019 International Congress on Mechanics, which will take place in Thessaloniki (Greece) from the 22nd to the 25th of September 2019.

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Second announcement of “Computational & Geoenvironmental Geomechanics for Underground and Subsurface Structures-COGGUS2” – Call for abstracts

Dear Colleagues,

we would like to draw your attention to the Call for Papers for a Special Issue on “Computational & Geoenvironmental Geomechanics for Underground and Subsurface Structures”, to be published after peer-review in “European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering” journal.

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Winter School “Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment”, 22-24 January 2019 , Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland

Following the success of last year, we are pleased to announce the 2nd edition of the Winter School on Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (https://gete-school.epfl.ch/), which will be held on January 22nd-24th 2019, in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. Geomechanics, Environment and Energy are increasingly related and contemporary themes. The goal of the school is to provide participants with a deep understanding on selected topics in Geomechanics which are fundamental for applications related to Energy and the Environment. This Winter School is organized in the framework of the international journal Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.

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Intensive Course on Energy Geostructures: Analysis and Design

6-8 March 2019, EPF Lausanne, 2nd Edition

Lyesse Laloui and Alessandro Rotta Loria are pleased to inform you about the second edition of a 3-day intensive course for practitioners and scientists entitled Energy geostructures: analysis and design that will be held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, from March 6th?to 8th, 2019.

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