TC208 Slope Stability

Slope Stability in Engineering Practice

Host Member Society: Canada

Short name: Slope Stability (TC208)

GeoWorld GroupStability of Natural Slopes (TC208)


TC208 Workshop at ECSMGE 2019

TC208 Workshop on global grand challenges for engineered slopes at ECSMGE 2019

A pre-conference workshop for TC208 will be held at the European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Reykjavik on 1st September 2019 from 1-4pm. We invite TC208 members and ot



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To develop and disseminate knowledge and practice within the ISSMGE slope stability community

  1. Task Force 1a: ISSMGE virtual University – To identify, pursue, and aid leading academics and practioners in the generation of high quality webinar content for the TC208 subject area under the ISSMGE virtual University initiative
  2. Task Force 1b: Special Issues – To encourage the dissemination of the state of the art through hosting special Issues within scholarly journals (e.g. 2019 IJPMG special issue on physical modelling of landslides)
  3. Task Force 1c: Honor Lecture – To explore the possibility of the creation of a TC208 honor lecture

To establish guidelines and technical recommendations for slope stability practice

  1. Task Force 2a: Technical guidelines – To work with landslide committees within member societies and other affiliated bodies to create a library of national landslide guidelines within the ISSMGE library
  2. Task Force 2b: Technical recommendations for the selection of shear strength parameters for slope stability analyses – To create recommendations, based on soil mechanics theory, for use in slope stability analyses
  3. Task Force 2c --> 2n. Opportunity for other technical recommendations to be championed by members of the TC

To assist with technical programs of international and regional conferences organised by the ISSMGE

  1. Task Force 3a Conferences. To assist the ICSMGE / ECSMGE  organising committees in the peer review for manuscripts submitted under the slope stability topic.
  2. Task Force 3b: Workshops. To develop a plan for TC208 activities at ICSMGE & regional ISSMGE (e.g. ECSMGE) conferences

To assist with industry and overlapping organisations within the international slope stability community

  1. Task Force 4a: To work in cooperation with JTC1 and offer help in the organisation of the International Symposium on Landslides, JTC1 workshops, and other initiatives. To identify other organisations with overlapping interests in slope stability or education to promote the work of the TC

# Type Full Name Country
1 Chair Andy Take Canada
2 Vice Chair Federica Cotecchia Italy
3 Secretary Elisabeth Bowman United Kingdom
4 Nominated by TC Chair Clarence Choi Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
5 Corresponding Member Maria Anthi Switzerland
6 Nominated Member Katarzyna Dołżyk-Szypcio Poland
7 Corresponding Member Allan Herse Australia
8 Nominated Member Chandan Ghosh India
9 Nominated Member K. Muthukkumaran India
10 Corresponding Member S.S CHANDRASEKARAN India
11 Corresponding Member Atanu Adhikari India
12 Nominated Member Chih-Chung Chung Chinese Taipei
13 Nominated Member Kazunari Sako Japan
14 Corresponding Member Kuo-Hsin Yang Chinese Taipei
15 Nominated Member Meysam Safavian Australia
16 Corresponding Member Lorella Montrasio Italy
17 Corresponding Member Alastair Dewar United Kingdom
18 Corresponding Member Chanchal Rethish United Kingdom
19 Corresponding Member Tao Zhao United Kingdom
20 Corresponding Member Jamie Slater United Kingdom
21 Nominated Member Ian Nettleton United Kingdom
22 Corresponding Member Ross Stirling United Kingdom
23 Nominated Member Coco Yiu Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
24 Corresponding Member Alister Smith United Kingdom
25 Corresponding Member Callum Sharp United Kingdom
26 Corresponding Member Maria Ferentinou United Kingdom
27 Nominated Member Marcos Futai Brazil
28 Corresponding Member COLIN JONES United Kingdom
29 Corresponding Member Michael Milner United Kingdom
30 Corresponding Member Marco Redaelli United Kingdom
31 Nominated Member Katerina Tsiampousi United Kingdom
32 Nominated Member Muhsin Rahhal Lebanon
33 Corresponding Member Akbar Javadi United Kingdom
34 Corresponding Member Patricia Guerra United Kingdom
35 Nominated Member Jérôme PALISSE France
36 Nominated Member Anthony Leung Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
37 Nominated Member Tatsuya Ishikawa Japan
38 Corresponding Member Maria Clorinda Mandaglio Italy
39 Corresponding Member Nicola Moraci Italy
40 Nominated Member Andrey Totsev Bulgaria
41 Nominated Member Hjördis Löfroth Sweden
42 Nominated Member Federica Cotecchia Italy
43 Corresponding Member Simonetta Cola Italy
44 Corresponding Member Bao Viet Nguyen Vietnam
45 Corresponding Member Sarah Verfaille Belgium
46 Nominated Member Krzysztof Sternik Poland
47 Nominated Member N. Fatih Akdeniz Turkey
48 Corresponding Member Arif ÇINAR Turkey
49 Corresponding Member S. Banu İkizler Turkey
50 Nominated Member Kubilay Kelesoglu Turkey
51 Nominated Member Mohammad Hasan Baziar Iran
52 Nominated Member Roberto Coutinho Brazil
53 Nominated Member Amin Askarinejad Netherlands
54 Nominated Member GEORGIOS BELOKAS Greece
55 Nominated Member Chan-Young Yune South Korea
56 Corresponding Member Lanmin Wang China
57 Nominated Member Michael Bardanis Greece
58 Nominated Member Celeste Jorge Portugal
59 Nominated Member Wenjie Xu China
60 Nominated Member Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux Norway
61 Nominated Member Alfrendo Satyanaga Indonesia
62 Nominated Member Duc Manh Nguyen Vietnam
63 Nominated Member Tuan Nghia Do Vietnam
64 Nominated Member Lin Meei-Ling Chinese Taipei
65 Nominated Member Neuza Carvalho Portugal
66 Corresponding Member Wengui Huang United Kingdom
67 Nominated Member Denis Demers Canada
68 Corresponding Member Nikhil Nedumpallile Vasu United Kingdom
69 Nominated Member Alfrendo Satyanaga Kazakhstan
70 Nominated Member Ross Roberts New Zealand
71 Nominated Member GONZALO MARTIN AIASSA Argentina
72 Nominated Member Manuel Pastor Spain
73 Nominated Member Marc Janeras Casanova Spain
74 Corresponding Member Ero Vinicius Silva Spain
75 Nominated Member Miguel Angel Cabrera Colombia
76 Nominated Member Vernon Schaefer United States
77 Nominated Member Paolo Tommasi Italy
78 Nominated Member Guiseppe Buscarnera United States
79 Corresponding Member Alvaro Perez Peru
80 Nominated Member YIfei Cui China
81 Nominated Member Imam Aschuri Indonesia
82 Nominated Member Farrokh Nadim Norway
83 Nominated Member Alexander M. Puzrin Switzerland

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