TC208 Slope Stability

Slope Stability in Engineering Practice

Host Member Society: Italy

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

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