TC101 Laboratory Testing

Host Member Societies: UK, Japan and Portugal
Short name: Laboratory Testing (TC101)
(Legacy website:) http://www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/labo/soilmech/tc101/


TC101 Main Events (since 2014):

See 'News' for upcoming events.
 

2026

• The 8th Bishop Lecture by Professor Federica Cotecchia
  "Relating fine-grained soil mechanical behaviour to microstructural features",
  delivered at the 21st ICSMGE, Vienna, 18 June 2026:
  
  The paper can be found here.

2025

• TC101 Mini Workshop - Expanding the Boundaries of Conventional Laboratory Testing, Copenhagen, 2-4 June 2025.

2023

• 8th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Porto), 3-6 September 2023, Porto.

• The 7th Bishop Lecure by Professor Matthew Coop"The mechanics of coarse grained geomaterials at meso- and micro-scales",
   delivered at IS-Porto 2023, Porto, 4 September 2023:
  
  The paper can be found here.
  The lecture video is also available here.

2022

• The 6th Bishop Lecture by Professor Carlos Sanatamarina
  "The assessment of geotechnical properties in the information age",
  Delivered at the 20th ICSMGE, Sydney, 4 May 2022:
  
  The lecture slides can be found here.

• TC101 International Mini-Workshop on Advances in Laboratory Testing of Liquefiable Soils, North Cyprus, 17 Sep 2022.

2019

• 7^th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Glasgow), 26-28 June 2019, Glasgow.

• The 5th Bishop Lecture by Professor Junichi Koseki
  "Several challenges in advanced laboratory testing of geomaterials with emphasis on unconventional types of liquefaction tests",
  delivered at IS-Glasgow, 27 June 2019.
  
  
  The lecture slides can be found here.
  The paper can be found here.
  The lecture movie can be found here.

2017

• International Workshop: Advances in Laboratory Testing & Modelling of Soils and Shales, Swiss Alps, 18-20 January 2017.

• The 4th Bishop Lecture by Professor David Muir Wood
  "Testing and Modelling",
  delivered at 19th ICSMGE, Seoul, 18 September 2017.
  
  The paper can be found here.
  The lecture movie can be found here.

2015

• 6th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Soils, IS-Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 15-18 November. 

• The 3rd Bishop Lecture by Professor Hervé Di Benedetto
  "Advanced testing and modelling of granular materials with and without viscous glue: Research and practical implication",
  delivered at IS-Buenos Aires, 17 November 2015.
  
  The lecture slides are found here.

2014

• Wave Propagatio​n and Soil Stiffness: Particle-C​ontinuum Duality Workshop, Bristol, 20-21 March 2014.

Past Bishop Lectures

• The 2nd Bishop Lecture by Professor Richard Jardine
  "Advanced laboratory testing in research and practice",
  delivered at 18th ICSMGE, Paris, 2 Septemeber 2013.
  
  The paper can be found here.
  The lecture movie can be found here.

• The 1st Bishop Lecture by Professor Fumio Tatsuoka
  "Laboratory stress-strain tests for developments in geotechnical engineering research and practice",
  delivered at IS-Seoul, Seoul, 2 Septemeber 2011.
  
  The lecture slids can be found here.
  The lecture movie can be found here.