6th African Young Geotechnical Engineering Conference (6th AYGEC)

6th African Young Geotechnical Engineering Conference (6th AYGEC)

Description

The sixth African Young Geotechnical Engineering Conference (6th AYGEC) will be held in Khartoum, Sudan 24rd to 27th of November 2018. The 5th conference was held in Ghana 2016. The event is a great opportunity for young African geotechnical engineers to meet, interact, share experiences and present their work to their fellow engineers. The main theme of the conference is Geotechnical Engineering in Tropical and Arid Regions of Africa. However other geotechnical and geo-environmental research topics related to Africa are welcome. The conference program will constitute the following activities:

- Invited Lectures

- Technical presentations

- Technical tour

- Social Program

- Pre-conference training session on swelling soils

Young Engineers and researchers from Africa are highly requested and encouraged to submit abstracts of their work (maximum 300 words) to the email address [email protected] before the 30th of March 2018. More information about the conference can be found in the Sudanese Society’s website sssmge.org.

Organizer

Sudanese Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Contact Information

Website

http://www.sssmge.org

Email

[email protected]