6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics
Description
The Indian Geotechnical Society will host the 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (6ICEG) at New Delhi in Oct. – Nov. 2010 on behalf of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). The Congress comes to India after being held at Edmonton, Canada (1994), Osaka, Japan (1996), Lisbon, Portugal (1998), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2002), and Cardiff, UK (2006). The Congress theme will be “Environmental Geotechnics for Sustainable Waste Management and Development”. Experts will gather to discuss latest developments in the following areas:
Geotechnics of Landfills
Geotechnics of Ash Ponds, Tailings Ponds, Slurry Ponds
Closure of Old Dumps
Waste Stability on Slopes and Hilly Regions
Degraded Land and Ground Water, Contaminant Transport
Control Measures and Remediation
Geotechnical Re-Use of Waste
Sustainability
Geohazards and Mitigation
Special Wastes (including Nuclear)
New Materials, etc
Contact Information
- Contact person: Dr. G. V. Ramana
- Address: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas
- Phone: 911126591214
- Fax: 911126581117
- Email: [email protected]
Website
Additional Information
For further details, website: Prof. Manoj Datta - Chairperson [email protected] Prof. R.K. Srivastava - Co – Chairperson [email protected] Dr G.V. Ramana - Org. Secretary [email protected]
