Outstanding Technical Committee Award
Purpose
To reward an ISSMGE Technical Committee in recognition of one or more of the following achievements:
- Conducting work in aggregating and disseminating the knowledge on topics that are within the Technical Committees sphere of activity.
- Effectively enhance current geo-engineering practice through up to date and innovative solutions concerning guidelines, standards, technologies, laboratory methods or recommended laboratory apparatus.
- Providing education and training with emphasis on current geo-engineering issues.
Nomination
Award nominations for particular committees are to be submitted to the ISSMGE Secretariat by the announced date by the chairs of the ISSMGE Technical Committees who wish to nominate for this award. The nomination package should include the following:
- A written motivation, not more than two pages in length, which should include relevant attachments (publications, patents, reviews, confirmations of implementation, etc.) concerning the subject of the award.
- Information regarding active participation in conferences, seminars, workshops as well as other meetings concerning the Technical Committees work which is presented in such a way as to document and confirm that the Technical Committees outstanding activities entitle it to an award.
- Information as regards to the organising of conferences, seminars and other types of meetings concerning the Technical Committees activities since the last quadrennial ISSMGE conference (regular meetings, internet conferences, etc.).
- Demonstration of the effectiveness of organisational meetings for scientific, engineering, educational and training purposes.
Exposure
Presentation of the activity on ISSMGE website and social media channels, as well as in the ISSMGE Bulletin.
Outstanding Technical Committee Awardees
| Year | TC | Chair |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 |
TC203 - Earthquakes TC304 - Risk and Reliability |
Misko Cubrinovski Jianye Ching |
| 2017 | TC308 - Energy Geotechnics | Marcelo Sanchez |
| 2013 | TC304 - Risk and reliability | KK Phoon |
From left: Dr André Archer, Professor Ross Boulanger (on behalf of TC Earthquakes),
Dr Armin Stuedlein (on behalf of TC Risk) and Professor Charles Ng
