Central Scotland Group and the Scottish Geotechnical Group (ICE) hosted the annual poster competition at Strathclyde University on 13 December 2011.
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Caroline Lasham writes: Despite very stormy weather a full audience and six posters were entered, on a diverse range of topics. Each candidate first presented a poster to a panel of judges. Four finalists were then selected to give oral presentations, including: Stephanie Zimms (University of Strathclyde) on Thermal Remediation, Daniele Bertalot (University of Dundee) on Seismic Liquefaction and Richard Allan (URS) with Pipeline Expansion in Azerbaijan.
However, the overall winner was Richard Blackwell (University of Glasgow, pictured) who scored consistently highly with his undergraduate project on 'The Prediction of Foundation Movements on Unsaturated Soil'.
The poster competition is aimed at giving environmental geologists and engineering geologists under the age of 30 the chance to present a project or research topic. So if you feel inspired, we look forward to seeing your poster submission next year!