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Professor Marcel Arnould
It is with sadness that we note the passing of Professor Marcel Arnould, a past President of the IAEG, former head of the French National Engineering Geology Group and a good friend of British engineering geology, who died on Thursday 13 January 2011. The Engineering Group sends its condolences to the family.
Hans Cloos Medal 2010
The Engineering Group wishes to congratulate Professor Martin Culshaw on the award of the 2010 Hans Cloos Medal. According to the IAEG website, "The Hans Cloos Medal is the senior award presented by the IAEG and given to an engineering geologist of outstanding merit in commemoration of the 'founder of geomechanics '. The recipient is a person of international repute who has made a major contribution to engineering geology in written papers or to the development of engineering geology and/or the IAEG in their own area." Martin is the third UK winner following Bill Dearman and John Knill.
Chairmans report 2011
The report of the Engineering Group Chair, presented during the AGM of September 2011, can be downloaded from the following link.
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International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
The First Announcement of IAEG 2013 can be dowloaded using the link below. A call for papers is to be made soon.
JISCMail
The Engineering Group has established a discussion list on the JISCMAIL List server to help promote and facilitate discussion amongst the UK Engineering Geology community.
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