Panel Discussion – “If I started my career in Environmental Geotechnics now, I would…”
A Special Session Highlighting the Exciting Research Frontier in Environmental Geotechnics by our Intellectual Leaders
Panel Moderator
Kristin Sample-Lord
Associate Professor and Assistant Department Chair
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, USA
Speakers
Susan Burns
Associate Chair for Finance and Administration and Dwight H. Evans Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech, USA
Kerry Rowe
Barrington Batchelor Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair
Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Canada
Mario Manassero
Full Professor
Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Polytechnico di Torino, Italy
Tony Liang-Tong Zhan
Professor
Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Session Description
This plenary session will include four 15 min presentations by invited distinguished leaders in Environmental Geotechnics followed by a 30 min discussion. Speakers will present their perspective on critical issues in environmental geotechnics that have remained unresolved, as well as new emerging issues that address current societal and environmental challenges. The 30-min discussion will involve a Q&A session with the participation of the audience.