Events
EIT-JSCE Joint International Symposium on Geotechnical Infrastructure Asset Management 2010
Date: September 6 - 8, 2010
Venue: Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Organized by:
- Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT)
- Committee on Rock Mechanics, Japanese Society for Civil Engineers (JSCE)
Co-organized by:
- Global COE Program "Global Center for Education and Research on Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities"
- Asian Institute of Technology
- Japanese Committee for Rock Mechanics (JCRM)
Number of attendants: more than 70
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Outline
EIT-JSCE Joint International Symposium on Geotechnical Infrastructure Asset Management 2010 is being held for the purpose of technical knowledge exchange between Japan and Thailand in the field of geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics. At this symposium, in addition to "General Session", there will be "Young Engineers & Graduate Students Session" to provide an opportunity for Japanese and Thai students/young engineers in this field to make presentations in English.
Report
EIT-JSCE Joint International Symposium on Geotechnical Infrastructure Asset Management 2010 was held on September 6 and 7, 2010 at the Imperial Queen's Park hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. "General Session" was held on September 6, and the "Young Engineers & Graduate Students Session" was held on September 7. The "Field Trip" to Tha Dan Dam and Landslide Monitoring Site was also held on September 8.
This symposium, first held in 2002, is aimed at technological knowledge exchange between Japan and Thailand in the field of geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics. This year the ninth symposium was hosted by Engineering Institute of Thailand and Asian Institute of Technology as the counterparts from Thailand's side.
This year is the third time that the "Young Engineers & Graduate Students Session" was being held. There were a total of 24 oral presentations at the session. The Best Research Prize was awarded to four students and young engineers, including two Japanese, for their excellent presentations.
At the "General Session", intended for introducing technological knowledge from Japan and Thailand in the field of geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics, Prof. Warakorn Mairiang gave a lecture titled "Landslide in Thailand". From the Japanese side, lectures "Study on seismic performance of underground structure subjected to fault displacement and the effectiveness of the isolation layer" by Prof. Hisanori Otsuka was given.
There were 70 participants in total: 45 from Japan and 25 from Thailand. After this successful ninth symposium, it is planned to continuously promote exchange among students and researchers, including at future symposiums hosted by Japan, in the field of geotechnical engineering and rock mechanics in Southeast Asia region and Japan.
