PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND TRAININGIN GEO-ENGINEERING SCIENCES: SOIL MECHANICS, GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING,ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND ROCK MECHANICS, CONSTANTZA, ROMANIA, 2-4 JUNE 2008

Education and Training inGeo-Engineering SciencesSoil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering,Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics

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Iacint Manoliu & Nicoleta RadulescuTechnical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania

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Table of Contents

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1. Invited papers

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What should geotechnical engineers be able to do and how should they acquire these skills?J. AtkinsonNew generation geo-engineeringFB.J. BarendsTeaching rock mechanics in the classroom and on the UNI-Nettuno NetworkG. Barla

Personal reflections on the teaching of soil mechanicsJ.B. BurlandGeotechnical engineering collaboration between clients, consultants, contractorsand universities: A European perspective .M. Devriendt

Engineering geology at University Complutense of Madrid: 30 years of postgraduate coursesL.l. Gonzalez de Vallejo & M FerrerA multi-faceted approach to geotechnical engineering educationM.B. Jaksa

Let's get togetherIM. MayGeo-engineering education and training. The past and the futureR. Oliveira '.Geotechnical education and Eurocode 7TL.L.O"Competency-oriented curricula development in geo-engineering with particularreference to engineering geologyN Rengers & H. Bock /"Education and professional recognition of engineering geologists and geologicalengineers in Canada and the United StatesA.K. TurnerTraining engineering geologists in developing countries: South African perspectivesand challengesJ.L. van Rooy

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131First and second cycle degree programme and impact of the Bologna process in AlbaniaL. Bozo

Geo-engineering education in AustraliaMB. Jaksa, S. G. Fityus, J.K. Kodikara, S. T.S.Yuen & MA. Woodward

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The geotechnical education in BulgariaA. Totsev & J Jellev

Report on geotechnical engineering from ChileR. Verdugo & C Foncea

Introduction to education of rock mechanics in ChinaMFCai

Historical review and current status of civil engineering education in ChinaY. Qiu

Education and training in gee-engineering sciences in CroatiaV Szavits-Nossan

Education and training in gee-engineering sciences in FranceR. Kastner & F Emeriault

German education and training in gee-engineering sciencesU Arslan & H. Huber

Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering education and training in GermanyR. Katzenbach, B. Astheimer & S Wachter

Education and training in gee-engineering sciences in GhanaS[K. Ampadu & SK. Y. Gawu

Geotechnical engineering education and training in Greece and links with thegee-engineering sciencesM Pantazidou, G. Tsiambaos & DK. Atmatzidis

Gee-engineering sciences education in Hong KongL.G. Tham

Geotechnical and geoenvironmental education in IndiaRX Srivastava, SR. Abbas, S. Saxena, S Singh & P. Bala Ramudu

Geotechnical education in Ireland - 2008 national reportB.A. McCabe, DT. Phillips, T.L.L. Orr & S.P. Murray

Geotechnical engineering education in IsraelS Frydman

Report on the education and training in gee-engineering sciences in ItalyD CF La Presti & F Silvestri

Gee-engineering education in LithuaniaK. Dundulis & V Stragys

Geotechnical engineering education and training in MexicoR. Rivera-Constantino

Report on the education and training in gee-engineering sciences for New ZealandJD. SI. George

Education and training in gee-engineering sciences in RomaniaI. Manoliu, Cr. Mdrunteanu & D Stematiu

Education and training in Geo-engineering sciences in the Republic of South Africa (RSA)G.Bllghl

Geotechnical engineering education and training in SwitzerlandM. Caprez, SM. Springman, G. Anagnostou & A.M Puzrin

Geotechnical engineering education in ThailandK. Piriyakul

Report on education and training in gee-engineering sciences in the United States of AmericaA.L. Welker & A.J Puppala

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Teaching geotechnics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, VSB-Technical UniversityOstrava after Destructuralisation of University Study in the Czech RepublicJ Aldorf, J Horky & E. Hrubesova

The relevance of gee-engineering in civil engineering education and practice in GhanaS./X Ampadu

Geotechnics subjects in the curricula of Civil Engineering courses in the University ofBeira Interior (portugal)L.M Ferreira Gomes, R. Kowalczyk, P. Gabriel de Almeida, LJ Andrade Pais,[MG. Falorca & E. Mendes

Education, training and learning ingeo-sciences for Civil Engineeringt. Lungu, A. Stanciu, N Boli & 0. Donciu

Geotechnics for Civil Engineering in an Integrated Master CourseE. Maranha das Neves

"Design and Construction of Underground Works". A postgraduate course in theNational Technical University of AthensP.G. Marinos

Teaching geotechnical engineeringB. Moussai

Bridging Geomatics and Gee-EngineeringDJM Ngan- Tillard, B. G.H. Gorte, AAA. Verhagen & E. Verbree

Gee-engineering, a co-production of Applied Earth Sciences and Civil EngineeringDJM. Ngan-Tillard, JP. Oostveen & CMJ van Kuijen

Some aspects of comparison of gee-engineers education at the universities of Germany and RussiaA. Ponomaryov & R. Kalzenbach

Complex education in underground structures at CTU in PragueJ Pruska, S Chamra & R. vaSicek

Geotechnics and the University degree structure reform in Helsinki0. T. Ravaska

Selected aspects of teaching gee-engineering sciences at the Faculty of Civil Engineering,Warsaw University of TechnologyA. Sieminska-Lewandowska & W Gilewski

Contribution of numerical methods in the education of geosciences:Implementation on two-tier study programsE. Vairaktaris, G. Metaxas & D Damigou

Geo Risk Management - A new engineering education approachM.Th. van Staveren

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A project based approach to teaching geotechnical engineeringDWAirey

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Effective teaching of geo-engineering subjects via project-based approachC-M Chan &A. Suratkon

Geotechnical engineering education in METU and computer aided learning resourcesE. Cokca

From teaching to assistance for projectN Faure, J-F. Thimus & R.-M Faure

Demonstration experiments in geotechnical education1. Herle & S. Gesellmann

Improving graduates' soft skills through laboratory teamworkD lonescu

Using ICT in Geo-Engineering education: The case ofUPC at Barcelona, SpainA. Ledesma & PC Prat

Combining Geographical Information Systems and geo-engineering education. Practical aspectsand lessons learned at TEl of Serres (Greece)C Papatheodorou, A. Konstantinidis & E. Mouratidis

Case study importance in geotechnical engineering - educational approachA. Popa, V Farcas & N llies

Use of an interactive approach and case studies in Geo-engineering educationS. Singh

Improving rock mechanics education by using case studies analysesD Stemaliu

DIDACTU and DIDACPENTE, e-learning tools for underground works and slope stabilityJ-F. Thimus & R.-M. Faure

5. Challenges to geotechnical engineering education

Experiences from advanced teaching in Geotechnics under Erasmus programmeM Drusa & D Sitanyiova

Geotechnical aspects of the final year "Technical project" in the Civil Engineering Depattmentof INS A Lyon, FranceF. Emeriault, G. Debicki & R. Kastner

Geotechnical engineering practice and the implementation of Eurocode approach in ItalyDCF. Lo Presti & N Squeglia

Launching geotechnical education into the 21 st centuryD.T Phillips & B.A. McCabe

Challenges and responses in the geo-engineering educationP Scharle

Some thoughts on the interplay between theory and practice in geotechnical engineeringeducation within the frame of the new modularized university education systemC Vrettos

6. Issues in education and training in Engineering Geology

Training in Geological Engineering. The experience of University ofEvora (portugal)1.MR. Duarte, A.B. Pinho, FA. G. Faria, JL. G. Lopes & PMMP Nogueira

Engineering Geology a basic tool for civil engineering worksE. Marchidanu & R. Stanescu

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Pragmatic training in Engineering Geology .DJM Ngan- Tillard, PM Maurenbrecher; J van der Schrier, A. Venmans & R. Schmitz

Engineering geological education - Practical aspects from Civil EngineeringDepartment at TEl of Serres (Greece)C Papatheodorou & A. Papazisi

7. The link university professional world in geo-engineering

Requirements of the construction industry with regard to the university educationand training of graduates in geo-engmeermgP Arz, W Steinhaeusl & Ch. Scheid

Introduction about the plan of course system in lectures of Japanese Geotechnical SocietyH. Furuya & A. Iizuka

Is Geotechnical education meeting industry demands? The Irish positionB.A. McCabe & DT Phillips

Program of Continuing Professional Development for geotechnical engineers byJapanese Geotechnical SocietyM Nakano & N. Suemasa

Industry-Academia collaboration produces geotechnical case studies for undergraduate instruction:

An example, a proposalM Pantazidou, G.A. Anagnostopoulos & C Tsatsanifos

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Introduction

On 12-14 June 2000, the Romanian Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering organized in Sinaiathe First International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering education and Training which knew a greatsuccess, being attended by teachers and professionals from 37 countries and 6 continents. The Proceedings ofthe Conference were published by A.A. Balkema.

Eight years after the Sinaia Conference, another event of this kind, with a wider scope, is organized inConstantza, on 2-4 June 2008, by the Romanian Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,addressing this time not only Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering but also other gee-engineeringsciences: Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics. .

Put under the auspices of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering -ISSMGE, the Conference was endorsed immediately by the JointTechnical Committee on Education and Trainingof the three "Sister Societies": ISSMGE, the International Association for Engineering Geology and Environ-ment - IAEG, and the International Society for Rock Mechanics - ISRM, which met for the first time inSeptember 2006 in Nottingham. A European Technical Committee on Education and Training of ISSMGE,founded at the beginning of 2007, was also involved in the organization of the Conference.

Since the initiation of the Conference and the date when this Introduction is written (March 12th, 2008)an important development took place. Following the favourable votes, expressed in September 2006 by theCouncil ofIAEG, in November 2006 by the Council ofISRM ami in October 2007 by the Council ofISSMGE,a Cooperation Agreement was concluded between the three Sister Societies, leading to the foundation of aFederation of International Gee-engineering Societies (FIGS). One major aim of Federation is to coordinatescientifical and technical activities in areas with overlapping interest between the Members. Since educationand training is, obviously, such an area, the Conference in Constantza can be rightfully considered as an eventsupporting FIGS in carrying out its functions for the international gee-engineering community.

Papers submitted for publication for the Conference in Constantza cover a broad range of topics, such ascurricular matters in gee-engineering education, teaching, learning and assessment in gee-engineering education,challenges in geotechnical engineering education, issues in education and training in Engineering Geology, thelink university - professional world in gee-engineering, topics to whom distinct parts of this volume are devoted.

A significant number of papers were prepared by distinguished representatives of the three Sister Societies,who kindly answered to the invitation of the organizers to share their most valuable experience and to providesources of inspiration for teachers of gee-engineering subjects around the world.

The volume includes also a number of reports on education and training in gee-engineering sciences in23 countries. Some of them have the character of national reports covering all or part of the geo-engineeringsciences. Others provide an insight on the present status of gee-engineering sciences in the respective country.There are also several cases in which two such reports, which complement each other, were received from thesame country.

faculty who teach topics outside their main researchfocus and area of professional expertise,

It is further proposed that this need be addressed bycollaborating teams of consultants and faculty mem-bers. A suitable team will include a faculty member,whose role will be to make sure that the producedinstructional material is "teachable", a junior con-sultant intimately involved with the case, who willcompile the needed information, and a senior con-sultant, who will devote only some minimal time,providing hislher knowledge of the "big picture" ofthe project.

To make the proposal tangible, the authors pre-sented in this paper some representative results of apilot consulting-university collaboration which pro-duced instructional material for a reinforced earthretaining structure. All the information i~ includedin the completed template and a PowerPoint pre-sentation, available on the internet (www.pangaea.grand users.ntua.grlmpanta). It should be noted that theauthors chose a modest-scale project within a high-profile project, i.e., the Egnatia Highway, bypassingon purpose the majestic bridges and the long tunnelsof Egnatia, for a project that involved some calcula-tions most students would follow in an undergraduategeotechnics class. At the same time, the project is richenough to also include some analyses suitable for anadvanced course on soil improvement.

In order to encourage similar collaborations, theauthors finally discuss measures necessary to ensurethe viability of a consulting-university collaboration:streamlining the production ofthe instructional mate-rials, providing visibility ideally through a national

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Author index

St. George, JD. 231Gesellmann, S. 379Gilewski, W 333Gonzalez de Vallejo, L.1. 55Gorte, B.G.H. 307

Oliveira, R. 79Oostveen, JP. 313Orr, TL.L. 87, 203

Abbas, S.H. 199Airey, D.W 357Aldorf, J 269Ampadu, S.1.K. 181,275Anagnostopoulos, G.A 505Anagnostou, G. 247Andrade Pais, L.J. 281Arslan, U. 171Arz, P. 481Astheimer, B. 177Atkinson, J 3Atmatzidis, D.K. 187

Bala Ramudu, P. 199Barends, FB.J. 9Barla, G. 23Blight, G. 245Bock, H. 101Boti, N. 293Bozo, L. 131Burland, JB. 35 Kastner, R. 165, 427Cai, M.F 147 Katzenbach, R. 177,319

1. Caprez M 247 Kodikara, J.K. 135t Chamr~, S: 325 Konstantinidis, A. 393~ Chan, C.-M. 363 Kowalczyk, R. 281~ Cokca, E. 369 van Kuijen, C.M.J. 313 Saxena, S. 199t Scharle, P. 443f Damigou, D. 337 Ledesma, A 389 Scheid, Ch. 481l Debicki, G. 427 La Presti, D.C.F 213,435 Schmitz, R. 463 i, Devriendt, M. 49 J L G 453 d S hri J 463 Ii' Lopes, . . . van er C er,.l Donciu, O. 293 Lungu.L 293 Sieminska-Lewandowska, A. 333 I, Drusa, M. 421 Silvestri, F 213 Il Duarte, l.M.R. 453 Singh, S. 199,405 I

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Marinos, PG. 301 Squeglia, N. 435Falarca,1.M.G. 281 Marunteanu, Cr. 237 Srivastava, R.K. 199

~ Stanciu, A. 293 I·s Farcas, V. 397 Maurenbrecher, P.M. 463~ Faria, P.A.G. 453 May,1.M. 73 Stanescu, R. 459Th 345 I

~ Faure, N. 375 McCabe, B.A. 203,439,493 van Staveren, M·48i II~ Faure, R.-M. 375,415 Mendes, E. 281 Steinhaeusl, W~ Ferreira Gomes, L.M. 281 Metaxas, G. 337 Stematiu, D. 237,409 '\" Ferrer, M. 55 Mouratidis, E. 393 Stragys, V. 221.• Suemasa, N. 499i

Fityus, S.G. 135 Moussai, B. 305 Suratkon, A. 363 !

tl.Foncea, C. 145 Murray, S.P. 203 Szavits-Nossan, V. 159 II.

Frydman, S. 209Furuya, H. 489 Nakano, M. 499Gabriel de Almeida, P. 281 Ngan-Tillard, D.JM. 307,313,463 Tham, L.G. 193

Y 181 Nogueira, P.M.M.P. 453 Thimus, J.-F. 375,415I Gawu, S.K. . 5!3 I I

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Herle,1. 379Holtz, R.D. 263Horky, J 269Hrubesova, E. 269Huber, H. 171

Pantazidou, M. 187,505Papatheodorou, C. 393,473Papazisi, A. 473Phillips, D.T 203,439,493Pinho, A.B. 453Piriyakul, K. 253Ponomaryov,A. 319Popa,A. 397Prat, ac. 389Pruska, J 325Puppala, AJ 257Puzrin, AM. 247

Iizuka, A. 489Ilies, N. 397Ionescu, D. 383

Jaksa, M.B. 59, 135Jellev, J. 141 Qiu,Y 151

Ravaska,O.T 329Rengers, N. 101Rivera-Constantino, R. 227van Rooy, J.L. 119

Totsev,A. 141Tsatsanifos, C. 505Tsiambaos, G. 187Turner, A.K. III

Verdugo, R. 145Verhagen, A.A.A. 307Vinet, L. 351Vrettos, C. 447

Yuen, S.T.S. 135

Zimmie, T.F. 263

Vairaktaris, E. 337Vasicek, R. 325Venrnans, A. 463Verbree, E. 307

Wachter, S. 177Welker, A.L. 257Woodward, M.A. 135

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