Dear Geotechnical Colleagues working around the West Midlands area,
You are warmly invited to attend a seminar (A re-run of the Glossop lecture) to be given by Prof. Martin Culshaw, Chief Engineering Geologist at the British Geological Survey. The seminar will be held at 3-4pm on MON (14/2) in seminar room G35 , ground Floor, Chemical Engineering Building ( Atrium of Building 11 at http://www.location.bham.ac.uk/edgbaston.htm). Tea/Coffee will be provided at 2:30pm and after the seminar. ALL are welcome. The University is served by the University railway station with a frequent train service from Birmingham New Street station. Car parking facilities can be found in the South Car Park (just below building 39 on the map). The abstract of the seminar can be found below. The lecture is free, but those intending to come should contact me by Wednesday (9/2) noon to enable suitable arrangements to be made. We look forward to seeing you at the University of Birmingham.
Thank you for your attention.
regards,
Andrew
ABSTRACT FOR SEMINAR
From concept towards reality: developing the attributed 3D geological model of the shallow subsurface
In recent years, engineering geology has being trying to redefine itself in terms of a set of 'core values' or 'special scientific principles.' One way of trying to understand what these might be is through the engineering geological ground model, which seeks to combine understanding of the spatial distribution of engineering boundaries with knowledge of rock and soil material and mass properties and the geological processes that alter these through time. The rapid development in information technology over the last twenty years and the digitisation of increasing amounts of geological data has brought engineering geology to a situation in which the production of meaningful 3D spatial models of the shallow subsurface is feasible. The paper describes how this can be done and points the way to the next stage that involves the attribution of these spatial models with physical, mechanical and chemical property data. Some new developments in the provision of geohazard susceptibility information at the national scale are also discussed. A future is proposed in which site investigation sets out to test a pre-existing spatial model based on real data, rather than trying to create such a model based on concepts alone.
CIRRICULUM VITAE
Martin Culshaw is in charge of the British Geological Survey's Urban Geoscience and Geological Hazards Programme and is the Survey's Chief Engineering Geologist. Previously, he managed the Survey's Coastal and Engineering Geology Group and the Engineering Geology and Geophysics Group. He has been involved in engineering geological research, environmental and engineering geological mapping, geo-hazard assessment, site investigation and the application of geology to land use planning for over thirty years. During this time he has spent a number of years overseas in Asia, Africa, Europe and Central America.
He holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Birmingham, a M.Sc. in Engineering Geology from the University of Leeds and is a Chartered Geologist (C.Geol.). He received the Engineering Group of the Geological Society's Award for 1989 and was the Geological Society's Glossop Lecturer in 2004. He is Visiting Professor in Engineering Geology in the School of the Built Environment at the Nottingham Trent University.
He is a former Chair of both the Engineering Group and the East Midlands Regional Group of the Geological Society; he is Chair of the Engineering Geological Maps Commission No. 1 of the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) and the UK IAEG National Group representative. He is a former editor of Engineering Geological Special Publications for the Geological Society. He has served on various steering groups for the Geological Society, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Construction Industry Research and Information Association. He has published over a hundred papers, books and articles and more than a hundred technical reports, edited eight conference proceedings, as well as organising numerous meetings and conferences.
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Eur. Ing. Prof. Andrew H.C. Chan (???):
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Professor in Computational Engineering Head of Engineering Computation Network,
Room F39, First Floor, South West Engineering Building,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham B15 2TT UK
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