The Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT-ASIA 2000) will be held in
Singapore on 18-19 May 2000, organised by the NTU-PWD Geotechnical Research
Centre. An impressive line-up of leading researchers and practitioners in
the field of unsaturated soils will be giving keynote lectures. The keynote
lecturers, and the topics of their lectures, are:
Prof. E. E. Alonso (Spain) "Fundamentals of Rockfill Collapse"
Prof. C. G. Bao (P.R. China) "Slope Stability and Early Prediction of
Landslides for Unsaturated Expansive Soils"
Prof. G. E. Blight (South Africa) "Evapotranspiration: Measuring a
Primary Control over the Behaviour of Unsaturated Soils"
Prof. H. A. Faisal (Malaysia) "Unsaturated Tropical Residual Soils and
Rainfall Induced Slope Failures in Malaysia"
Prof. D. G. Fredlund (Canada) "The History of Developments and Future
Directions of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics"
Prof. S. L. Houston (USA) "Soil Aquifer Treatment of Waste Effluent"
Prof. D. Karube (Japan) "The Role of Pore Water in the Mechanical Behaviour
of Unsaturated Soils"
Prof. A. Komornik (Israel) "Foundations of Structures in Unsaturated
Soil - Research and Practice"
Prof. S. J. Wheeler (UK) "Degree of Saturation: Its Role in
Constitutive Modelling"
More details of the conference can be found on the conference web site at:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/cdtoll/unsat-asia/ . If you have not already
expressed an interest in the conference you can use the on-line
pre-registration form to ensure you are sent future conference bulletins and
other conference information.
Those intending to submit abstracts should note the following important
dates:
Receipt of abstract by: 15 September 1999
Notification of acceptance by: 15 November 1999
Submission of paper by: 15 January 2000
Final acceptance of paper by: 15 March 2000
Abstracts and technical enquiries should be sent to:
Dr D.G. Toll
Nanyang Technological University
School of Civil & Structural Engineering
Blk N1, #1A-37, Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639798
Fax: +65 791 0676. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Abstracts may be sent in by email to [log in to unmask] All non-technical
enquiries (e.g. registration and accommodation) should be directed to the
Conference Secretariat:
Er John S Y Tan
CI-Premier Pte Ltd
150 Orchard Road #07-14
Orchard Plaza
Singapore 238841
Tel: +65 733 2922. Fax: +65 235 3530. E-mail:
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Dr David Toll
Nanyang Technological University
School of Civil & Structural Engineering
Blk N1, #1A-37, Nanyang Avenue
Singapore 639798
Tel: +65-790 6429/791 1744
Fax: +65-791 0676
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/cdtoll/
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