Program at a glance

The program is subject to change without proior notice. Last updated 2021.09.25.

Breakout sessions

1. Statistical-risk-economical aspects
2. Tests in various soil types
3. Special soils special properties
4. Equipments, tests
5. Evaluation, verification, special modelling
6. Soil parameters from testing
7. Geophysics
8. Numerical modelling
9. Dams, dikes, embankments
10. Liquefaction
11. Case studies
12. Environmental
13. Piles
14. Rock, stiff clay, cavity, debris flow
15. Quality control, large areas
16. Sampling

Posters

1. Statistical-risk-economical aspects

• Stefano Collico, Marcos Arroyo, Norma Perez, Marcelo Devincenzi: Probabilistic quantification of soil delineation coherence using CPTu data
• Nina Stark, Ali Albatal, Dennis Kiptoo, Nicola Brilli, Reem Jaber: Spatial variability of relative density of sandy seabed surface sediments in an energetic nearshore zone estimated from a portable free fall penetrometer
• Andreas Aspmo Pfaffhuber, Craig Christensen, Guro Skurdal, Asgeir Lysdahl, Malte Vöge: Large scale & efficient geotechnical soil investigations: Applying machine learning on airborne geophysical models
• Juan Camilo Viviescas, Juan P. Osorio: Geological origin as an input variable in reliability -based designs: for an accurate exploration in geotechnical engineering.
• Valentina Lentini, Emanuele Colica, Sebastiano D’amico, Pauline Galea, Francesco Castelli: Site characterization and mitigation of the coastal risks: the southern Sicily and the Maltese islands
• Jinsong Huang, Richard Kelly: A Bayesian framework for probabilistic site investigation
• Shin-ichi Nishimura, Go Kubota, Toshifumi Shibata, Takayuki Shuku: Evaluation of spatial distribution for permeability based on CPTU and geostatistics
• Ikuo Towhata, Tsunemi Watanabe, Tetsutaro Sumi, Shunichi Sawada, Keigo Azuno: PROMOTION OF GROUND INVESTIGATION FOR AVOIDANCE OF GEO-RISK AND BETTER CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
• Alvaro Boiero: Development of a Rational Methodology for Soil Geotechnical Characterization

2/1. Tests in various soil types

• Simon Oberhollenzer, Anna Fankhauser, Roman Marte, Franz Tschuchnigg, Michael Premstaller: Characterization of microstructure in silty soils using SCPTu tests
• VICTOR HUGO BARBOSA, Maria Esther Soares Marques, Antônio Carlos Rodrigues Guimarães: CHARACTERIZATION OF EXPANSIVE SOILS IN SOUTHWEST BRAZILIAN AMAZON
• Paolo Ruggeri, Viviene Marianne Esther Fruzzetti, Giuseppe  Scarpelli: Characterization of the recent soft silty clay deposit in the Ravenna port area (Italy)
• Christopher Krage, Jason DeJong, Ross Boulanger, Don DeGroot: Laboratory Investigation of Old Bay Clay Consolidation Strain Rate and Creep Behavior
• Helena Nierwinski, Fernando Schnaid, Edgar Odebrecht: Insitu state parameter assessment of nonplastic silty soils and tailings  using the seismic cone
• Laxmi  Prasad Suwal, Jubert Pineda, Ben Morris, Richard Kelly: Hydromechanical characterization of an Australian organic black soil
• Ronan Travers, Shane Doolan: Some Geotechnical Characteristics of Carlingford Clay
• Stanciu Anghel, Ilas Andrei, Nicuta Alina: Laboratory Equipment for the Determination of Soils Compressibility Characteristics
• MAIRA ALEJANDRA BARON CASTRO, EDGAR EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ: Calibration of the CPTu and analysis of a lacustrine deposit of Bogotá
• Meng Wu, Guojun Cai: Evaluation of the engineering characteristics of the floodplain soil in the Yangtze River Delta

2/2. Tests in various soil types

• Priscilla Paniagua, Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux, Marianna Kalogeropoulou: A comparison between grain size distribution methods applied to Halden silt
• Paul Mayne, Bruce Miller: Application of modified NTH solution to overconsolidated Hartford clay
• An-Bin  Huang, Anders Hust Augustesen, Caspar Thrane Leth, Edward Charles George Molyneaux, Lone Krogh: A field study on the effects of fines on the interpretation of CPTu
• Tjie-Liong GOUW: STIFF CLAY c’ ' Derivation Through Pressuremeter Test Data
• Paola Monaco, Laura Tonni, Sara Amoroso, Maria F. Garcia Martinez, Guido Gottardi, Diego Marchetti, Luca Minarelli: Use of Medusa DMT in alluvial silty sediments of the Po river valley
• Yenni Mariana Ramírez Mazo, Juan Pablo Osorio, Sergio Agudelo Flórez: Development of a new electroosmotic consolidation apparatus
• Philippe REIFFSTECK, Panagiotis Giorgios Karagiannopoulos, Michael Peronne, Jean Benoît, Quang Huy Dang: Cyclic pressuremeter tests with pore pressure measurements, application to CSR evaluation
• Imre, E. Á Bálint, L. Nagy, J. Lőrincz, Zs. Illés, D. Barreto, F. Casini, G. Guida, S. Feng: Examination of saturated hydraulic conductivity using grading curve functions
• Lang Liu, Silvio Giger, Derek Martin, Rick Chalaturnyk, Nathan Deisman: Stress and strain dependencies of shear modulus from pressuremeter tests in Opalinus Clay
• Anteneh Biru Tsegaye: Determining the radial consolidation coefficient from cone penetration based dissipation tests. 
• Jacques  MONNET, Luc Boutonnier, Dino Mahmutovic: Elastic Interpretation of Unsaturated undrained Pressuremeter Tests in clays

3. Special soils

• Guillem Massallé, Àlex Vancells, Amadeu Deu, Marcelo Devincenzi: Effect of seawater and salt-saturated water on marine deltaic cohesive soft soils from Llobregat River (Barcelona, Spain)
• MD AZHAR, A. K. SINHA, UDAYA PRATAP: Dissipation tests in saline and quick environments
• Jovan Papic, Saška Velkovska: Comparison of results from laboratory tests on materials from mine tailings: permeability case
• Archana Mallick, D.K. Baidya: UTILIZATION OF FLYASH & GEOTEXTILE ON EXPANSIVE SOIL SUBGRADE
• Walter Steiner: Challenges characterizing glacial soil deposits
• Ikuo Towhata, Takashi Hosoya, Mitsuyoshi Ikeda: RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY ON EARTHQUAKEINDUCED FAILURES OF GROUND COMPOSED OF VOLCANIC MATERIALS IN HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, DURING THE 2018 IBURITOBU EARTHQUAKE OF Mw=6.6
• MARIA EMOKE IMRE, Stephen Fityus, DANIEL BISHOP, Lachlan Bates, MIKLOS JUHASZ, ZSOFIA BAKACSI, KALMAN RAJKAI: Dynamic Modulus, Young’s Modulus and Damping Ratio Measurements of Fly Ash from FixedFree Resonant Column Apparatus
• Rolando Orense: Laboratory-based method to quantify pumice contents of volcanic deposits
• Susumu Yasuda: Soil investigations and soil tests required for seismic inspection of abandoned tailings dams in Japan
• Luljeta Bozo, Ardita Malaj, Skënder Allkja, Besian Xhagolli: Problematic soils in the western part of Albania

4/1. Equipments, in situ testing

• Michael Peronne, Michel RISPAL, Philippe REIFFSTECK, Catherine JACQUARD: New measuring while drilling technology ASFOREC®
• Kevin Berthet, Maddy Murali , Joek Peuchen, Phil Vardon: Add-on Sensors for Cone Penetration Testing
• Louis Marcil: Comparison between pressuremeter tests carried out in a controlled environment with Menardtype triplecell vs singlecell pressuremeters
• Claudia Meisina, Roberta Bonì, Massimiliano Bordoni, Stefano Stacul, Diego Lo Presti: The importance of minicone penetration test in thin layered soils
• Jacques MONNET: Expected precision of the pressuremeter results
• Luisa Dhimitri, John J. M. Powell, Darren Ward: The friction sleeve measurement in CPTU - Does size matter? - A new study
• Peuchen, E. Gómez Meyer: Geo-intelligence from databases of offshore in situ tests in public domain
• Diego Marchetti, Fernando Danziger, Graziella Maria Faquim Jannuzzi: Comparison of DMT results using traditional pneumatic equipment and the Medusa DMT in the Sarapuí II soft clay deposit in Brazil
• Zbigniew Bednareczyk: Engineering application of smart slope stability insitu and remote monitoring methods in lignite opencast mine

4/2. Equipments, in situ testing

• Alexandre Lopes, Niculai Droniuc, Alain PUECH, Francis Cour: Assessment of shear stiffness at small strain rate using an innovative monocell pressuremeter probe
• Francis Cour, Alexandre Lopes: An innovative MonoCell pressuremeter probe to meet the recent needs of geotechnical engineering
• Catherine JACQUARD, Michel RISPAL: Ménard Pressiometric Tests crosschecked under the ARSCOP program in a siltysandy soil
• Theo Besson, Catherine JACQUARD, Michel RISPAL, Philippe REIFFSTECK, Fabien SZYMKIEWICZ: The Dilatosol®, a new tool for soil characterization
• Philippe REIFFSTECK, lucile saussaye, Thibaut arrachepied, julien habert: Borehole quality influence on expansion test results
• Alexandre TEYSSIER, Philippe REIFFSTECK, Michel RISPAL, Catherine JACQUARD: Evaluation of modulus deformation and drainage condition during Cone Loading Tests in sands
• Alexandre TEYSSIER, Miguel Angel BENZ NAVARRETE, Quoc-Anh TRAN, Jean-Christophe PELLEZ, Catherine JACQUARD: Field correlation between shear wave velocity measured by Panda 3®, Cone penetrometer (CPT) and geophysical tests
• MARIA EMOKE IMRE, TIBOR FIRGI, Gabor Telekes, GABOR MILE, JOZSEF MODOS: CPTu dissipation tests of a landfill
• Rhamira Pascual, Roberto Mazzarone, George Teles, Graziella Maria Faquim Jannuzzi, Arthur Pinheiro, Fernando Danziger, Davi Ferreira de Oliveira: Application of non-destructive techniques to assess sample quality in soft clay: a case study

5. Evaluation, verification, special modelling

• Lulu Liu, Wenzong Gong, Guojun Cai, Xuepeng Li, Songyu Liu: Evaluation of Coefficient of Consolidation of Nonstandard Dissipation Types of SoilBentonite Wall Based on CPTU
• shehab agaiby, Paul Mayne: Analytical Evaluation of CPTu Soundings in Soft Chicago Clay
• Santiago Peña, Ramiro Gómez: Soft sediments consolidation backanalysis under preload with wick drains
• Amin Barari, L B Ibsen: Accounting for stress-dependent stiffness of skirted circular foundation during monotonic loading in layered seabed
• Ruan Gomes, Eurípedes Vargas, Raquel Velloso, Guilherme Gomes, Felipe Alves: Development of surrogate for transient flow: model calibration with the Monitored Infiltration Test
• miguel stanichevsky, Tatiana Stanichevsky: DETERMINATION OF SUBGRADE REACTION COEFFICIENT THROUGH DMT RESULTS FOR CONTINUOUS BEAM FOUNDATION DESIGN
• Intriago, H. Bazurto, D. Besenzon, X. Vera-Grunauer, S. Amoro: Shear wave velocity prediction using different in situ tests at a soft clayey site in Guayaquil (Ecuador)
• Franz Tschuchnigg: KIM – A METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE RELATIVE DENSITY OF CALCAREOUS SANDS
• ZHONGKUN OUYANG, Paul Mayne: Modified NTH solution for overconsolidated fissured clays
• Imre et al: Evaluation of dilatometer dissipation test data with no inflexion point.
• Arash Pirouzi, Don J. DeGroot: Evaluation of recompression index for structured clays from laboratory constant rate of strain consolidation tests

6/1. Soil parameters from testing

• Jana Frankovska, Eliska Kucova: Correlations to estimate engineering properties from dynamic penetration test
• Ramdane BAHAR, Meriem LETIF, Nourredine Mezouar: Field and laboratory correlations for various Algerian cohesive soils
• Miguel Angel BENZ NAVARRETE, Pierre BREUL, Gabriel Villavicencio Arancibia, Philippe Moustan: Correlation between static and dynamic variable energy cone penetration test
• Alexandru Poenaru, Tudor Saidel, Loretta Batali, Alexandra Bilcu, Alexandra Meirosu: In situ and laboratory soil investigations. Correlations between different parameters specific to Bucharest area.
• Chi-Chin Tsai, L Ge, C W Lu: Prediction model for shear wave velocity of gravelly soil
• Editha Ehrmanntraut, Carl Wersäll, K. Rainer Massarsch: Soil identification by vibration measurements during dynamic penetration testing – a field study
• Rolando Orense, Yasin Mirjafari: Estimation of fines content and plasticity index of clayey soils using Screw Driving Sounding
• Wengang Zhang, Liang Han, Chongzhi Wu, Goh Anthony T. C., Changyou Yang, Xiaowan Zhou: Investigation on Parameter Correlations for Residual Soils in Singapore
• Nuno Bravo de Cruz: Behaviour of Portuguese granitic residual soils represented in DMT and CPTu soil behaviour type (SBT) charts

6/2. Soil parameters from testing

• Jędrzej Wierzbicki, Zbigniew Młynarek, Tom Lunne: G0 modulus of sands with varying overconsolidation effect, obtained from SDMT and SCPTU tests
• JeanClaude GRESS, Matthias FERREIRA: Geotechnical site characterization recent advances
• Michael Premstaller: SCPT Downhole Seismik The key for the evaluation of the stiffness modulus for sensitive silty soils
• Toshifumi Shibata, Shinichi Nishimura, Takayuki Shuku, Shigehiro Futatsugi, Akira Nishimura: Soil classification and correlation between Swedish weight sounding test results and strength parameter
• Caroline FORESTTI-OLIVEIRA, Miguel Angel BENZ NAVARRETE, Quoc-Anh TRAN, Pierre BREUL, Bastien CHEVALIER, Claude BACCONNET: Soil elastic modulus and shear wave velocity determination through dynamic penetrometer Panda 3® and wave analysis
• Yue Hu, Yu Wang: Subsurface soil classification and zonation from limited CPT soundings in a 2D vertical cross-section
• Amadeu Deu, Xavier Martí, Santiago Peña, Dani Tarragó, Antonio Gens, Marcelo Devincenzi: DMT, CPTU and laboratory tests comparison for soil classification and strength parameters of deltaic soft soils in Barcelona Port
• Shaoli Yang: Application of machine learning on soil classification based on CPTU data

7/1. Geophysics

• Rainier Arndt, Endre Hegedus, János Stickel , Attila Csaba Kovacs: You can leave your head on…: Geophysics serves nondestructive insitu inspections of ground anchors
• Paul Lehmann, Markus Schmidt, Thomas Richter, Michael Eidner: Geophysical structural exploration applications in civil engineering, tunneling and mining
• Tivadar Szabó, Tamas Toth, Zoltán Hámori, Viktor Németh, Péter Filipszki: 2C land streamer for high resolution shallow seismic investigations
• Zsombor Illés, Gábor Nagy, László Nagy, András Kovács: Geotechnics and Soil Sciences: multidisciplinary investigation of a saline lakebed
• Thomas Fechner, Uta Koedel, Lutz Karl, Sonja Mackens-Siemes: A novel CPT-based seismic tomographic system for geotechnical applications
• Endre Törös, Péter Nagy, Zsolt Prónay, Bence Solymosi: Experiences on geophysical inspection of retaining wall structures
• Zsolt Prónay, Endre Törös, Péter Nagy, Csaba Hegymegi: Geophysical investigation on recultivated opencast mining areas
• Hariharan G N: 2D UHR seismic survey as a tool for mapping of shallow subsurface soil stratigraphy at exploratory well locations and for initial assessment of geohazard risk for drilling rigs– A case study
• Yunhuo Zhang, Taeseo Ku: 3D Seismic reflection to map out the ground profile in Singapore

7/2. Geophysics

• Sándor Szalai, Lukács Kuslics, Attila Kovács, Árpád Kis, István Lemperger, Mátyás Krisztián Baracza: Pricking Probe (PriP) method and its applicability
• Gerald Verbeek, Erick Baziw: Implementation of the Forward Modeling/Downhill Simplex Method Absorption Analysis (FMDSMAA) Algorithm
• Alessandro Arato, Mario Naldi, Luisella Vai, Antonella Chiappone, Cesare Comina: TOWARDS A SEISMOELECTRIC LAND STREAMER
• Pedro Baltazar-Soares, Jeniffer Viegas, Claudia Escada, Francisco Martinez-Moreno, Fernando Monteiro Santos, Jaime Santos, Giulio Vignoli: Inversion of Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) data to site characterization of PLLN Alluvial Area, VFX, N Lisbon
• Jodie Crocker, Joseph Vantassel, Brady Cox: Limitations of the Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) Method for Subsurface Anomaly Detection
• Richard de Kunder, Tamas Toth, Jordan Bos, Péter Filipszki, Viktor Németh, Tivadar Szabó, Géza Wórum: Novel P and S wave electric seismic source for highresolution seismic imaging
• Xiaoqiang Gu, Wenlan Jiang, Jiangu Qian, Maosong Huang: Sampling disturbance evaluation based on the shear wave velocity measured in laboratory and field tests
• Attila Csaba Kovacs, Gábor Szongoth, Laszló Zilahi Sebess: Geotechnical information based on well logging in tunnel pre-drillings
• Tamas Toth, Csaba Petik, Péter Filipszki, Viktor Németh, Tivadar Szabó, Gábor Vincze: Combined geophysicalgeotechnical investigation of a land slide surface of a recultivated openhole mine
• Jorge Machado de Carvalho, Mafalda Lopes Laranjo: The use of the Stransform in Prazeres clay site characterization combining insitu and laboratory tests

8. Numerical modelling

• Ashraf Osman: An Eulerian-based finite element approach for simulating cone-penetration tests in soft clay
• Laurin Hauser, Helmut F. Schweiger: Numerical simualtion of cone penetration testing using a unified state parameter model for clay and sand
• Ali Khosravi, Alejandro Martinez, Jason DeJong: Effect of Contact Parameters on Simulation of CPT Measurements in Granular Materials
• Lluís Monforte, Marcos Arroyo, Antonio Gens, Josep Maria Carbonell: Exploring the effect of clay permeability on CPTu metrics through numerical modelling
• Alessandra  Di Mariano , Sara Amoroso, Marcos Arroyo, Paola Monaco, Antonio Gens: DMT/SDMT testing and its use in the numerical modelling of a deep excavation
• Vincenzo Silvestri, Ghassan Abou-Samra: COUPLED EULERIAN - LAGRANGIAN 3D FINITE - ELEMENT TECHNIQUE FOR ANALYSIS OF DILATOMETER TEST IN CLAY
• Hamid Hosseini Sadrabadi, Bruno Chareyre, Christophe Dano, Luc Sibille, Pierre Riegel, Ankit Sharma: Assessing the interpretation of a cyclic Cone Penetration Test (CPT) under saturated conditions: numerical and experimental approaches.
• Julian Lehn, Ernö Biczók: Numerical modelling of soil nailing combined with flexible facing for slope stabilization
• MARIA EMOKE IMRE: Coupled models to describe total stress dissipation tests

9. Dikes, 12. Environmental    

• Hamed Hoseinimighani, Janos Szendefy: Comparison of different methods for measuring thermal properties of soil: review on laboratory, insitu and numerical modeling methods
• Takashi Fujishiro, Hemanta Hazarika: Investigation on Slope Failure Caused by the 2018 Northern Kyushu Torrential Rainfall, Japan
• Nuno Bravo de Cruz: Behaviour of Portuguese granitic residual soils represented in DMT and CPTu soil behaviour type (SBT) charts
• Gianluca Regina, Ernesto Ausilio, Giovanni Dente, Paolo Zimmaro: Geophysical investigations used in the seismic revaluation of the Farneto del Principe dam
• Andhika Sahadewa, Haris Setyawan, Mahdi Tanjung, Aprianto Indrawan, Ridwan Santoso, Ratika Salim, Abi Hakim: The Importance of Investing in Site Characterization in a Dam Project to Avoid Impending Losses
• Tamas Toth, Sándor Baranya, János Szendefy, Zoltán Hámori, Gergely Török, Miklós Kóbor: Integrated geophysicalgeotechnical investigation of shallow sections of river Danube, Hungary
• Mehrad Kamalzare, Hector Marquez: Geotechnical stability analyses of embankment dam systems and assessment of the current design criteria
• Imre, E. Koch, L. Nagy and Zs. Illés and Zs. Hortobágyi, D. Barreto: Several cases of backward erosion/liquefaction piping from Hungary
• Zsombor Illés, Gábor Nagy: Verification and modelling of seepage control walls
• Renato Cosentini, Federico Passeri, Sebastiano Foti: Geophysical and geotechnical characterisation of small earth dams in the Piedmont region for seismic risk assessment
• Fernando Danziger, Graziella Maria Faquim Jannuzzi, Arthur Pinheiro, Renato Goldbach: The use of CPT to evaluate the properties of a compacted embankment
• Emoke Imre, László Nagy, Daniel Barreto, János Lőrincz, Ágnes Bálint, Edina Koch, Maria Datcheva, Levente Kovács, Stephen Fityus, Vijay P. Singh: Case studies –  piping and dispersive soils in Hungary

10. Liquefaction

• Antonio Viana da Fonseca, Fausto Gómez, Cristiana Ferreira, Diana Cordeiro: OBTAINING THE STATE PARAMETER FROM SCPTU DATA FOR LIQUEFACTION ASSESSMENT IN ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN PORTUGAL
• Salvatore Grasso, Maria Rossella Massimino, Maria Stella Sammito: Evaluation of the Shear Stress Reduction Factor for the Liquefaction Potential in the Catania Area (Italy)
• Kyle Rollins, Sara Amoroso: Evaluation of the Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DPT) for Liquefaction Triggering at Gravel Sites in Italy and Alaska
• Sebastian Lopez, Jean Canou, Jean Calude Dupla, Miguel Angel BENZ NAVARRETE: Development of a liquefaction risk assessment methodology using an instrumented lightweight dynamic penetrometer: calibration chamber tests
• Sebastian Lopez, Jean Canou, Jean Calude Dupla, Miguel Angel BENZ NAVARRETE: Evaluation of soil liquefaction resistance with variable energy dynamic penetration test, PANDA®: state of the art
• Catarina Ramos, Cristiana Ferreira, Fausto Gómez, Antonio Viana da Fonseca: Enhanced liquefaction susceptibility evaluation of Lisbon sands from SPT and CPTu tests: integration of laboratory-measured fines content
• DEBNATH MONDAL, DEBASIS ROY, SAMIR SAURAV: Influence of bacterial activities on cone tip resistance and liquefaction susceptibility of sand
• Diana Cordeiro, Antonio Viana da Fonseca, Cristiana Ferreira, Fausto Gómez, Carlos Rodrigues: LIQUEFACTION ASSESSMENT TROUGH SCPTU AND DMT TESTS: AVEIRO CASE STUDY
• Sara Amoroso, Kyle Rollins, Kord Wissmann, Luca Minarelli: Estimation of lateral spreading by SPT, CPTU and DMT following the 2016 Mw7.8 Ecuador earthquake

11/1. Case studies

• Rod EDDIES, David Kilcoyne, Laurent Metral, Tim Nixon: MinimalImpact Site Characterisation for Mining and Nuclear Infrastructure Development
• Roy Anthony Luna, Alexis Acacio, Ramon Quebral, Michael Follosco, Gian Reyes, Jenna Carmela Pallarca, Marvin Renzo Malonzo: Geological and Geotechnical Characterization for the Rehabilitation of the NorthSouth Philippine Railway System
• Fred Yi, Robert J. Johnson: Case Study of Liquefaction Mitigation By Compaction Grouting
• Roy Anthony Luna, Patrick Adrian Selda, Karen Joy Leobrera, Ramon Quebral, Francis Jenner Bernales, Maria Deandra Andal, Emmanuel Marasigan: Geophysical Characterization and Seismic Hazard Analysis for the Proposed Metro Manila Subway
• Roy Anthony Luna, Edgardo Kasilag, Rodora Perez, Jose Carlo Eric Santos, Arlene Buenaventura , John Michael Gargullo, Emmanuel Marasigan: Geohazard and Geotechnical Assessment for Reclamation Projects in the Philippines
• Luiz Felipe Goulart Fiscina, Paulo José Rocha de Albuquerque, Jean Rodrigo Garcia: Reliability and Risk Analysis of Micropile Bearing Capacity Based on SPT Variability: Case Study
• Paola Monaco, Gianfranco Totani, Giovanni Bosco, Ferdinando Totani: Site characterization for assessment of seismic vulnerability of ancient buildings in the centre of Macerata (Italy)
• Andre Mazur, Jane Lee, Xavier Shum, Jana Schultze: Hong Kong's marine UXO. The prevalence, burial depth, associated hazard and identification of marine UXO
• Jørgen S. Steenfelt : Settlement and tilt of large-scale bridge piers based on site characterization and monitoring

11/2. Case studies

• Jalal Zenah, Péter Görög, Bernadetta Pasierb: Exploration and stability analysis of underground cavities of urban areas
• Julie Paprocki, Nina Stark, Hans Graber: Assessment of FineGrained Sediment Properties From SatelliteBased Imagery
• Walter Steiner: Site investigation for crossing a river in constraint conditions
• Anna Wudzka, Francesco Petrella, Kathrine Rive: The use of the seismic flat dilatometer for soil characterisation and geotechnical design of a fjord crossing
• tawfiq boufrina: Specific slope stability study of Aomar region—Characterization and proposal of reinforcement measures
• Jose Carlo Eric Santos, John Michael Gargullo, Karen Joy Leobrera, Joanne Parafina: Methodology for Cavity Detection under Multi-level Buildings in the Karstic Island of Boracay, Philippines
• Santiago Peña, Amadeu Deu, Marcelo Devincenzi: Practical approach for soil characterization with multivariate analysis
• Szilvágyi, A.C. Kovács, J. Stickel : Combined geotechnical – geophysical soil investigations: a case study from Budapest
• Babak Hamidi, Serge Varaksin: The contribution of CPT and PMT for optimization of a ground improvement project in Hungary
• Erzsébet Győri, Máté Timkó, Zoltán Gráczer, Gyöngyvér Szanyi: Joint analysis of active and passive surface wave methods – case studies from seismic microzonation of Budapest

13. Piles

• Zoltán Kőhalmi, Bibók Gábor: ”FRESH TAKE” ON AN OLD TECHNOLOGY , Construction area bounding and foundation reinforcement with megapile and nailed slope surface protection
• Sanchari Mondal, Chin Fung Tsang, Amirhassan Mehdizadeh, Guillermo  A. Narsilio, Mahdi M Disfani: Evaluation of Soil Interaction with Laterally Loaded Minipiles using Optic Fibre
• julien habert, Antoine Guimond, Fahd Cuira: Pressuremeter based methods to predict the behaviour of micropiles and grouted anchors
• Akiyoshi Kamura, Motoki Kazama: Assessment of stiffness degradation of soil by in-situ cyclic loading using pressuremeter
• Adrienn Nepusz, Hudacsek Péter, Wolf Ákos: Pile capacity in calcareous high plasticity clay
• Garam Kim, Incheol Kim, Jiyoung Lee, Qaisar Abbas, Junhwan Lee: Normalized py analysis method for laterally loaded piles in sand based on CPT results
• Daniel Borbely, Attila Szepesházi, Ferenc Scheuring: Drilling Performance Prediction For Screwed Displacement Piles Based On CPT Testing
• Ahmad Kahiel, Salah Sadek, Shadi Najjar: Implication of Spatial Variability on the Design of Piles in Liquefiable Soils
• Anteneh Biru Tsegaye: Pore pressure dissipation around driven piles-a simplified approach using the Gauss-divergence method. 
• Róisín Buckley, Richard Jardine, Stavroula Kontoe: In situ testing in lowmedium density structured chalk

14. Rock

• Sándor Szalai, István Lemperger, Attila Novák, Katalin Gribovszky, László Szarka , Mohamed  Zubair , Mátyás Krisztián Baracza: Fracture system characterization by Pressure Probe
• Sahar Rahpeyma, Benedikt Halldórsson, Birgir Hrafnkelsson: Detailed site effect estimation using Bayesian multi-level modeling of earthquake strong-motion amplitudes and uncertainties
• Mingi Kim, Choong-Ki Chung: Application of GISbased neural network models for subsurface stratification
• Chan-Young Yune, Kyoung-Jea Jun: Topographic Changes in Real-scale Debris-flow Experiment using Terrestrial LiDAR
• Goran Vlastelica, Branko Kordić, Kristina Pikelj: Discernment of layers in heterogeneous rock masses using Terrestrial Laser Scanning intensity
• Ana Raič, Nataša Štambuk Cvitanović, Goran Vlastelica, Ákos Török, Péter Görög: Marly soft rocks from Dalmatia (Croatia) and Budapest (Hungary) – correlations of intact rock physical and mechanical properties

15. Quality control

• Peter Nagy, Dietmar Adam, Peter Freitag: Evaluation of the compaction effect from deep vibro compaction using the seismic cone penetration test
• Volker Eitner, Ferdinand Stoelben: Qualification criteria for operators and enterprises performing ground investigation
• Fauzan Sahdi, Phil Watson, M. Fraser Bransby, Christophe Gaudin, Joe Tom, Noor Laham: Measurements of longterm strength changes due to cyclic loading in Gulf of Mexico clay
• marcelo penna, Anderson Diego Dárdis de Macedo, Gustavo Prado Guerra, Antônio Sérgio De Pietro Damasco Penna: DMT tests for compaction control purpose
• Patrick Mengé, Mathijs Maes: Influence of Compaction on Material Behavior Index from CPT for carbonate sands

16. Sampling

• Volker Eitner, Ferdinand Stoelben, Jean-Robert Courivaud: Undisturbed sampling of non-cohesive soils by drilling
• Philippe REIFFSTECK, Franck Pilnière, Gilles Desanneaux, Fabrice Jadé: A+ sampler for natural fine soils
• Jubert Pineda, Kaiwen Ouyang, Laxmi  Prasad Suwal, Scott Sloan: Effects of waxing on sample quality in soft soils
• Philippe REIFFSTECK, Panagiotis Giorgios Karagiannopoulos, Michael Peronne: Mesure of the water pressure during the pressuremeter test in a calibration chamber-physical and numerical approach
• Natalie Murphy, Krystle-Rae Biram, Scott Fidler: Development of a site-specific correlation for the verification of relative density of dredged reclamation sand fill using CPT results
• Fausto Gómez, Antonio Viana da Fonseca, Cristiana Ferreira, Catarina Ramos, Diana Cordeiro: NOVEL SAMPLING TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTING HIGH-QUALITY SAMPLES: PORTUGUESE EXPERIENCE IN LIQUEFIABLE SOILS
• William G. Lukas, Don J. DeGroot, Jason T. DeJong: Laboratory study of impact of drainage during sampling of intermediate soils

Posters

• Ryoko SERA, Masatoshi OKAMURA, Hiromitsu NISHIYAMA, Masahiko HARIGAYA, Reiko Kuwano: On-site Monitoring Surveys and Investigations of Subsurface Cavity for Effective Road Cave-in Prevention
• john damm: The Use of Various Geophysical Methods to Characterize the Velocity Profile of a Deep Soil Site
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