Discovery

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While the contributions are from individuals, committees and organisations associated with ISSMGE, the views expressed are those of the individuals, committees and organisations and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of ISSMGE.

Discoverers Reports

2022
Name Member Society Report Cases
Asal Bidarmaghz Australian Geomechanics Society Austrian Geotechnical Society, French Committee for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnics, TC103 on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics View Report
Choo Siung Chung Malaysian Geotechnical Society Le Comité Français de Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique, Hellenic Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, The Canadian Geotechnical Society View Report
Monica Löfman Finnish Geotechnical Society Macedonian Association for Geotechnics, TC101 Laboratory Testing View Report
Sonia H. M. Marques Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia Sociedad Colombiana de Geotecnia, Canadian Geotechnical Society, TC304 Risk View Report
2024
Name Member Society Report Cases
María José Camacho Cordero Asociación Costarricense de Geotecnia TC306 Geo-education View Report
Harry G Poulos Australian Geomechanics Society Past President Pedro Pinto View Report
Judy Eid British Geotechnical Association (BGA) TC 101 – Laboratory Testing View Report
2025
Name Member Society Report Cases
Rhiannon Robinson New Zealand Geotechnical Society TC203 Earthquake View Report
Kyle Parr and Debayan Ghosh U.S. National Society for ISSMGE TC 307 Sustainability View Report
Nicolás E. Tasso Sociedad Argentina de Ingeniería Geotécnica Generations in the Ground - Geotechnical Legacy in (some) Argentine Dams View Report

Heritage Time Capsule Project Lectures

HTC Champions Podcasts 2025

HTC CHAMPIONS 2025 ASIA PODCAST
Episode 1: Geotechnical Legacy & Innovations: A Conversation with Dr. M.R. Madhav Listen On Spotify
Episode 2: Prof. Jian Chu on Biogeotechnics and Geotechnical Innovation Listen On Spotify
Episode 3: Professor Harry Poulos on Engineering Legacy & Landmark Structures Listen On Spotify
Episode 4: Beneath the Cities – Dr. Álvaro Casasús on Tunneling, Risk & Global Infrastructure Listen On Spotify
Episode 5: Geotechnical Leadership in Hong Kong with Ir Dr. Raymond Cheung Listen On Spotify

HTC Sessions

Africa ACTIVITITIES OF THE HERITAGE TIME CAPSULE (HTC) PROJECT TEAM IN AFRICA, ISSMGE | VOL.18 - ISSUE 3 | September 2024, page 23 View Report
Asia HTC ISSMGE Bulletin article in Vol 17, Issue 1, Feb 2023 View Report
Asia ISSMGE HERITAGE TIME CAPSULE | HTC WEBSITE LAUNCH AND GEOSHANGHAI SESSION, ISSMGE | VOL.18 - ISSUE 2 | June 2024, pages 26 to 28 View Report
Asia Launch of the HTC website at GeoShanghai 2024 View Report
Asia GEOHAZARDS IN THE ASIAN REGION – ANTICIPATING RISKS AND CHALLENGES TOWARD 2075 – NEPAL, HTC Session, ISSMGE | VOL.18 - ISSUE 4 | December 2024, pages 39 to 41 View Report
Australasia Sydney launch of the ISSMGE Time Capsule View Report
Australasia ISSMGE HTC Project Session at 14th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics View Report
Australasia From the ground up, Eleni Gkeli, MEngNZ
This article first appeared in the December 2023 edition of Engineering New Zealand’s EG magazine.
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Australasia NZ Geomechanics News, Bulletin of the New Zealand Geotechnical Society, December 2023, Issue 6 View Report
Europe Heritage Time Capsule (HTC) – Focus for the future 100 years, ISSMGE | VOL.18 - ISSUE 3 | September 2024, pages 20 to 22 View Report
North America ISSMGE HERITAGE TIME CAPSULE (HTC) PROJECT, Selection of items for display and storage in the physical time capsule, ISSMGE | VOL.19 - ISSUE 2 | June 2025, pages 14 and 15 View Report
South America ISSMGE HERITAGE TIME CAPSULE | PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SESSION Academia and industry collaboration to face the challenges of the next 100 years, ISSMGE | VOL.18 - ISSUE 4 | December 2024, pages 17 to 20 View Report
General ISSMGE HERITAGE TIME CAPSULE (HTC) PROJECT, PRIZE COMPETITIONS, PHYSICAL TIME CAPSULE, PODCASTS, AND MORE, ISSMGE | VOL.19 - ISSUE 1 | March 2025, pages 8 and 9 View Report

Background Materials

PRESIDENT 1370 DAYS REPORT - Time Capsule and PRC

work by Jean-Louis Briaud , past president 2009 to 2013

(ISSMGE Bulletin: Volume 7, Issue 4 Page 16)

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75th year anniversary ISSMGE Bulletin publication

(ISSMGE Bulletin, Vol 7, Issue 5, September 2013)

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