Educate the Educators in Romania

Romanian Association on Geosynthetics (IGS Romania), with the support of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) is organizing the event IGS Educate the Educators in online system.

About

Educate the Educators

The IGS Educate the Educators event will take place on the 9th, 11th and 17th of May 2023; it includes in the 3 days, 4 hours of presentations daily, and also open discussions on several topics such as: the use of geosynthetic materials for different functions like sealing, drainage and filtration, reinforcement including cushions or the use of these materials for different applications such as landfills and roads or railways.

IGS Educate the Educators Program started in 2013 and took place in 23 editions. The event organized by Romania is the second to take place online because its organization started in 2019 and the years of the pandemic forced us to change the organization plans in the online system.

The event aims to promote geosynthetic materials among teachers, without the condition that they are members of ARG/IGS.
More details about the program and past events in other countries can be found HERE

Speakers

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Madalena Barroso

Research Officer at Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal

Madalena Barroso received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Universities of Grenoble (France) and Coimbra (Portugal) in 2005.

She is Research Officer at Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) in Portugal, since 2005.

She has been a member of the board of the Portuguese Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS-Portugal) and president since 2021.

She is the author of more than 100 publications in journal papers, conference proceedings, 4 book chapters and Technical Reports of LNEC.

Her main research fields are geosynthetics in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering applications, landfills (lining systems) and geoenvironmental engineering.

Madalena Barroso - CV
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Ziegler

RWTH Aachen University

ZAI - Ziegler and Aulbach Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
Stenger Straße 9
63741 Aschaffenburg
ziegler@zai-ingenieure.de
formerly
Department of Geotechnical Engineering
RWTH Aachen University
Mies-van-der-Rohe-Straße 1
D 52074 Aachen
ziegler@geotechnik.rwth-aachen.de
After a 15-year career in a large construction company, he was appointed chair of Geotechnical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University.

At the end of September 2020 ended his university career for reasons of age and has since worked in the geotechnical engineering firm he founded in 2013.

He is the author of more than 200 publications in journal papers and conference proceedings, 1 book and 4 book chapters.

His main research fields were geosynthetic reinforcement, tunneling, hydraulic failure, ground freezing and geothermal applications.

He is still engaged in various national and international standardization committees.

Since 2006, he has been a member of the board of the German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) and president of the special section “Geosynthetics in Geotechnics” within this society.

He has served as a council member of the IGS for 3 terms and as chair of the European Activities Committee.
Publications


Martin Ziegler - CV
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Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Bräu

Technical University of Munich

Professional Experience
Member of Technical University of Munich, Chair and Testing Institute of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Rock Mechanics and Tunneling (Center for Geotechnics) since 1984

Conception, supervision and realization of several research works in the field of soil mechanics, earth-work, foundation engineering, quality control, geosynthetics regular lectures for students education:


construction with geosynthetics,

numerical methods in geotechnics,

soil mechanics and foundation engineering for geologists

geotechnical assistance and consulting of projects

Organisation of national and international conferences


Membership and Cooperation:


Member of CEN/TC 250/SC 07/WG 03 "Geotechnical constructions" and the national mirror committees

TGD3/SG09 Reinforced fill (chairman)

working group AK 5.2 "Berechnung und Dimensionierung von Erdkörpern mit Bewehrungen aus Geokunststoffen“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geotechnik (DGGT) / "reinforcement with geosynthetics" of the German Geotechnical Society (chairman)

fromer member of the Council of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), Editor of the IGS News and head of Technical Committee Reinforcement TC-R (until 2020)

CEN TC 189 "Geosynthetics", WG 3 "Mechanical testing


Gerhard Bräu - CV
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Ing. Pietro Rimoldi

Chair of IGS Technical Committee on Reinforcement

Mr Pietro Rimoldi got a degree in Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Milano, Italy, in 1984.

Since 1986 he has been involved in the development of new Geosynthetic products, new design methods, testing and research projects related to geosynthetics and their applications.

He has designed several important Geosynthetics projects around the world.

He is the author of more than 250 national and international publications related to geosynthetics and the author of design manuals for reinforced slopes and walls, roads and railways base stabilization, geosynthetic drainage systems and erosion control.

He is Certified Professional Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Specialist (CPESC) in USA and Chartered Professional Engineer in Italy.

He is an active member of IGS, ISSMGE TC218 “Reinforced Soil Structures”, ASCE-GI.

He is an active member of the technical committees CEN TC 189 on Geosynthetics, ISO TC 221 on Geosynthetics, CEN TC 288 - Execution of special geotechnical works, CEN TC250 / SC7 on design of Geosynthetic reinforced structures within the structural Eurocodes, CEN TC 217 on Sport surfaces.

He served for four terms as Member of the International Council of the IGS, he has been the past Chair of IGS Technical Committee on Hydraulic Applications (TC-H), while he is presently the Chair of IGS Technical Committee on Reinforcement (TC-R).

He has been Council Member of the Italian Chapter of IGS (AGI-IGS), Council Member of the Italian Geotechnical Association (AGI), and Member of the Board of Directors of the Geosynthetics Institute (GSI) in USA.

He is presently working as Civil Engineering Consultant, based in Milano (Italy).

Eng. Pietro Rimoldi can be reached at pietro.rimoldi@gmail.com


Pietro Rimoldi - CV
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Ing. Eric Blond

Chair of IGS Technical Committee on Hydraulics

Eric Blondoffers Technical Services to the Geosynthetics and Engineered Construction Material Industries.

From Engineering Services focused on the application of Innovative Products and Technologies, to forensic investigations and serving as expert witness, Eric has an in-depth knowledge of the usage, limitations and opportunities offered by synthetic materials used in the construction industry, such as:

In civil engineering projects: geotextiles, geomembranes, geosynthetics clay liners, geocells, geogrids, drainage geocomposites and other geosynthetic materials;

In building: dampproofing and waterproofing membranes, drainboards, dimpled sheets, roofing membranes, air barriers, vapor barriers and other sheet- or spray-applied products.


Eric Blond is a professional Engineer, registered in Quebec and in Alberta.

He holds an engineering degree in geotechnical engineering and a master degree with a focus on geosynthetics.

He has over 25 years of experience in Research and Development, Testing and Expertise in his field of practice.

Eric has expanded his actions from the geotechnical world to the building industry, as well as to the architectural textile world.

Eric Blond - CV

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Patricia Guerra-Escobar

MSc BSc CEng MICE Principal Engineer Geosynthetics Ltd. (UK)

I have over 20 years of civil engineering experience, mainly in Geotechnics, Soil mechanics and Geosynthetics. I am chartered Civil Engineer from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in the UK.
Since March 2010, I have worked at Geosynthetics Ltd. (UK), first as a design engineer and subsequently as the principal engineer of the company and manager of the Engineering department.

I am responsible for the designs and calculations produced by Geosynthetics Ltd.
A key aspect of my role is to ensure continued development and growth in technical knowledge and applications using Geosynthetics for the team and the company.
I provide technical support to consultants, contractors and specifiers in all the stages of the projects, from planning and design to construction. In addition, I deliver technical seminars to designers, contractors, government agencies and universities concerning the design and application of Geosynthetics.
I also look to innovate for the company through research and development of new methods, applications and geosynthetic solutions to use in civil and geotechnical engineering.

In addition to my work at Geosynthetics Ltd.
I am currently member the Council of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS) and Chair of the European Regional Activities Committee (ERAC).
I am also member of the Technical Committee TC218 of the ISSMGE (International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineer), which is responsible for the guidelines, technical recommendations and best practices of reinforced fill structures.
I am past chair of the IGS UK Chapter for the period 2020-2022

I have been fortunate that my work in Geotechnics and Geosynthetics has taken me to a number of countries.
My engineering career actually began in Colombia, where I first worked as a consultant engineer performing designs of roads and pavements, before joining the biggest manufacturer of Geotextiles and Geocomposites in Colombia.
For this company I developed design manuals for Geosynthetic applications and provided technical support to engineers for their designs and working on site in the construction of highways, roads, retaining walls, slopes, landfills and erosion control projects.
On leaving Colombia, I went to France to do a MSc in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical engineering and worked in a large French company which specialised in retaining structures and design of shallow and deep foundations.
Then immediately prior to my work at Geosynthetics Ltd, I worked for eight years as a technical manager in a company operating in Central America.
My duties required me to travel extensively across the Central American region seeking ways to expand the use of Geosynthetics and find new areas for development within the industry.
I worked beside experts in the field and mentored Civil Engineers in Geotechnics and Geosynthetics, all of which has greatly helped and influenced my subsequent work.

Patricia Guerra-Escobar-CV
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Dr. Oliver Detert

Dr. Oliver Detert became the Chief Engineer for HUESKER in 2014, he has been based at the headquarters, HUESKER Synthetic GmbH in Gescher, Germany since 2005 when he first joined the company.
Dr. Detert has been engaged in the geosynthetic sector for most of his career. He has a doctoral degree from Ruhr-University, his research work was on the analysis of a self-regulating interactive membrane foundation system for embankments on very soft soils.
Since 2020, he has been a part-time lecturer at the Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum

He is active in working groups, like the AK 5.2 of the DGGT in Germany, which is responsible for the EBGEO.
Furthermore he is member of the DIN NA 106-01-11 AA, CEN/TC 189 and ISO/TC 221, ISSGME/TC 218 and IGS TC-R.

He is also a member of the German Society for Geotechnics (DGGT), of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS).


Oliver Detert-CV

Program

PARTICIPANTS

Teaching staff from all technical universities in the country are expected and, in order to facilitate the dialogue between participants and lecturers, the number of participants is limited to 30.

At the end of the event, all the participants will receive a diploma of participation issued by IGS and ARG.

FEE

The event is free of charge for all the registered participants.

REGISTRATION

You can register for the event by accessing the following link HERE

LANGUAGE

The event will be held exclusively in English language.

Asociația Română a Geosinteticelor-ARG